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.
哭崩溃了……对rent无感的我，却在这两个小时里不断被rent的每个人物每个情节冲击。roger，mark，angel，mimi……他纪念了他们每一个人，他们永在。
这种人社会里有不少，可惜能冒尖的真是凤毛麟角；有人为他树碑立传，也不枉他人世走一圈了。
每次看唐顿无论是剧集还是“电影”，都有一种小时候看TVB或者香港贺岁片的感觉，剧情很紧凑，节奏也快，像是在吃麻辣烫，各种串串加上味精调料摆你面前。这部电影版为了强调自己真的是电影，把电影发展史都加进来了，作为影迷，我表示——没有被“按摩”到。贵族太太的声音比底层出生电影女明星的声音更适合上电影，且那位底层出生的电影女明星就要被塑造成粗鄙无礼，这种设定我本身就不是很喜欢，似乎隐隐暗示：新技术的到来，反而让底层（口音）“原形毕露”，这个世界终究是贵族阶层的。无论唐顿把楼上楼下的关系描写的多么其乐融融，但那种阶级内核是不会消融在贵族太太和老爷们的浅笑盈盈里的。这也就是为什么我觉得她像TVB，用“一家人齐齐整整”来粉饰内在的保守封建的气质。
始于婚礼 终于葬礼 时代远去 让我安静的死去
滴答滴答倒数，拉森的三十岁来得太早，而他的三十六岁永远没有到来，林聚聚在音乐剧方面的才华让另一位天才的坎坷之路串接着倒数时刻的演出美妙地呈现出来，当然要算上加菲无可挑剔的表演，八年熬出的傲慢进不了百老汇，那就潜心创作下一部剧。
3.5分。好就好在剧中大量的独白，但相比于爱乐之城差的有点多。音乐并不出彩，故事普普通通。
看到有些朋友因为某些缘故都会拿它与另一部音乐片做对比，但很遗憾，各方面，各方面它都无法比拟LaLaLand. 包括感情线
不是我的菜，跟la la land比不是一个量级的。歌很一般，没啥记忆点，调度也没亮点，林的《汉密尔顿》我就不感冒，这部也一样。
天才、纽约、梦想、年龄、资金、爱情、（同性、艾滋……是些看起来都老套得不行的关键词。可当电影用音乐剧的形式去讲述一个音乐剧作家时，这一切都变得好看起来。音乐真好！（加菲好帅哦～
加菲表演还是很不错的，但是片子容易让人看不进去，尤其是前半部分。Vanessa声音真好听。
听说托马斯的戏份被删光了就没去电影院，希望这次他真的找到幸福了吧。作为大结局非常好了。
熟悉的人看着亲切，可是一个个都无法掩藏的变老，唏嘘
哎，太戳了，29岁还在等待机会的剧作家，到底该怎么坚持下去。这里头的歌我都挺喜欢的，日常小灵感捕捉而成的小歌很多，加菲演和唱都相当努力，久违的baby V一开口我就仿佛回到那个夏天。LMM第一次当导演，感觉那种死线逼近的感觉做紧凑一点会更好。
这才是能淋漓呈现当下流媒优势的音像制品，尽管电影语法/结构性较弱，LMM还是为其注入了难得轻逸的律动感。两种艺术体裁的融合不止体现于即兴唱段，还有情绪和画面的巧妙对接（泳道幻化成的五线谱，经典的天台抒情段落，偌大体育场内孤独的钢琴）。喜欢用脱口秀做scene-switching point的创意，观众直到结尾才露面，是对叙事上自传式口吻的印证。很多细节固然还可以深挖，但维持在目前的水平业已令人动容。生命倒计时前的任性执着，恰到好处的鸡血和感伤。
关于舞台的能量，神圣的高不可攀的，和亲密的触手可及的。不再无缝切换于情绪饱满的演唱与黯淡困厄的日常，用无处不在的舞台盛放演员的光芒，像保护荒岛上的火苗一般珍视着他们的当众孤独。这让那些强行点题拔高的段落都不那么惹人厌了，用可复制的无瑕的爱填充命运的裂痕，有时是鸡贼，有时是天真。
作为处女作无可指摘，太厉害了！就是今年的爱乐之城，叙事节奏出色，每首歌的创作灵感正是乔纳森自己的生活点滴，从传记电影到自传音乐剧再到他的生活，环环相嵌，有感动有遗憾，不落俗的励志片，音乐、转场设计、镜头想象力都好，加菲的表演也很棒
音乐剧的流畅被碎片化的倒叙打乱 感觉既享受不到叙事的节奏也享受不到音乐的快乐
电影还行吧。但乔纳森的经历更让我触动，他在《吉屋出租》开演之前就去世了，这让他成为一位最纯粹的艺术家和理想主义者。
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