祝钒刚
发表于7分钟前
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: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. SHIMON@lounge.moviecodec.com
林嘉欣
发表于6分钟前
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:杰克(卡兰·穆尔韦 Callan Mulvey 饰)的妻子爱丽丝(艾莉丝·布拉加 Alice Braga 饰)和名为迪伦(卢克·海姆斯沃斯 Luke Hemsworth 饰)有染,得知此事的杰克怒火中烧,找来了杀手查理(西蒙·佩吉 Simon Pegg 饰),想要将爱丽丝除之而后快。与此同时,杰克的妹妹露西(泰莉莎·帕尔墨 Teresa Palmer 饰)和丈夫纳什(苏利文·斯坦普莱顿 Sullivan Stapleton 饰)亦企图将爱丽丝杀死,他们的目的在于骗取保险巨额保险金偿还高利贷。幸运的是,爱丽丝死里逃生,这一幕被查理看在眼里,于是,他决定以此敲诈两人。那边厢,丹得知了杰克的阴谋诡计,愤怒的他将杰克杀死了,而前来讨要酬金的查理意外撞见了警察布鲁斯(布莱恩·布朗 Bryan Brown 饰),两人之间展开了一场生死较量。
中国辣妹
发表于9分钟前
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:该片改编自二战英国历史学家达米安·刘易斯的同名畅销书《非绅士战争部:丘吉尔的秘密战士如何点燃欧洲并催生现代黑色行动》。影片讲述了丘吉尔领导的秘密作战分队的真实而离奇故事。这支小分队采用非传统、完全"非绅士"的作战技巧与纳粹进行斗争,从而改变了战争的进程。故事发生于1940年二战期间,德国持续对英国进行轰炸,并利用U型潜艇破坏英国的补给线。一些英国政府人员主张投降,但丘吉尔决心不认输,而是改变战争规则,进行强力反击。根据情报,德国大西洋U型潜艇舰队的保养、维修和武装工作都在尼日利亚的一个小港口进行。丘吉尔看到了摧毁德国战争资产、夺回优势的机会。然而,他意识到直接攻击这个西班牙殖民地可能导致西班牙与德国结盟,因此便组建了一个秘密的作战分队,由古斯·马奇·菲利普斯上尉(亨利·卡维尔 饰)带领,发动秘密行动破坏舰队。当最初计划的炸毁舰队行动因船只坚固、港口浅水而无法实施时,小分队迅速制定了偷船计划。他们大胆的行动取得了成功,摧毁了希特勒战争机器的重要组成部分,重新打开通往英国的补给线,从而加速了德国的战败。