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.
前半截看得烦躁，后面开始飞起来，而且跟《未来学大会》和《摄影机不要停》不一样，这片子飞得太high了，画面和情绪不停猛冲又急刹车。体感好像坐过山车，甩得不舒服又在想加速、加速！（至于情节，一直都没进入不过也无所谓了）
两块石头对话那也太酷了 导演的脑洞真是大的出奇 杨紫琼在这样的年纪能遇到这样一个角色 真是一个演员这辈子都梦寐以求的事
这是一部真正的疯狂多元宇宙电影，主创们天马行空的整活让人笑出鹅叫，真诚细腻的情感又让人暴风哭泣，也是当下最需要的一部电影，当世界支离破碎彼此分裂时，当一切混乱无序毫无意义时，当人们不知所措寻求认同时，这部影片依旧坚定且温柔地说：善待他人，善待自己！善良不是软弱，而是能穿越宇宙的超能力！所以当我觉得人间不值得时，就多想想《瞬息全宇宙》这样真正连接银幕内外的电影！
看得我好累……许多陈旧的、使用过度以至于廉价的要素堆叠，熬成了一锅大杂烩。这五分钟负责华裔生活，这两分钟负责报税勾起美国人情节，这两分钟负责交代多元宇宙设定，这三分钟负责讲亲子关系，这两分钟负责讲大尺度段子（买票进场怎么没人查我ID？），这三分钟负责《瑞克和莫蒂》式多元宇宙串台脑洞。剧情/科幻/无厘头/华裔/亲情/爱情/大尺度从四面八方，各加猛料，洒了两个小时鸡血，让人在电影院里觉得格外疲惫漫长。情节一路狂奔向多方和解大团圆，妈和女儿从来没有互相伤害的意愿，真是恭喜发财。只有石头的部分，能令人眼前一亮。
艺术生ppt电影 我和美籍亚裔无法产生情感共鸣 形式千变万化天马行空也掩盖不了内核的苍白老套
技术上能够把如此多的元素和主题塞到一个片子里，同时还能兼顾搞笑，煽情，恶趣味以及讲道理本身已经是一件极具难度的事情
电影真的很棒，讲的大概就是multiverse里某一个“loser”麻麻某一天忽然可以从其他multiverse里的自己借助到力量，来对抗大反派女儿的故事。multiverse的设定很夸张时而紧张时而爆笑，布景服化道有一点赛博风。中间很担心电影太飞了，害怕结局拉跨。但是最终还是回归到了家庭里面的用爱和empathy击倒黑暗的主题。尤其是妈妈和女儿之间的冲突，作为亚洲家庭长大的小孩真的太能relate了。很喜欢导演的定位“It’s about a family, and Asian is an important part of it, but the feelings are universal”
她的丈夫还是以前的丈夫，她的女儿还是以前的女儿，她的生活还是以前的生活。
真的天马行空，十分生操，所有设定、设计和故事都十分精彩。难以想象自己居然会对两块石头哭成狗。
Camus would be proud.
2.热狗手宇宙和肛塞宇宙贡献太多笑点了，王家卫宇宙一秒笑出声，只差念出花样年华和一代宗师的台词。孩子他爹从鼻子到打斗戏风格，都是成龙宇宙。
“你越一无是处，就越无所不能”
像看了一场真人版Rick and Morty，极致地反传统。导演像是个磕了药的任性创作者，创作了一个以“多元宇宙”高概念串联起的港式无厘头功夫喜剧，把无数个巧思融入其中；看似格局大开，实际上依然有意地收束在了东亚家庭的琐碎无华的日常生活之中。这种高概念和小格局的反差感极为工整地塑造了本片的幽默气质：谁能想到，一个不再有票房吸引力的少数族裔中年女性演员也可以主演一部充满《超体》式科幻设定的高投资商业电影，而且这部电影看起来似乎还只是一个只能在艺术院线小规模上映的家庭片。导演实在鬼才，片中除了脑洞大开的巧思之外，还有许多解构式的迷影致敬，并在结局中把那些炸掉大脑的高概念都收束到一个足够治愈的家庭母题，令全场笑到数次鼓掌之后又一起为之动容。
真正属于21世纪的电影，一切都是21世纪的，一部真正的杰作！太精彩了！绝对的时代精神！
从母女两人在甜甜圈对戏后，整部片子的主旨逐渐明朗起来，依然是“宇宙终极难题”：人活着的意义是什么？女儿思索无果遁入虚无，认为你我皆是everything又是nothing，只不过是一颗石头。母亲最后给出的答案是人生本来就是无意义的，生命的意义是自己赋予的，片子给出的人生意义就是爱，就像片中具有最大象征意义的塑料眼睛，本身只是一种有机化合物，但人为地赋予了“萌”的属性，有了人性，有了感情。there are no rules！
"Just be a rock"！好喜欢那些突然冒出来的dildo、butt plug、热狗手指等恶趣味元素，怎么讲，一锅阖家友爱的鸡汤里偷偷放了好多跳跳糖的感觉！
全宇宙的父亲都看不见女儿的存在，全宇宙的丈夫都是甩手掌柜的存在，剩下在苦海里挣扎快要窒息的母亲和看不清这一切为何会这样反过来指责母亲的女儿，要我说，炸了吧，别演了。就像《厌女》里面说的，母亲厌女，女儿也厌女，最后大家都深受其害却不自知。
前期为了营造生活潦倒以及不如意的戏份真的很尬，幸好剧情发展节奏较快不然真的是灾难；变成石头的创意很惊艳，提高了本片的格调
妈的多重宇宙版青春变形记。东亚人的family issue这么严重吗？穿梭千万个宇宙都不能和解？
其实前面女性视角我还ok，后面爸爸老公加进来我整个开始犯恶心….不会真的觉得东亚社会说一句爱就能解决问题吧🙄️
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