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.
后太阳耀斑爆发时代中产阶级老白男对昔日生活方式的坚守，大概是影片最大的温柔杀器，可惜对我完全无效。碰上这种大劫，中国人早忙着挖地洞种蘑菇去了吧，人家依然开着房车到处打劫超市影院小卖部，搜罗狗罐头只为供养家里那只狗爹。不就是这种生活方式把臭氧层捅成个“瑞士奶酪”的吗？全片毫无自省，真让人啼笑皆非。“信任”的主题最后落到了机器和狗身上，意思就是听话的东西比人可靠呗，说到底爱的还是自己。结局挺好的：没有这种人，地球照样转。ps.我对汉克斯的表演没意见。
熟悉的配方，熟悉的味道，熟悉的演技，熟悉的人物关系，熟悉的后启示录景观，熟悉的Don Mclean……虽然视听效果优秀，但有些东西注定不是常看常新。
疫情之下断断续续看汤姆•汉克斯《芬奇》，这是他本人《荒岛余生》的世界末日版，同样是一个人支撑了一部电影。世界只剩一人，支撑一个人活下去的是求生的本能、希望、责任感和爱，人类对小狗的爱，机器人对小狗的爱（对动物的爱，机器的爱映射的其实是人间的爱），世界终究还是有美好，阳光空气和自由都很好。伤感的是美好刚刚到来，人生有未竟之愿，遗憾之事，芬奇就离开了世界，如同一句歌词：我在刚开始的瞬间毁灭。毕竟意难平。
疫情之下断断续续看汤姆•汉克斯《芬奇》，这是他本人《荒岛余生》的世界末日版，同样是一个人支撑了一部电影。世界只剩一人，支撑一个人活下去的是求生的本能、希望、责任感和爱，人类对小狗的爱，机器人对小狗的爱（对动物的爱，机器的爱映射的其实是人间的爱），世界终究还是有美好，阳光空气和自由都很好。伤感的是美好刚刚到来，人生有未竟之愿，遗憾之事，芬奇就离开了世界，如同一句歌词：我在刚开始的瞬间毁灭。毕竟意难平。
旧金山宣传片，质感比隔壁网飞好的多——等人类死光，下一个王朝就是猩球崛起了。
和《我是传奇》放到一起来看，就能感受到末日想象中的细微变化。人类终将让位给人工智能和宠物。
只有一个主演的电影太适合汉克斯了，没有用力的表演，但不留痕迹的把观众带入情境。杰夫和狗狗，末路也变得晴朗可爱。杰夫照镜子的瞬间，我简直看到了他内心的惊讶悸动，还有杰夫不停运动的双手，及时表达出他的情绪，天，机器多好，比人更温暖，更让人愿意信任。虽然从起动杰夫的问话开始，就能猜到结局，可是，还会让人有兴致地看他们把故事好好构建起来，坦然接受这样的设定。好吧，不要太纠结杰夫的动力及他的材质为啥那么孔武有力。真希望是个连续剧，汉克斯、杰夫、狗狗，一直在。
世界末日，繁华大都市被黄沙淹没的景象令人触目惊心。一个老人、一只狗、一个逐渐比人还更具备人性的机器人，在这样令人绝望的环境中，如何建立起信任、默契。老人还是死了，他一手打造出来，延续了率真人性的机器人继续使命，陪伴照顾着狗。心里不免难过，当狗也死了以后，机器人该怎么办？
科幻不是重点，重点在讲人的生命与存在。借用一句海子的诗：“活在这珍贵的人间，太阳强烈，水波温柔。”能感受世界，是人之于机器的区别，也是机器迈向真正生命的开端。故事舒缓平静，也确实乏味了些。
美国式末日，还是喜欢热闹点的片子，我比较喜欢那个机器人🤖️
“这则新闻连续几周在电视，报纸和网络媒体上疯传，制造了热门话题，为了什么？这成为了这个13亿人口国家的唯一话题，这是刻意安排的，谁？为了什么，为了谁？三个问题，一个答案!”
动物，带有人工智能属性的机器人，孤独老头
机器人杰夫虽然没有面部表情，但整个肢体都在表演，好萌！世界末日，一人一狗，一机器人一机器狗，可惜机器狗半路报废了，不然芬奇死后，杰夫一人带着两狗也能挺热闹，而且good year早晚也得走，那时杰夫还能继续有个伴儿，不过，结尾挺阳光的，一人一狗应该还会遇到好人吧。
8.4的评分是因为大家看到汤姆汉克斯的脸就嗨了就无脑给高分吗？这不就是包着科幻外衣的狗狗片吗？
主题就是“爱·死·机”，加上“芬奇”二字，真有看美剧的幻觉。与美剧观感更相似的原因是，片子的视野牢牢地限定在前十分钟，不再有变化，绝不会因为新增加的一些小线索而扩展自己的格局，导致片子过于可控，没啥野心。一切元素皆有模板，既不会失误，也不会留下印记。
当地球只剩一个人一条狗以及一个机器人一个机器狗。
trust是什么，逝去的人们不懂，成了留给机器人和狗的课题。小狗演员Seamus真可爱，据说是爱尔兰㹴混血
虽然末世也有多处极美的大片级景致，机器人具有超级细腻的共情能力，最后一抱看得几欲落泪，但汤姆死后到jeff和狗建立信任有些太快，如果能多一点细腻的渐进过程就更好了
其他评论里也指出了，这是一部很简单，甚至很俗套的电影，但是足够立体的人物和表演，外加精湛的机器人特效让整部片子显得十分有心，在俗套之余仍能打动许多人，讲好那个看似简单的故事。
虽然每次看末世片的时候第一想法是一定要死在末世前以及毁灭吧累了，但这部真的很好哭。虽然吧我们人类真的又自私又狂妄，永远不可能和平共处永远不可能互相体谅，但如果真的有一天末世了物种更替了，希望下一个物种还是能记得我们久一点，因为我们也曾创造过如此绚烂的文明，因为我们也曾仰望星空幻想星际宇宙。
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