Movie Connections: Trainspotting - Part 1/4

[rsohlich1]

Trainspotting glorifies it, but not with ill intentions. Heroin can seem cool from a comforable distance.

[arturroo9]

MÓJ FILM...

[AdamR702]

Coming from a former addict this movie is a documentary of the life I used to live

[emece93]

Fuuuuuuuu, i need in spanish xD

[verbod]

about friends (2:45) ??? rofl. Heroin partners, nothing more.

[PurushaDesa]

Thinking Trainspotting endorses drugs is like thinking GoodFellas endorses killing people for money. Just because the filmmakers show characters enjoying themselves doesn't stop those characters from being demonstrably, monumentally damaged people.

[remsensor]

@PurushaDesa Agreed, as a former opiate addict I didn't think it even came close to glamorizing heroin. I think its one of the most accurate drug movies out there. Just because it didn't have a completely terrible bleak ending like requiem for a dream I still loved this movie.

[PurushaDesa]

@remsensor

As someone who's experienced that kind of culture, in your opinion, do users generally know the difference between 'a last hit' and 'a last hit'? D'you think Renton could really tell by the end of the film? I certainly take it at face value that he had gone through the wringer and had genuinely changed but maybe I'm naive. Maybe it depends on the specific personality of the user.

[remsensor]

@PurushaDesa As a short answer yes they know when they are done or lying to themselves. I have had had that little voice in my head tell me "just one last hit" more times then I can count. When it comes to addiction with hard drugs I can say that deep down you do know if your actually quitting for sure or not. It's weird but deep down you will know and think to yourself "yes I am quitting and quitting for good." It's only when you are actually down to heart ready to quit before you do.

[yamzarias]

love this movie...CoOl!!

[AndreGDJ]

What the fuck is Paxo on about?! I went to watch this in the cinema with a group of friends, all having taken MDMA, and most of us were in tears at points - death of baby, spud's mum, etc. - and without exception we ALL swore we'd never take heroin or anything of that type . . . we never did.

[snafupenguin]

Oh shit it just clicked in my mind that Johnny Lee Miller (Sick Boy) was this seasons main antagonist on Dexter....thats so awesome ^^

[bojack99]

seeing this movie made me never want to think or ever take drugs it scared me

[pathedly]

That scene with sick boy giving that girl a pill with his tongue...... Heaven

[MickeyLove01]

I didn't expect Carlyle to be on this...

[ondesmartenot3]

damn Sick Boy used to be so sexy...

[DippediinDIIORR]

i love this movie

[tomsega]

My favourite film of the 90s.

Sidenote, doesn't it show how much club dance music has deteriorated under the wrath of popular r&b...

[EHSPicturesontheweb]

Is it me or is the theme tune to MOVIE CONNECTIONS epic

[thevirtualnightmare]

brilliant film!

[BASEMANBEN4]

danny boyle=1 of the best directors

[segano1]

Funny how the narrator describes it, but cool none the less, I like a lot of the sountrack in this film too, I even bought the soundtrck, and re-bought it on bluray a few months back,

Trainspotting's better than Shallow Grave in my oppinion, but it's ok

[lauchl7]

the most fuckin awesomee flick ever made

love u rentz

[ougadoudou]

What is the song playing at around 9:20 just before the end of the clip?

[thomyorkesbabypanda]

@ougadoudou It's a cover of "Atomic" by Blondie done by Sleeper. It's on the Trainspotting soundtrack.

[vavoomm]

jonnyyy <3

[demonfister]

Would LOVE to see Trainspotting 2 (AKA Porno by Irvine Welsh), which catches up with the characters some years down the line. Brilliant book, but not sure if it could be used as a film.

[EHSPicturesontheweb]

@demonfister thats what they said about the first book

[demonfister]

@EHSPicturesontheweb That suggests there's a potential with the film...

[EHSPicturesontheweb]

@demonfister hell yeah

[shaunyboy04]

@demonfister Boyle really wants to make it, he's just waiting for the actors to age a bit.

[summerbeachh]

ewan mcgregor is perfect<3

[roxastidus]

YES A FUCKIN GODSEND!!!

[jack19790]

So thats what Renton said in that underwater scene when he picked up those pills!!!! I couldn't make it out, it all just connected! I thought he said "Yes I fucking gots em!"

Ahhh...fucking clarity....thanks brother.

[rustypico]

@roxastidus

'YES! YA FUCKIN' DANCER'

[brianjetpilot]

excellent ..thanks for posting has the local hero one been on yet ?

[mayfieldhummper]

re LOCAL HERO -yes it was about 2 weeks ago it may still be on bbc iplayer .

[brianjetpilot]

thankyou .got it

[Samalamalamdam]

I missed it. When's it going to appear here?

[MaisMaren]

thx

great!