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.
（7.0/10）相较于原版《西区故事》的音乐剧质感，斯皮尔伯格的改编着重于“电影化”。动作戏更加追求真实感，摄影调度和剪辑等方面也比原版更为复杂。除此之外，剧情上似乎没有太多大的改动，只是调整和修改了一些细节。其实结合近年来美国社会现状，新版本可以有更贴切的改编，但都属于点到为止。斯皮尔伯格的版本与原版最大的差距在于缺少对其他配角的刻画以及在结尾处失去了原版的情感张力。
没看过原版，这太土嗨了。即使是歌舞片也得遵循基本的逻辑吧，再没什么交代的情况下，杀了你哥哥你还跟人睡觉私奔…当然调度真心没话说，每一处场景的空间都做到了最大化，美术和妆造还原年代感也很可以（三星也是因为斯皮尔伯格行活的质量）无奈演技尬歌难听舞难看，剧本经不起推敲…放在当下我愿称之为
★★★★★十颗星送给Mike Faist绝妙的歌舞和表演！两极交战的痛苦观感，精妙绝伦的调度、摄影、服装、编舞，舞台布景彻底转为cinema的催眠，只有复杂微妙深不可测的视觉技巧才能做到，旧好莱坞的回魂仪式徐徐掀起幕布。但是魔法师执着推移造梦轨道，星尘却荡然无存，驱动咒语失声在任何精确到毫厘的浪漫方程式都无法补救的男女主角化学反应的先天厄运，消音在顶级制作亦难以遮掩的致命唱跳短板，而翻新期许被不可抗力导致的错误选角和保守的种族性别的多重隐语移植再造所扑灭。不同于音乐优先的默认语法，肢体碰撞之间汹涌的爱恨世仇和喷溅的荷尔蒙成为叙事行进的鼓点和层次，瓦砾和盐尘破败颓废却生机灼热的美学表达呼之欲出。几段载入影史级别的典范配合回想起来只是因为有Mike Faist在其中。很遗憾，这本可以是一部杰作。
有什麼比擅長人文場景的大師翻拍音樂歌舞經典還更令人期待？
3.0。出色到近乎超現實光影和調度無不昭示著，斯皮爾伯格尚有能力執導一部中游水平的商業片。因而更加不明白為什麼他要花精力改編這個極為平庸舊作。最大敗筆在於毫無火花的男女主角——讓baby演這種角色足見斯皮爾伯格現在的選角能力還不如埃德加賴特，相較之下女配甚至過於亮眼了。
但是，終於，老狗玩不出新把戲……沒想到是通篇照抄，卻也抄不到更好的成績，遑論歌曲唱功、場景調度、角色顏值、拍攝手法、表演才藝……居然都遜色原作好幾籌，心中根本激不起半點漣漪。
顶级的美术和配乐加上糟糕的剧情，难以形容我看完之后的感想。生搬硬套罗密欧与朱丽叶却改得相当尴尬，整个黑帮斗殴全程冒傻气，甚至给我感觉他们打着打着就要去练舞室跳舞了。人物行为逻辑崩坏是整部电影走向失败的开始，女主舞会跳了支舞就要跟仇家男主私奔，第二天就要跟他结婚，亲哥被爱人手刃当晚就跟杀哥仇人上床，还跟嫂子吵架，就你的爱情最高贵，哥嫂的爱情就啥也不是对吗？导演用颜色区分两个帮派观感是很好，女主认识男主没几天就开始天天穿蓝色，新时代白眼狼，有了爱情就没家庭的典型恋爱脑，结果最后还没殉情。男主一脸见色起意和软弱无能干啥啥不行。但在音乐方面还是继承了百老汇的优秀品质，哥嫂街舞和tonight都很吸睛，lighting和布景部门超预期发挥，拍摄也很有水准，如果把脑子放空来看，这是部很好看的音乐mtv。
没那么难看，只是歌舞剧本身的上限摆在那儿，也很难再突破了。
这也是新版《西区故事》做得出色的地方，无论调度还是大段的歌舞场面，都拍出了新时代的风貌，斯皮尔伯格的功力还是一如既往的稳定。
看这版西区故事前，我一直很担心，因为老版的剧情实在糟心，但斯皮尔伯格几乎化腐朽为神奇般地用镜头，调度与高质量的舞美碾压过平庸的剧情叙事，让歌舞成为本片真正的主角，而叙事逻辑反倒退居其次。
文本本身吧放在现在看就挺无聊的。改编做的音乐歌舞部分是OK，但选角挺不行的，男女主表演都不太行，配角还都比较出彩。
文本本身吧放在现在看就挺无聊的。改编做的音乐歌舞部分是OK，但选角挺不行的，男女主表演都不太行，配角还都比较出彩。
调度和美术真的是超一流，群戏的俯拍太到位了，伯恩斯坦的音乐也不消多提。就是男主怎么看怎么像trust fund kid，演贫民黑帮混混一点说服力都没有….女二Anita全片最佳，开头拉丁热舞绝赞，拜倒在姐姐的裙摆下！跟原版相似度大概有7.5成吧，唯一惊喜的改动是在Isabella Stewart Gardner博物馆里演了私定终身戏，彩色玻璃窗折射的光线打在脸上非常好看。
在既没有足够多共同经历又沾染血仇的情况下，男女主坚持要相依在一起的感情的的确确难让人理解与被打动。甚至这部影片大部分的活力都来自于男女主缺席的场景桥段。即使对歌舞电影不感冒的人，多少都能从中看到电影这一媒介的魅力与魔力，不得不承认斯皮尔伯格的技艺实在是娴熟到令人嫉妒与折服。但只是用在这么一个故事身上，多少有些可惜与不必要。
演员没什么问题，是题材不好吗，感觉拍的也有问题
没看过原版的我，竟然觉得还不错。主要是故事本身太好了，每一环都是无可奈何的人性黑暗。
3-21、22 2月底就有片源了，竟然拖拖拉拉到现在才看完。经典故事加成出错的概率不大，这版钱多了，灯光画面舞蹈服饰都太精美好看了。还是掩不住悲剧的内核，在打架那里竟然暗自希望能改故事，但是如果改了其实后半部电影就完全不存在了，也失去了它该有的意义了。因为自己看着看着也意识到，后半段的悲剧才是让这个故事重新升华的地方，所有的恨和爱交织在那几个角色短暂的两天时间里。
−： 编剧是库什纳？你放弃人生了？文戏全面崩盘，不对，是根本没动脑子写/文本仿佛现代了，又毫无现代性/男主你告诉我你的后台到底有多硬，小神马和你比都顺眼
中途离场了 因为我老了 受不了天真派和大口音
从61版相对大胆舞台化的艺术片过渡到了成熟的商业片，把本就存在的社会问题更加尖锐的凸显了出来，这也是斯皮尔伯格擅长的意识形态运用。相比61版也强调了暴力元素，个人觉得这样更好。美中不足的可能就是结局略有仓促，关于“仇恨”的演说被砍掉了很多，缺少了逻辑和说服力。
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