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.
还不错～（不过其实我觉得正片不用黑白的画面用彩色的会不会更好？）…在时代面前，普通人就是一粒沙……小演员的演技很棒…很自然…小演员这个角色好幽默……小演员和爸爸最后关于爷爷的讨论我很喜欢…还有他在公交车上和奶奶讨论电影这部分我也很喜欢…两者都很有深刻的意义…（这部分我愿意多给一星）最后奶奶说，go，go now，don't look back…让我想起天堂电影院的爷爷叫toto走出去。 泪目！Belfast will still be here when you get back… For the ones who stayed，for the ones who left，for all the ones who were lost❤️ i miss belfast…
太过于自我了，不是每条道路都通《罗马》，情感要有，技术也要有
贵国的故事要是能拍 不知道会比这令人心碎多少倍
Jamie演技肉眼可见的增长，提名男配值得的~
剧情片看着看着突然来一段带歌词的情绪音乐，现在只有印度和英伦电影会出现。比起实在无福消受的印度歌舞，爱尔兰口音的英语插曲更好接受一点。那些插曲纯粹是炫技，就像《贝尔法斯特》里各种炫技一样。舞台出身的导演对演员调度很有自信，电影里的长镜头永远都有演员在动，哪怕是表情在动。另一个特点是部分对话的画面不交代讲话的人，只给很长的反应镜头和话外音。黑白是叙事空间的颜色，换成其他诸如电影甚至戏院里眼镜反光舞台人物时都是彩色。剧本以状态为主，因为60年代贝尔法斯特骚乱这个大背景足够支撑情节往下发展。最后那场歌舞戏真好，但他们唱歌跳舞纯属个人开心。不像现在，拿忸怩作态的歌舞去卖流量。
结尾有些匠气与不够自然，摄影和配乐都很好。即使是不了解的历史事件，里面对于童年的怀念，对于父母的依赖，以及祖父祖母的智慧慈爱与牺牲，是共通的。人生总要面对别离的。
漂浮的情感，Too much songs。donan的男配Buzz我不懂。
有思考 有情趣的生活，在哪里都是幸运！拍的真美啊～
4.一家人住在一个有内战冲突的街区，一群流氓喜欢搞天主教的家庭，宗教对立，反正就是这一套
布拉纳用一种最自以为是的方式去复古，拍出了超低配的《罗马》
有一种很强的色彩，去留住记忆中的故乡的感觉。里面有家人，有大的时代环境，有悲欢离合……
看的时候我其实不知道当时发生了什么，也不想追究英国当年有着什么样的社会问题，只是觉得故土难离、亲情爱情、两小无猜和思想双标在哪里、在哪个时代、在不同肤色种族之间都是永恒的话题，可能正是这些定义了我们是什么样的人。2000年以前的时光过的也很慢，伴随大规模拆迁也有不断迁徙的人，就像北京旧城改造前，就像三峡大坝修建前…然而时代的滚滚车轮不会扭过来回头看，回过头来的总是那近乡情更怯的灵魂，为了一切忘却的纪念~
调度很差，一到群戏就晃个不停 拿六十年代的乡恋做幌子 实际年代感与布景一点都没做好 特别出戏 居然还得了奥斯卡最佳原创剧本 台词也很装逼
全片黑白色调，致敬回忆。爸爸和妈妈很像Jude Law和Renée Zellweger
Kenneth Branagh有一个金子般的童年，父慈母爱，学习好还有漂亮女孩子喜欢
影片有太多时代元素的拼贴，但最宝贵的还是私人记忆的重组与还原，这是一个人的原点，是挥之不去的乡愁，就像片尾的那句话——给那些留下的故人，给那些离开的游子，给那些所有迷失的人。
前半段睡了一会但醒了看完还是感觉到淡淡的忧伤，配乐和角色都好鲜活。Pa还是帅啊而且。。。歌舞部分仿佛彩色。。。
《Belfast》导演肯尼思用上好一些特写镜头，很有意思，也是他对北爱尔兰家乡贝尔法斯特的表达！只是他运用了很多拍摄技巧，似乎更像炫技！特别是充满记忆点的那许多的仰视镜头。
有亲人不一定有亲情，同理，出生地也不是都能成为打心眼里深爱的故乡——只有深爱故乡的人才能拍出这样的电影来
不同于此类电影大部分都会仅仅对过去年代的简单回味思念，电影从头到尾都贯穿着周遭的不稳定以及恐慌，其实是很真实的。有人选择离开有人选择留下，也有更多没有选择的权利，“爱尔兰人大多是移民的”听的让人感同身受而又bittersweet。（如果觉得这个电影“仅仅是从北爱去英格兰而已而很无病呻吟”的话建议可以看一下北爱近几十年的历史背景以及为什么很多人选择了离开）
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