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.
Bowen Yang you are a true star
有点像海外版男同小时代？
作为电影叙事是太平淡了点，但真人真事，是真的佩服
但是，好多剧情还是很尴尬
Will可爱，其他无任何亮点。赐予LGBT中的边缘人与主流人气王修成正果的结局真是又假又错又害人。
嗯，长到可以每五分钟check一下进度条
虽然并没有特别好看，但有第二部的话，我还会看的。
同志版《傲慢与偏见》？不
或者是穷的特点？
“小鸡电影”的新子集“亚基电影”？虽然故事有点太老套，但超强的喜剧人演员班底加上戛纳提名导演的功力让人可以暂时忽略那些缺点，开开心心地看一部还是挺搞笑的浪漫电影。
既然有基友版《傲慢与偏见》
A cute reimagination of Pride and Prejudice (or shall we say a reimagination of Joe Wright's Pride and Prejudice). Love the dynamic between Howie and Noah, and the portrait of Howie's insecurity, it is way more interesting and touching than the romantic storyline.
桃花眼微挑，融了芳华，醉倒一地繁花，眼底是一片蓝色微漾的湖，却让人甘愿沉溺于此。
再但是，不苦大仇深的LGBT内容，就还蛮轻松的
总体及格了，但真的角色都很刻板印象！有些地方满不适的
很好看啊。评分里戾气太重了，可能还是大部分人没有出柜加上国内对待同的环境，大家都不太相信这种爱情吧，但是星期天晚上看一部这样的片子with happy ending it's really beautiful
为什么出去度假还要拿本书看。因为要做一个有文化的同志
彩虹版傲慢与偏见，多少带点真，又够欢乐爆米花。打开前以为会像Eating Out那样粗制滥造，打开后发现制作还是花了钱的
米克森与艾弗森花费了近3个月的时间到达皮里地，拿到了能够证明格陵兰岛是一个整体的地图和资料。但受制于北极圈内恶劣的天气和事故，两人照预计时间晚了很多才回到船只。但此时，因船只被冰山撞坏，等待他们的船员不得不搭乘其他前来营救的船只返回丹麦。所幸的是，在他们离开之前，在岸边建了一所木屋，为他们留下了一年的食物。
“小鸡电影”的新子集“亚基电影”？虽然故事有点太老套，但超强的喜剧人演员班底加上戛纳提名导演的功力让人可以暂时忽略那些缺点，开开心心地看一部还是挺搞笑的浪漫电影。
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