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.
为什么疫情后的电影都做这么油腻，和波洛莫名其妙的感情戏一样反胃，肯爵士魔改你妈呢，调色像屎一样生怕不知道这是埃及，从头到尾泡在荷尔蒙里面，肯爵士把自己搞的像个美国土大款兴冲冲买了版权大布景大明星跟着拍。
这改编得没有想象中好看。给波洛加了感情戏，人设和原著也有点偏差，感觉波洛的聪明、幽默、绅士没有展现得淋漓尽致。整个就是观光宣传片，景色更美。剧情推进比较慢，后面案件发生后有一种草草收尾的感觉。留下的印象就是，只有一具具尸体的出现，没有突出人物关系的矛盾，死得无关痛痒似的。节奏太平缓了，没有掀起惊涛骇浪。
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反转挺有意思，一切都展示给观众了，但是需要一点儿化学或者美术知识才能注意到。遗憾之处在于请了盖尔加朵，但是既没有展示她的力量感，妆容也没有展示她的美。另外感觉前中期有很多环节不完整，是因为时长缘故被删减了吗？
此外肯尼斯作为老牌导演，摄影的功底相当深厚，电影的诸多运镜与构图比东方快车更加惊艳。
肯爵糟蹋阿婆第二弹之烂竟然超出我意料之外 我想阿婆泉下有知应会爬起来给肯爵和编剧一人一勺的士的宁 肯爵得有多自恋在开头就给自己版本的波洛加一段一战比利时大兵炸桥戏 把原著5英尺4英寸不爱动的蛋头整成动作范儿 剧情改编也是一塌糊涂 角色合并的删改的一通乱搞——东方快车没糟践那么厉害可能因为动不了陪审团十二人设定 而且尼罗河竟然PC到各色族裔和拉拉都出来了 吐槽无力 PS 神奇女侠完全暴露了演技无力 雷公作为制片人继续赔本
比起78版，22版在细节线索上的增删调改使得这起凶杀案变得不够完美。当那句「带她去找鲍里斯」换人之口说出，就存在了凶手非独处的可能，这点认为是改编失败的地方。另外，个人一直认为优秀精巧的悬疑探侦片一定从不用剪辑顺序遮掩线索，勇敢的让观众和侦探共享所有的线索，然后用一种“刁钻”或是“难以预料”的手法来完成案件，让人恍然。很遗憾这起案件本身就是很普通的手法，倘若像78版那样果敢，只会陷入平庸。但选择用剪辑来隐藏，是更为低级的露怯。最后，抛弃78版神庙那段惊艳的运镜出场又没带来更为惊艳的设计，真的很蠢。
这版波洛一直有一个导演兼任主演的硬伤 波洛是个侦探 不是中年偶像剧男主角 不要总是在别人的故事里找存在感 以及 这位的口音是真的学过头了 波洛在英国生活那么多年 如果说话还完全是这么含糊的腔调 你敢信他这个脑子能破案？！
一进门还以为抗日战争走错片场，反复确认才知道是同一部电影
原版看完让我不敢坐船
布莱纳爵士的才华永远赶不上他的自恋程度，锤子哥忍辱负重的和女神做了三次再动手，真是委屈了。
阿婆的故事即使情节烂熟于心，还是每次从头看到尾。感谢摄影技术的进步，美丽的尼罗河风光。人物及设定有改，也加了新的迎合时代的情节和表现形式，但是主线和内核没有变化。前后两部看下来，还挺喜欢这个版本的波洛，虽然最后给他安排的些许感情戏份有点…，也算是一种创新吧哈哈。
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为什么疫情后的电影都做这么油腻，和波洛莫名其妙的感情戏一样反胃，肯爵士魔改你妈呢，调色像屎一样生怕不知道这是埃及，从头到尾泡在荷尔蒙里面，肯爵士把自己搞的像个美国土大款兴冲冲买了版权大布景大明星跟着拍。
尼罗河的特效泛着贼光，故事设定强行插入一堆平权内容，结局推理毫无道理，最过分的是竟然还给波洛的胡子整了个悲伤往事。我看波洛是为了看这个的吗！
真是眼瞎了。全程我都以为自己在看玛格罗比跟贾坤菲尼克斯。结果竟是两个完全不同的演员
第一天看完到现在，冷静一下，看了看别人的长评短评，又想了想…… 还是讨厌这版，讨厌的最大原因是肯导的野心压倒了一切，当在看影片时一直被导演的意图打扰，会觉得特别刻意，刻意的人物关系，刻意的营造气氛，刻意的爱情主题（不用从头到尾都在提醒我们），人物也都失去了灵魂，改编不怕，不是这样生硬的为了完成导演意图去改的（不想评论肯导演的波罗了，上一部我尚且可以接受，这一部是拒绝的……
忘记原著剧情了，也没有什么大的意见。船上的密室杀人案，拍得也太像剧本杀了。看完有点想去埃及。
埃及旅游宣传片，埃及旅游局给了布拉纳多少好处…
请迪士尼速速放弃这个系列like how you gave up X-Men，莫要再当福斯的冤大头接盘侠。
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