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Disappointment for a huge fan!

Crappy film

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

I've been wanting to see this film for ages and i'm really glad i saw it, this film is incredible. This is the first film i've seen from Danny Boyle and his directing was basically perfect. He directed in such a way that you felt a part of Mark Reton's life. The script was incredible to, Ewan Mcgregor's opening speech blew me away. Very explicit sex and drug use which made you feel more involved and made the movie more intense. This movie really had a great way of showing what drug addiction is really like and how it can really mess up your life. The soundtrack is also great, Iggy Pop's lust for life is one of my favorite original songs and fitted really well with the opening scene. Another thing that really made this film stand out is the slightly sure real moments that it brings which makes it so original, the humor is fantastic. Over all i was on the edge of my seat with this movie and i loved every minute of it

Trainspotting is a film which plays a precarious balancing act. It's shocking and brutal, yet it's hilarious at the same time. The screenplay is incredibly witty and thought-provoking; the characters are well-rounded and the fast pace makes it very engaging. Its portrayal of drugs is honest, yet the film delves very much into the fantastical. The best thing about Trainspotting, however, is the brave soundtrack. Many of the best sequences in the film feature hard drug taking, overdoses, withdrawal symptoms and graphic violence to upbeat 90's songs. Whilst I admit that this sounds like a recipe for potential disaster, the outcome is genius. It makes you question basic ideas of friendship and family, staying in your mind even after you've finished watching it, like all great films should. From start to finish, it keeps you guessing as to what will happen next, playing with your expectations and delivering some serious surprises, most notably in the form of Kelly MacDonald's character. What I would say is don't watch this if you want a lovely, passive feel-good film. Whilst Trainspotting is funny, the level of humour is dark and the overall tone of the film is quite rightly pessimistic. If you like this film, I highly recommend Shallow Grave for further exploration of Danny Boyle's work. If you don't, choose life and watch the Greatest Showman or Frozen and have a nice sing.

It's a slightly sardonic slice-of-life story sent as a super-speedy shot-to-the-veins, a hyperactively eclectic look at four vigorously degenerate, disenchanted and desperately destitute individuals who each navigate through what they've come to call their lives and somehow like it, only occasionally glimpsing it through a lens that allows them to see the filth in which they lay and the perceived perfection of the greener grass on which most others make their beds, but though the simple thing would be for the flick to focus upon the negativities of the protagonists' chosen lifestyle and to portray the quote unquote 'outside world' as the drug-free and consequently utopian society so many pictures of the kind seem to do so, it instead chooses to place the audience within the headspace of its characters no matter how misguided it may be and allow them to decide whether they agree with the actions taken as opposed to spoon feeding them the easy answers so many may crave; it's in this ambiguity that the film finds both its nuances and its entertainment factor for though it is at times an affectingly tough and even teeth-clenching experience, one which never shies away from true darkness and even some disturbingly surrealist horror, it is also an enjoyable and funny flick which finds humour even in the 'blackest' of situations, but this may also contribute to its general sense of aimlessness which does sour the piece ever so slightly. 7/10

As a recovering addict (though not of drugs) I can relate to this one a lot more than most. Its portrayals of what addiction does to you and the ones around you, how somebody could get addicted to something so destructive and how difficult it is to get back on your feet are all real and pack a heavy punch.This is a real eye-opener for both addicts and their loved ones who might not understand what their friend or relative is going through. Real, gritty and brutally honest in its depiction of the sad pathetic life of an addict, this is one for the ages that's not to be missed.