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.
其实我觉得名字叫大红熊猫会更受人欢迎，从外国人的视角来看华裔家庭这种压抑的氛围，真的是又好笑又辛酸
相当混杂的观感 从皮克斯 甚至从迪士尼正常的水准出发 我大概都给不到这片合格的分数——随意的高概念 不讲道理的剧情逻辑和缺乏说服力的结局落点 让我非常质疑这部电影的诚意；但另一方面 这种极其典型的亚洲式家庭逻辑 又切实让我有一种无奈而尴尬的亲切感 很希望能有机会 跟海外华裔小伙伴和自幼在海外长大的歪果女性朋友聊聊这部电影 看看能不能找到什么新的视点和共鸣吧
不愧同是出自Domee Shi手，父母讓孩子尷尬到不斷錘牆，角色同樣的躊躇，內心絞著手拍都不敢跟家人講一句真心話，如同困局、反覆、詛咒一樣的家庭以一句I’ll proud of u來化解溝通困境未免太過輕而易舉地一筆帶過了啦，好淺顯的子供向世紀大和解
power woman啊，以“变形”来审视当代女性——先是身体变化，再是精神坚强，继而接受自己的个性，方可拥有独立人格。没有像样的对手，所有冲突均集中于掌控一切的严母和热爱自由的女儿之间的家庭冲突，也得亏了母亲，女儿才能找到她所谓的女性品质。
加長版bao + fluffy buff
经历过令人窒息的宗族式家教，都会感同身受！母亲意外撞破女儿的恋爱幻想对象，并前去质问，是在致敬《盛夏未来》啦，可惜那个店员小哥后来直接写丢了，倒是另一位看似蠢直男的同学是真姐妹。
太真实了，前半段看得非常难受。果然青春期的伤害是要花一辈子来和袭击和解呀
大概这是西方对于东方的普遍刻板印象了，学霸且没个性，不敢于表达自己的想法，与父母相处处于绝对劣势~这么大的巨兽在演唱会出现完全没有引起其他方面的关注吗？加拿大人民果然心大~本来对于小熊猫被称为panda挺介意的，上网自行科普了一下小熊猫还真有学名可以被称为red panda的，这玩意比大熊猫还可爱啊哈哈哈~闺蜜几个都好可爱，又刚又勇又有担待，死党属性点满了属于是，这样的妹子能处~开演唱会几个哥们也不要命，怕是信了小指头的话觉得混乱就是阶梯吧，一点不惜命啊~梦工厂著名的东方IP是功夫熊猫，迪士尼这也有了自己的小熊猫，不管疫情如何，还是对于迪士尼和梦工厂的神仙打架充满期待呢，所以压力来到了梦工厂这一边，下一个项目是什么呢~
每个华人姑娘最烦的就是她的控制狂妈咪…还真不算脸谱化，我的同龄人里这样的妈咪还真不少。
东亚噩梦用美国梦化解。有些未明之处，熊猫力的母系传承与李氏祠堂的父系宗族是有根本冲突的，导演似乎回避了这个问题。
我说我怎么这么喜欢男团那首歌，原来是碧梨兄妹写的，体育馆那段流行乐+诵经绝了。中国风元素演绎的很棒！
中国小资之最，处处体现着上海小资生活和浪漫，中年人有钱有才有闲，又懂生活，又有三五可以玩在一起的好友，真是我向往的十五年后的生活。
【8.6】没想到今年最大的惊喜来自2021年最后几天的一部国产电影（虽然今年也没看几部片嘻嘻）。你要让我挑刺的话，反正我是无话可说，没什么好挑的。国内非常少见的地域特色浓厚的都市爱情片，但是又不像市面上大多数的同类型电影一样浓妆艳抹，反而给人的感觉更像是一部欧洲电影，但是更加本土，更加接地气，剧本写得也是妙趣横生，又不乏思考，其中还不乏好几场十分精彩的群戏，整体的观影体验出奇的好，应该算得上是我今年最愉悦的一次影院观影体验了！除去电影本身浅显易懂的表达以外，片子还是有不少迷影元素的，真的能让对电影，对这个行业热爱的人为之一笑哈哈哈哈。
眼下真实的亚裔处境如何、会不会遭校园歧视可以不管；巨熊造成如此巨大的城市灾难无人问津，甚至无人报警也可以漠视；但最起码的人之常情总得考虑吧？不能通通让位于：你们把注意力集中在主角一家身上，她们正在尽全力感动你们。
我可以再相信皮克斯了，然而我的青春里好像从来没有这只小熊猫XD 也可看做是80、90一代东亚人在西方文化冲击后的认知变化吧（靡靡之音！正经人谁去演唱会！）暗搓搓插入的福瑞控，以及一个想象中的古老母系氏族。但影片不时会低幼感爆棚（日式亮晶晶萌萌眼、男团四人宛如未成年观众也都是小孩）而且细想只是告诉孩子要做自己而没有探讨父母辈的教育方法，莫非就没想做全年龄段受众
看了让人心情巨好的一部“爱情神话”。像冬天里的一锅热汤饭。导演用生活流素描笔法展现了新上海带点雅致和讲究的烟火气，上海的市井生活是有其独特生态的，尤其是新时代背景下的上海风貌，人们的说话方式、生活习惯跟我们印象中老上海石库门里的那种市井生活大不相同。那个一直爱吹牛的老乌、昨夜还坐在一起喝酒聊天的老乌，说没就没了，荒唐吗？可这就是中年人会遇到的命题啊，面对突如其来的死亡、变故、离别。这不是简单的致敬，这是将费里尼的精神融入电影了。给平凡的生活加点浪漫的佐料，有什么错呢？
片名turning red的双重含义注定这故事关乎长大成人的阵痛。严格的家庭管束、孝悌文化下的殷切期盼、压抑的个性和自我、叛逆期的挣扎反抗，令本东亚女孩狠狠共情。我们心中住着一头怪兽，即便努力压制着负面本性，难免脱缰爆发，千改变万克制，还是希望家人能包容不那么完美的自己，只有爱才能中和兽性戾气。美美和红熊猫的表情都太生动了，表情包预订。
相当混杂的观感 从皮克斯 甚至从迪士尼正常的水准出发 我大概都给不到这片合格的分数——随意的高概念 不讲道理的剧情逻辑和缺乏说服力的结局落点 让我非常质疑这部电影的诚意；但另一方面 这种极其典型的亚洲式家庭逻辑 又切实让我有一种无奈而尴尬的亲切感 很希望能有机会 跟海外华裔小伙伴和自幼在海外长大的歪果女性朋友聊聊这部电影 看看能不能找到什么新的视点和共鸣吧
挺喜欢的。些许神秘的道家元素和密法家庭相融合，奇幻的光怪陆离。青春期女孩对女人转变的向往，追星日常与审美观念的碰撞，正确的性教育问题和绝对强势的母女关系都融汇在里面。
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