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.
两个小时，我看了个什么？狼叔的恋爱脑，爱起来就永无止境，还有彦祖，2021年了，还没有收手，英文里夹杂着中文，听起来嘎嘣脆，我觉得从女主出厂开始，就注定平庸，他这么一个高挑性感的人间尤物，竟然是为了一串钥匙，导演是都没有自信，生怕我们看不出来她有隐情！而这么高概率的设定，没有任何道德争议，就是一个工具而已，最然我笑出声的是狼叔最后竟然在缸里面躺了一辈子，这不泡腐了啊？
“过去会牵绊着一个人。过去只是由一连串的瞬间组成，每一个瞬间都很完美、很完整，犹如时间项链上的一颗颗宝珠。”
导演在电影里已经表达了自己反对续集的态度，在这个前提下再看这部电影是合格的。虽然概念、设计以及内涵探讨都是回收的新瓶装旧酒，虽然片中的那些闪回让我觉得尼奥和崔妮蒂真的老了，虽然动作设计和最后的高潮毫无新意，但是能在影院重温这部经典，感觉还是不错的。不管是《老友记重聚特辑》还是《哈利·波特20周年：回到霍格沃茨》都看得挺开心的，同样也花钱了，调整心态就不会过于失落，而且会飞的崔妮蒂和不喷口水的乔纳森·格罗夫还是让我满意的。让想要再赚一笔的华纳拿出钱给过去的主创增加收入，然后再用惨淡的票房给华纳上上一课，这个教训相当生动。
2／10 这什么玩意儿，玩意儿都不是！基努现在这身形，还是好好演你的John Wick这份有钱途的工作吧。真的，全片只有那些电子乌贼让人看着亲切，其他真的物是人非。哪怕史密斯特工喊一声“more more”，或许还能让我瞬间高潮一下。
汇集了不少国产商业片的特点呀，剧本没写好就开机，成片节奏拖沓，演员敷衍了事🤭
“Neo你还能飞得起来么？” “不用了 我老婆带我飞”
前天中午英皇看的，整个厅就我一个人，照例带了瓶白葡萄酒进去，然后睡着了二十多分钟。
长得跟哪吒似的 Exiles 倒是让我觉得可以羞辱一下最近出的恶心人的中国动画
怀念出道即巅峰的龌龊司机兄弟，划时代的《黑客帝国》三部曲加动画版已经完美闭环，足够反复回味。剩下的，也就《V字仇杀队》和《云图》很赞，其它都是在玩票。
看完这部让人感觉，老实呆在矩阵里挺好，折腾啥啊
在稀烂动作戏的空档里通过一闪而过的<精武英雄>来Q袁八爷；或许为时已晚。
有一点幽默的地方，还是我喜欢的演员和主题，最后，还有不变的，因为有爱，就能创造奇迹。
因为期望极低结果感觉还蛮好看的hhh 像一个fever dream，而且比free guy要更meta+ callback傻逼行业巨头。很多镜头还是很搞笑又蛮漂亮，前面很好很irony，中期昏昏欲睡，后期不耐烦了。 /sfc w/m
[CGV대학로] 沉迷游戏和感官刺激的二零年代的matrix，包装成外传的精彩续集。看前三部觉得Neo和Trinity的感情线莫名其妙，这一部突然感觉到那种chemistry，错过和遗憾才是最好的催化剂。而且Trinity也不再像一个以Neo为中心的次要人物，而是有了主导权。如果说前Matrix是一个感官假象，那新的Matrix可以说是动机导向的虚拟世界，关于被实验和利用的爱与信仰，即人类的独特性，经过观察和研究成为下一个matrix的动力，这个系列真的是永动机。好多情怀梗，而且都不烂。导演自己调侃自己也太搞笑了：我不喜欢第一部，太多哲学，不喜欢第二部，打斗场面太多。
对世界挽留的刻画有点真实，大概来自导演的嗑药体验。本来以为会对被极右搞臭了的概念做点更新，也没看到。
看到三个《超感猎杀》的演员出现，拉娜沃卓斯基对于该剧被砍心有不甘啊。
拙劣的模仿，然后模仿者是创作者自己——华纳真是不行，都用原力了就不能学学《原力觉醒》？看到最后“南夕子和北斗带你飞”突然悟了，龌龊司机的终极梦想应该是雌雄同体——是我格局小了
前半部分一面吐槽华纳，一面回顾过去，把三部曲做成游戏的创意很赞，有很多场面也感觉很酷，尼奥迷茫于真实和虚拟之间，经常处于崩溃的边缘，这是觉醒的前兆。
不过其实也无所谓，答案已经摆出来了——人们不需要电影，不需要反思，只需要猫片就够了，猫片就是当代的Martrix
前半段把Neo设定成游戏设计者以为要推翻此前构建的世界观，稍不集中精神就容易陷入云里雾里，喋喋不休的台词仿佛一个中年老男人的消极抵抗，甚至还出现自讽华纳的赤裸台词，与宏伟严肃的科幻议题格格不入。当真相一步步揭开后发现电影仍旧是在探讨真实与虚幻，新的危机只是系统又一次更新换代，再用频率密集的情节闪回完成自我致敬，这就像深陷中年危机的男人面对一脸懵逼的观众自顾自说着曾经过往的辉煌。然而故事油腻外动作特效也没有更多新意，在工业体系更加成熟的当下仍在自我模仿着子弹时间，与当初的惊艳天壤之别，中国功夫元素也更多被剪辑拼接所替代。作为一部续作也许它称得上及格，但作为一部观众等了18年的神级IP续作，电影给到的答案仅仅是一次又一次的回望。
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