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.
看来漫威的尺度还是太压抑滚导的天性了。。可谓是一次后续很难复制的DC中兴吧，大框架上并没太突破传统超英电影的窠臼，但如此的恶趣味与血浆暴力大爆发已足够让它独树一帜了。特别是看到一些评论提到的派大星对新冠的隐喻，真的是妙不可言啊~
味很重，就像“派大星”和“斯图亚特”，不晓得应该说搞笑可爱，还是恐怖、头皮发麻[允悲]。小丑女的几场戏是MV的好素材，点解我想到了吴宇森的暴力美学。整体感觉是爆米花沾血浆，紧张又搞笑，一看导演，我顿时懂了，银河护卫队入驻DC。最后觉得片名应该叫《可爱致命》。
英文字幕看个热闹，肯定比之前那部好，尤其前半部分。但真的有点儿厌倦金曲联播了。
结尾的打斗升华。杀戮过程太过血腥，非常不适应，最后的老鼠勇战海星更甚。相比之下，还是喜欢正常的DC超级英雄的故事。
看到了詹姆斯·古恩早期B级片的影子，满满的恶趣味。看完全片也没找到史泰龙，闹了半天原来只是配音。
导演离开漫威后就开始放飞自我了？简直就是18X版的《银河护卫队》，集动作、喜剧于一身，比上一部好太多了，DC总算有了这种风格。小丑女单枪匹马杀敌的唯美场面让我想起了《王牌特工》里的烟花爆头戏，暴力中透着浪漫，简直不要太酷！
I'm an assassin! Why would I share my liabilities?
注意自杀小队最后的决战阵容：黑人、白人、女人、孩子、动物，然后唯一阵亡的是白人——这么cult的电影，也依然没忘记无懈可击的政治正确。
勉强四星。算是今年目前为止最爽电影，也是DCEU中娱乐性最强的电影。不愧是漫威的滚导，比16年版的《自杀小队》要精彩多了。观感上比《银河护卫队》更好。一开始登陆的那部分充满笑点。削脑，手撕人体，分尸等血腥，重口画面还有露丁丁和咪咪的大尺度画面。看得很过瘾。憨憨的鲨鱼王好可爱。穿上红裙的哈莉奎茵好美，solo那段拍得很炫。PS：有密集恐惧症和老鼠恐惧症的慎看！7.8
滚导的想象力如同哈莉奎茵后面的花瓣一样倾泻而出。第一次见到大飙脏话如此癫狂的戴维斯女士，妥妥的🇺🇸形象大使，绝了。
#重标#(不知为何标记悄悄被删除了？？）
三星半，好爽就是对于爆米花片的最高称赞，虽然也是暴力血腥美学加上反英雄的滥觞（片中一再出现的“孩子”以及父辈与子女之间的相处模式与之后导致的东西都太明显了），但拍得好看就对了。比起几年前那部自杀小队，都想给满分了都。
基本还是一个烂片，这种电影快进都有点浪费时间，但还是快进看完，然后后悔自己浪费时间。
我看评论的第一反应：是不是大家对电影的要求因为COVID降低了，这评分也太宽容了。
卧槽James Gunn居然能用超级英雄电影表现政治愿景...而且两个半小时的剧情逻辑进退有序...虽然剧情衔接点极为暴力，但作为反英雄主题的暴力美学爽片，也比较贴合主题内容。电影最牛逼的设定还是红蓝配色的海星，熟悉欧美史的朋友应该能理解少掉的星条旗里的白色代表的是什么，而雨中X特遣队几乎以白色背景又寓意着什么！再借从独裁者的嘴中代表海星讲出“我曾经很幸福。自由漂浮，仰望星空”。有CUT片的味道了！这才他妈不是什么X特遣队，这是美国独立宣言！这电影强烈的表达了导演的爱国意愿！这就是为什么大部分人看起来有些地方会感觉尬的原因！！
哈哈哈哈哈哈好怪哦，再看一眼，越看越怪，再多看几眼，卧槽小丑女好飒，鲨鲨好可爱，鼠女好美，大海星好克。其实最掉SAN的是电波老哥眼中全是他老妈的奇妙景色。这个比前一部自杀小队电影剧本高明太多了吧。完全体现出这支小队的邪恶感了（小丑女-混乱邪恶，Bloodsport、Ratcatcher、Peacemaker-守序邪恶，中立邪恶-鲨鱼王、点波人），同时又通过真正掌控一切的控制局人的立场来反衬出这些超级反派可爱的地方。开篇登陆战、营救Flag、哈莉奎茵与独裁君王爱情故事三重反转层层叠进让人对本不抱期待的剧本刮目相看。后期鼠群大战克苏鲁星星怪别开生面，恶心与爽快并存。哈莉奎茵单骑标枪杀穿走廊以花代血的桥段可以算一个今年的暴力美学名场面吧。要是这系列能保持这个水准，会开始期待下一部。
恶趣味简陋版的复联吧，依然是熟悉的滚导风格，充斥着大量无趣的插科打诨以及每三分钟的bgm。
Peacemaker...What a joke.
大尺度，重口味，搞笑又有一丝温情，反套路，这才是反传统英雄的正确打开方式！又美又血腥！
一枪崩死未婚夫，干完就崩，不愧是你，小丑女。
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