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.
老爷车没油了，但还在路上
你为什么会懂手语？只是漫漫人生路的一种收获。
虽然这个九十多的蹒跚老牛仔摘下了他高傲的牛仔帽，变得温情甚至有点絮叨，不过当他拿起左轮那一刻味儿还是对了起来。所以就算等他120长满了老年斑，包着纸尿裤举着颤抖不已的手还在拍电影的时候，我还会去看
本来义无反顾一开场就准备给老爷子五星的，可是这次的故事和演员表现真的让人看不下去
九十而随心所欲，拍电影终于不再是为了拍电影。
“I can’t cure old” 但是电影可以 老爷子硬硬朗朗的
平淡到没有高潮的公路片！每个人都有故事，但好像故事也很普通。伊斯特伍德用简单的故事在回顾自己吧！我们都应该往前看！老爷子只要拍就行，就算拍他喝喝酒，吹吹牛皮都行！！
东木老了，这么大年纪还在努力拍电影，虽然未达上乘但可看性依然在
这东西只有你九十岁能拍，七十岁你还有一个过来人的说教，现在只有一个人的本质。
老爷子是服老了吗？告诉我们很多年轻的时候在乎的东西都一文不值，懂的时候又太晚。
慢慢讲故事的东木老爷子，能看出确实是老了，身子有些驼了，有时候还是能看到坚毅的眼神但是难掩暮年神伤。一老头，一小孩儿，一只鸡，一段公路之旅，故事形式很老套，情结也没有多少跌宕起伏扣人心弦，简单看看不错。
老爷子身体真棒，都2021年，还在做镖师。
温馨公路片，但有点太平了，老头子这么大年龄了还在骑马（假的）就有点假，后面遇到酒馆老板娘一家人那里很温馨。
只能用无趣来形容了。。。。全程真的很无趣很没意思，感觉是在浪费时间，还好没有去电影院看。。。
《廊桥遗梦》后最温柔的伊斯特伍德，没有了野心和热血，只有一个耄耋老者的娓娓道来。结尾那段话借角色回首自己辉煌的一生，眼前又浮现出《黄金三镖客》里那个叼着烟卷的牛仔。东木，请继续拍下去。
需要矛盾与冲突的地方都可以猜出来，每一个铺陈之后都没什么意外。不过，还是佩服东木大爷。
相比克林特·伊斯特伍德十几年前的同款类型《老爷车》，似乎随着年纪的增大而流失了一股戾气……
耄耋之年的东木用他最惯常的西部情调拍摄这只属于他的美式牛仔精神，自信又稳健，褪去以往作品中险象环生的角色命数，看淡万事万物的起起伏伏，收起他个人英雄主义的锋芒，知天命，尽人事，返璞归真地讲述一个不算太有惊险感的故事，老爷子将它拍得既温暖又谦逊，无意去赘述年轻时浪迹天涯的传奇经历，角色间的交流充满其善意的包容，靠的只是他对爱和恨、功与名的经验之谈。雄鸡取名为macho则是对他职业生涯最恰当的概括，戎马一生到了垂暮之年也不得不被现实驯服，男子气概再热血也不是拿来肆意炫耀的资本，透过他无尽沧桑的细眼也能看到的强大个人魅力，老而不钝，老当益壮。
东木老爷子帅了一辈子，现在已经91岁高龄了，只要还能继续拍电影我就心满意足了，何必苛求年轻时的质量呢
3.5，知道那是东木的替身在驯马，一点都不违和。
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