The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
87th with Tao. ——2022.06.19 @新林楼
探险部分跟几十年前的夺宝奇兵差了不是一点半点
最终两艘战船飞在天上的动作戏大设计非常喜欢，全程IMAX拍摄，画幅打开后看的很爽。整体娱乐性比《古墓丽影：源起》强很多。
幸亏是巨幕观看，如坐针毡。
欣赏不来，之前还能觉得斯德哥尔摩，童年阴影，所以可以理解女主怕被伤害提前表达自己最糟糕的一面，但是到了后面只能觉得宗教宣传🙂…这颗星给结局拯救其他孩子，没了…
劝妓从良的传教片….很莫名其妙，就男女主颜值高身材好演技也在线吧……
妮娜都演妈妈了啊……89年和98年的差别，想当年吸血鬼日记，时代的眼泪啊。
一边在人物塑造上厌女一边又要让荷兰弟露肉来吸引女性向观众 所以赞姐到底什么时候分手
还看了书评，明白了，文字能表达出来的情感绝对要比影象更丰富，更来势汹涌，其实当看完电影，我不太理解女主的作，我也不太理解男主的无限光辉；但是看了一个书评（四次出逃）之后，我仿佛能理解了，女主要寻找到自己的上帝才能真正安顿，才能找到吾心安处，不得不说，这是一部好作品，一个女主在贬低女性的年代中得以遇到良人，找寻自我。
好久没有看商业大片了，镜头短到我甚至有点不习惯。神秘海域的游戏没有复杂的世界观，再加上游戏本身就是电影化叙事，所以改编起来比较容易。剧情人设是很俗套，但作为游改电影能拍成这样已经很好了，节奏明快，动作流畅，游戏元素也还原到位，酒吧，飞机，和直升机吊船三场戏更是爽到飞起。有几个桥段让我回到了当年追《夺宝奇兵》时的快乐。没觉得荷兰弟有什么油腻感，反而通过这部电影显示出了他驾驭不同角色的可能性，要说油腻的话那还得是沃尔伯格。有点遗憾的就是反派塑造太弱了，班德拉斯看起来那么有城府的角色，竟然这么早就下场了，完全没看够！
杀时间 这部和蜘蛛侠勉为其难选了一部 感觉蜘蛛侠会更油腻。想看肉ins上一大堆干什么要看丑脸明星？？？？商业片实在没什么好说 就是杀时间产物而已 任何文本人物分析都过于一厢情愿
又是一艘黄金海盗船扬帆起航，随后凋零的稀疏平常的剧本故事。
走个形式——是这部电影最大特点。角色一直忙着赶场子，从头到尾都只是表面功夫。作为爆米花电影，随意看看还可以。
因该是游戏改编，没玩过，但电影这是个啥，就寻宝来说吧，拿十字架，解密什么的内容也太顺利了。
整个故事都是套路，中规中矩，哪怕是那些所谓的内杀，也就最后十几分钟的场面还能看看了
要跟火一起看的，以前只有枪版，现在终于有了高清片源。四平八稳，中规中矩，一边喝酒一边看，还不错。
细节一个都经不起推敲，无脑走肾的话荷兰弟的娃娃脸又少了点荷尔蒙的气息。离爆米花电影还差了那么一丢丢。话说海滩上那个大叔是什么彩蛋？
有些桥段还满搞笑的，没玩过原作，单看电影的话比小蜘蛛好看些。
合格的影院爆米花电影，会期待在影院里看到下一部。
借用一句台词 —water. —a lot of watwr.
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