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.
觉得前几天发过的豆瓣也很适合这个话题：
无甚新意。打出高分的大抵是尚未堪破人生奥义的青少年吧 - 自觉「怀才不遇」的那些尤甚。按理说男主设定37岁，资质平平，泯然众人，早该觉悟并拥抱平凡亦可韵味的生活，却还要经历这番奇遇曲折才得了菩提，大概是此前被老母亲保护得太好吧。（话说回来，这年头连动画片都来教大家deal with ordinary living了，时局不可谓不艰难。）
25.12.2020 | @ Disney+ | 依旧很好啊，但也许因为太喜欢Inside Out的缘故觉得这部没前作更有共鸣。
推荐给有厌世情绪的朋友，以及理想仍为泯灭的你，其实有了一个擅长的爱好，就像那个受了挫折的小女孩一样，我可能谈过放弃，但还会回来的
生活就是让我们去感受它的每一分钟，感受夏夜的风，感受冬日的雪，感受潮汐和落日。有时候机缘巧合带着你打了个转，像是走上了一条和初心截然不同的路，但其实在起点和终点之间，本就有成千上万种抵达的方式，而人生的意义早已藏在这趟旅途中。
就像有人摸着头对你说：平凡也很珍贵呀，生活里细碎的人间烟火已经是人生的意义了
赞美皮克斯无边的想象力。生活的火花，源于每一个的简单平凡的瞬间。
真的一般般啊……只能说放在今年和这个档期加分不少。影片传达的是一个蛮能让当代人感同身受的道理：不要老问目标是什么，不如静静感受生活每一分每一秒的美好。这岁月静好的心态的确值得当下的每一个人思考。但本片真的让我完完全全明白了永晧老师说的好莱坞的原罪：问对问题，给错答案。仔细想想这个故事给我们的其实是无比心灵鸡汤般的浮泛在最表面的“安慰”。当然，安慰固然是有必要的，但绝不能信奉为生活的真谛。那么问题在哪儿呢？把这个道理置换到生活中会毫无用处。因为并非我们不懂这个道理，而是无法实施。问题不出在我们每个人的心态，而是社会本身。皮克斯巧妙回避了这个问题，无疑是投机取巧的做法。
想象力奇绝，万万没想到可以这样表现灵魂、性格、火花、忘我、迷失。爵士乐，听得很开心～
成年人版的《头脑特工队》。《头》告诉我们成长就是学会与悲伤共处，《心灵奇旅》则提醒所有成年人"享受活着"这个看似简单，但是极度纯粹以至于大部分人都会忘记的事情。延续了《头》的基本配方: 现实世界的问题，在(具备科学基础的心理学)想象世界中去解决。依然展现了皮克斯无与伦比的想象力和纯熟的叙事技巧，辅以到位而不生硬的幽默，以及一个具备一定专业性的故事佐料(爵士乐)。2020，太需要这样一部电影了，它有拯救人于绝望的力量。以及也是一个很好的爵士乐科普电影。
举重若轻，也可以说聊得不够深入。比这几年最好的头脑特工队和疯狂动物城还差一点。里面转世的概念挺佛教的，而寻找内心spark又是典型西方价值观。
换作是我，我可能也会像二十二一样选择躲在灵魂家园里，没有压力没有苦恼。可是当看到落日余晖下的城市，纷纷落落的秋叶，在这世间 还能感受蓝天白云下的微风，还能尝到清甜的水果糖味道，还有来自父母朋友的关怀，好像活这一次也可以了。
非常感动！但是吐槽基金经理那里我忍不住看了看我的基金收益。
虽然喜欢TinaFey，但是看了半个小时就看不下去了。尤其这个投胎世界的设定，啰嗦、无聊。
前10分钟爱极了它的音乐还有对生前&身后世界的设定和画风，后面就是逐渐消耗那股心动的过程……如果像22一样在理论层面上见过一些“世面”、同时又像孩子一样第一次用感官体验人生的种种细节，我们都会sparks爆棚，但等22在各种主义的捶打下度过几十年后会变成什么样，就是大家看完电影被抚慰被触动过后第二周又回到的那个样子吧？不管怎么说，每年都要感谢pixar给我们90分钟的抚慰和希望
真可以说是给社畜的一剂良药。在人人都讲成功，谈目标，追理念的现实生活中，皮克斯居然出人意料地给你讲述了一个平淡的故事，成功又如何？可能你下一秒也会掉进某个下水道里。平凡的活着又有什么不好？与自己的亲人朋友一起享受美味的披萨，观赏绚丽的落叶，挑选合身的衣服又怎么不是一种成功呢？
22就是我们咸鱼的代言人，我愿意称这为歌颂咸鱼的电影。只要过程是咸鱼得快乐，到最后渺小的一生都是由快乐的碎片组成。2020年最后一部在电影院看的电影了，刚好坐在影厅里唯一的小孩旁边，他妈妈和他讲解了一路他到最后也没看懂，又看到讨论说皮克斯把片尾原本计划的台词enjoy every minute of it里的enjoy改成live，观影的过程就已经体会到乐中带苦。。。
发现自己被录用后是要天天上班的社畜乔伊决定去死。
它说的不是拥抱平庸的生活，而是寻找生活的意义而非目的。拥抱日常点滴只是22号的火花，而主角的火花就是音乐，也就是他人生的意义。女爵士手说的故事的意思也是人要活在意义里而非目的中，不然只有实现目标后的虚无
即便在心灵神殿，给人打绩效颁奖的HR/管理层依然是熟悉的味道，面目和善却可憎，底层搬砖的还是要日复一日地做着最繁琐的脏累活还要亲自下场擦屎，摊手。以及欢迎肥肠豆瓣气质的22号投胎到地球学哲学
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