trainspotting

trainspotting is my favourite film of all time.its a powerful film with strong underlying messages......what do you think?

 

I knew you were a woman of great taste

fantastic film.....even better book...irvine welsh is one of the finest social commentators of my generation

 

It's a classic! It's so faced paced and gritty, really shows you the full aspects of a junkies life. One of the best British films ever made. A must see!

 

Ive loved that film since i was a kid...i think that panic in needle park is better at showing a junkies life tho...anyone seen it??

 

And too top it all it is bloody funny... 'porn tape' 'shitting the bed' Robert Caryle just being a complete nutter [very funny].

 

Brilliant sound track too.

 

Look out for the Ten year 'anniversary' 'special edition' 'directors cut' 2 CD edition .. next year... I think Ewan will be chatting on the 'commentary'



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My darn drug habit seems to be inpeading on my life.. oh dear.

 

I got Tommy.I knew it!

 

Fantastic film! And also ...
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It was a great movie. not my favorite though.

 

That was a good movie. Ewan McGregor is a better actor than he gets credit for.

Another good movie was Spun. It was kind of like Trainspotting, only it was about meth, and the humor was a lot more twisted.

 

watch requiem for a dream.. thats my fav movie right now

 

I love that movie. Its so good. Not very many people know about it though.

I got sick boy.

What genre is trainspotting in? I want to go rent it.

 

I'd say dark comedy but bordering on drama. It's definately in the genre of drug films but they don't have them at rental stores!

 

I found it, it was just rented.

 

Under the 'drug film' section? That's what I didn't think they have!
I rented it a whil back but I bought it on VHS ages ago

 

i agree. i just found out that my contemporary british literature class will be analyzing trainspotting. i can't wait to see the looks on people's faces when they come into class and ask "what the fuck is a bairn?"

 

Nobody says anything about the movie "Christiane F" which is the most schocking and powerfull junkie movie and based on a true story.
It is a german movie. You also should watch it in German with English subtitles.
This movie and the book were used in de 80's to scare kids about Heroine.
The story is about Christiane who is a 13 year old shy girl who wants to go to a disco called Sound. There she meets alot of new friends who gives here drugs. First stuff like Mandrax and valium and stuff. Finally she ends up as a streethooking herion addict with friends dying everywere.
The music from the movie is from David Bowie.
Great movie. Alot better then Trainspotting or Requiem for a dream or Traffic. Far more realistic. You really see needles going into veins and blood mixing with the Heroine in the syringe. And all that in gritty coldwar Berlin in the late seventies.

IMDB link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082176/ It is rated 7.6 out of 1141 votes.That is real good for a movie which is not in English.

 

Never seen it, but i imagne it could easily be a very good movie....the book was a powerfully disturbing read....

 

The scene at the beggining, he's like running along princess street, then ends up just by new street just like thgat. No sense whatsoever!