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Plot: Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
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MCT:July 3, 2008''Take the best orgasm you've ever had... multiply it by a thousand, and you're still nowhere near it.''
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Ewan McGregor: Renton
Danny Boyle's Trainspotting is a film in which it all clicks and comes together in a dizzying array of drugs and characters. The film starts off startlingly realistically with Renton chastising that he wouldn't do drugs if he didn't enjoy it. With this, we learn in a headlong rush that the world of drug abuse that we've been taught about and steered away from is like any other addiction and that to an extent, we the audience, are no better than the people on screen.
Very light-hearted and fantasy is the first quarter of the film, common sense seems to evapourate and it's not made entirely open why drugs are considered bad in society. But the enjoyable scenario that you settle comfortably into doesn't last for long and soon it's apparent that director Danny Boyle is showing the good and the bad, the two extremes, the black and white. Whilst viewing Trainspotting you're in junkie paradoxical limbo.
Not many movies are lucky enough to be made at the right time and place then continue to steal the world by storm as Trainspotting did, but the ultimate proof of this film's mastery is that if you watched it alone or in a mass, in the far future or back in 1996, it still has the same effect of absolute hold over you in it's depiction of what it is to be a drug addict. Trainspotting is nothing short of being among the most effective, the most perfectly executed artistic works ever committed to film.
I mean Renton going fully into a toilet and swimming around before re-emerging is a perfect example of how warped and deliciously disgusting to watch this film is. Or his fantastical visions of a baby on a ceiling with Dale Winton on TV really is bizaare as if you are experiencing the drugged up state that hes in alongside him.
Ewan McGregor does a fantastic job in the role of Renton and quite easily makes us believe he is quite simply, a druggie.
The appearance of a young Kelly Macdonald as Diane was fun. So was the fact in finding out Diane is still at school, which had my mouth ajar, and the fact that Renton finds this out after. Highly amusing.
Jonny Lee Miller as Sick Boy shows us another Brit film part he pulls of nicely.
But Robert Carlyle as the maddened Begbie with his terrible temper was a compelling character to see with an uncontrollable rage. He really made the part his own and gave a performance that remains for me memorable.
The soundtrack is a perfect blend with some catchy and songs everyone with a bit of British origin knows. Accompanied with the narration by Ewan and it becomes hypnotic.
From a technical standpoint, the camera-work and cinematography are fluid, inventive and original.
The story itself is nothing new but is written and executed in such a wild energized fashion that everything seems to have a fresh feel.
For a film ironically called Trainspotting Danny Boyle gives us something that shows what a talent he truly is. He shows us a serious yet comical drug movie which doesn't glamorize the use of drugs nor does it dismiss or damn them.
Trainspotting is a film for anyone who wants to take a trip to the dark world of Heroin but also see the spark and rush that keeps people there.
For anyone who's not scared to cross the border on morals and what's right.
Trainspotting is for anyone who chooses life, and unlike Requiem for a Dream it gives us an ending of positiveness, and of hope. -
MCT:December 5, 2007Following on from the success of "Shallow Grave" Danny Boyle was catapulted into the limelight with this great piece of work.
To be honest before I saw it, I'd heard Boyle state he wasn't making an anti-drugs film, and I was suspicious about the film's message. But the story was portrayed brilliantly - showing the appeal of drugs, particularly amongst those in despair, and the effects it has on lives. And it manages to be hilarious too. It never drops you into the doldrums, but trots along at a smart pace with a cracking soundtrack and black humour.
I'd almost say it's a must see film - except that there's no question that there are scenes in it that will make many people squirm: the scene most talked about being the one where Renton (Ewan McGregor) dives down a diarrhoea-filled toilet to retrieve his drug-suppositories. But the sequence maintains a sense of humour throughout its going's on, and for me isn't the most disturbing scene (mind you, there's a lot to chose from: Spud's morning-after moment, Begbie's rages, the high-school sex...). -
MCT:August 9, 2007Snore.
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MCT:July 29, 2007Saw it, don't remember much, need to resee it.
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MCT:July 12, 2007
Yes,I just got around to seeing this as well.I really liked this movie,There were some pretty funny parts and some pretty twisted things too.It remimded me alot of Requiem for a dream ,except with this I was praying for subtitles at times cause they just talked so dam fast and the accents were so thick made it a bit of a challenge.Ewan McGregor was great in this role,and I must agree that had to be the NASTIEST toliet in all of Scotland GOOD GOD!!If you haven't seen it,check it out!! =)
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MCT:December 3, 2008
Mark Renton: Phew! I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978!
A drug movie with a good ensemble cast, stylish, independent direction from Danny Boyle, and a good soundtrack.
The movie is funny, a little twisted, and very depressing in spots. I can only imagine that that is what it is like for Heroin users, so the film accomplishes a goal right there.
Sick Boy: For a vegetarian, Rents, you're a fuckin' EVIL shot!
It's plenty of fun to watch, not so much having a strict plot, but it's episodic structure makes it work with the message of choosing a path, choosing life.
Ewen McGregor does a great job in the lead as Renton, a man who goes in and out of his drug addiction, all the while making some great life observations.
Mark Renton: We would have injected vitamin C if only they had made it illegal.
The supporting cast that includes Johnny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, and Ewen Bremner as his various drug compatriots all contribute wonderfully to the film as well.
Sick Boy: Personality, I mean that's what counts, right? That's what keeps a relationship going through the years. Like heroin, I mean heroin's got a great fucking personality.
This movie is paced so well with the dramatic switches in tone that it makes and it continues to always be a joy to watch.
Danny Boyle has said that he plans to make a movie out of the original book's sequel "Porno." He is waiting for the original actors to age enough to fill the roles. I can only hope that this eventually happens.
Great movie.
Mother Superior: Ah, hard currency! Thank you, Sir! Can't be too careful these days! Would Sir care for a starter of some garlic bread perhaps?
Mark Renton: No, thank you. I will proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs, please.
Comments
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KateBushFanposted 379 days ago -
what a movie.. it gives you different persepective of drugs abusing, why they're doing it, why do they keep doing it, etc.
danny boyle.. top notch!posted 407 days ago -
Probably as good as it will ever get from Danny Boyle - but hey, that is also pretty damn good!
posted 465 days ago -
making a film out of a book like trainspotting was a mammoth task, but i dont think anyone else could have done it better
posted 535 days ago -
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Many favourite scenes :)
Especially when hes cracked out his head @ the job interview (Was that Spud or sick boy) oh well you seen film you'll know what I mean
Then theres Iggy Pop playing as there running down the streets & rolling over car bonnets
"Probaly the worst toilets in scotland"
"1 is my favourite character , I cnt read the poster that size & forget name *mumbles*
Only bit that really freaked me is the Baby crawling across the ceiling :|posted 645 days ago -
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i thought this movie was really well done. hats off to irvine welsh and everyone involved. i saw this when i was in my teens. it put me off drugs forever.
posted 726 days ago -
yo!!!!!! i noticed there wasnt a trainspotting skin(disgrace) so i made one...its not very good,but if you think its sexy you can use it.lofl
posted 782 days ago -
i love the scene when renton got paranoid in his bed. hihi.. its funny and scary!
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