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Summary: Not for everyone over 30
Review: Yes, it is a very well-done movie. It is one of extremes. If you can handle life in the low levels of the drug scene, then watch this one. If you prefer a more upbeat story, look elsewhere. I loved the Matrix, and this is nothing like it. I give it a 2 for subject matter/content.
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Summary: A Masterpiece of Nihilism
Review: Trainspotting is a film completely lacking in moral fibre and is all the better for it. As many critics waited for that scene where our hero(or anti-hero) regrets his sins, the scene of redemption, a scene that never came, they decided the film was morally corrupt. In fact Trainspotting never flinches when showing the sometimes harrowing effects of addiction (the fate of the baby and Tommy come to mind). The fact that the characters in the film remain unrepentant inspite of that speaks more to their character then any positive aspects of drugs. These characters represent anarchy, nihilism and a lust for life, things we all love to watch, yet hipocritically like to take the moral highground by requiring these character to suffer in agony for their way of life. Trainspotting in too original and yes too realistic to take that route. If you are offended by the lack of moral redemption in movies like Trainspotting and Figh Club, ask yourself this question: Why did you enjoy the anarchy in the beginning? Renton is a person that none of us would like to be around, but he is undoubtly exhilerating to watch. Like the lead character in GOODFELLAS Henry Hill, he is unrepentant by the end of the movie. But as Roger Ebert observed about Hill "his only regret at the end of the movie is that he had no more soul to sell." Renton on the other hand "chooses life" as a practical measure, a calculated descion to lead a more trouble free life, not a moral one. The film as a whole is like a bolt of lightening, a shot of adrenaline. I promise that you won't shift in your seat once before the end-credits. Director Danny Boyle's visual imagination is unending, some scenes manage to be puke-worthy disgusting and bone-achingly funny at the same time. Come to think about it, Trainspotting could have had a hero who has a conscience, who loves his girlfriend, who fears his parents, who is loyal to his friends. Come to think about it again, WHO WOULD WANT TO WATCH A THING LIKE THAT.
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Summary: buy the vhs!
Review: so i was pumped to get trainspotting on dvd because it is one of my all-time favorites and, i figured, very deserving of being enjoyed on the dvd format. much to my dismay, i got it home, watched it, and discovered that the remastered dvd audio track is different! the voiceovers have slightly different monologue, and in many of the key scenes in the movie, dialog was slowed down/ enunciated -- i assume to make it more easily understood by USA citizens. the downside to this is lots of the emotion and effect is taken out of key scenes when doing this -- examples are the spud on speed scene and the opening voice-over. renton's first utterance of "choose life" (when he gets hit in the head with a soccer ball) is cut off before he even finishes saying life! what a travesty! in short, buy the dvd AND the vhs, wire your sound system so audio is coming from the vcr only, and watch the dvd on your monitor. this is the best of both worlds. this is one of the greatest movies ever -- it has to be experienced to the fullest!
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Summary: A really Great British film
Review: Based on a novel by Irving Welsh, this film focusses on the adventures of a small band of friends united by their dependency on heroin. They have good times and bad times and eventually, they set out on a scheme to make them all rich. The characters are, in no way, every day people but the film makes them all believable and, in the end the viewer finds that they are relating to the characters and caring about the outcome. Despite the hysteria that greeted this film in the UK's conservative press, in no way does it glorify the use of heroin. Instead it paints a pretty offputting picture of the drug. The film ranges from sad to funny and it is always gripping. A great film.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I thought this movie was totally cool! From the beginning to the end I didn't know what to expect. It began as a humorous film and the moods were continually changing from laughter to sadness, back to laughter. Even though I loved the movie I suggest previewing it before you buy it. The worst Toilet in Scottland scene made my face turn a little green. :-)
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Summary: THIS MOVIE CHANGED MY LIFE!
Review: I'm serious. I really believe in that title statement. From introducing me to the work of Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor, to producing two smashing soundtracks which I still listen to constantly, to showing all of us suburban American kids how to really get down(minus the heroin, of course), to being so maniacally HILARIOUS and DISTURBING and WONDERFUL that you just can't give it up...Trainspotting is an addiction unto itself. And you know, you oughta check out Shallow Grave, while you're at it. The same reviews apply.
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Summary: A Very Different View On Trainspotting...
Review: ...but a very real view on the horrors of seriously hard drugs such as heroin. Sharp, witty, superbly acted and directed this film offers bright and clever humour along with deeply harrowing warnings for everyone to take notes from. A group of disillusioned Scottish youngsters are at the bottom and digging themselves even further down. Addicted to heroin and involved in crime to feed his habit one of them, Renton, (McGregor) decides, yet again, to give it up. But how on earth is he going to do that when his loser junkie friends just won't leave him alone? Ewan is good as the guy narrating the story but Robert Carlisle (playing a seriously dangerous psycho) and Ewen Bremner steal the show with their performances. Gritty, scary stuff which everyone should see to help them realise that the drugs just don't work and they most definitely make things worse.
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Summary: Trainspotting
Review: If you havent seen this movie then you better get it because it is one of the best movies in the world if you like movies like Fight Club or The Matrix then im sure youll love this one.
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Summary: Awsome!
Review: I thought this was a very powerful movie. I myself can really relate to their troubles. I just saw the movie a couple days ago on the tube and i found it very helpful. I have quit some ummm bad habits of mine. It kept me in my seat the whole time! I couldnt get up to even go to the restroom. I loved this movie and im about to buy it right now ;) Peace
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Summary: A postmodern movie
Review: this is a postmodern movie in a sense that there is an assorted borrowing from earlier styles by manipulating the idea of bricolage well. such dislocated style is what impressed me most. it reminds me of pulp fiction.
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