Trainspotting

[joel_rosenbaum 1269]

Trainspotting is probably my favorite film adaptation from "transgressive fiction", which includes a lot of interesting work (good and bad) from a variety of directors. What strikes me is that Danny Boyle was able to extract a minor subplot from Welsh's meandering, non-linear source material and develop a coherent plot. And despite being set thirty years ago (ten years in the past from release), this film feels incredibly current, and I think it holds up much better than other films focused on drug abuse/addiction (e.g. Requiem for a Dream).

[HoldenMartinson 221]

"There's final hits, and final hits. What kind was this going to be?"

 

Yes pleeeeease.

[joel_rosenbaum 1269]

Not much of a teaser trailer, but:

 

[Muthsarah 124]

I like this movie a lot, but....ANOTHER 90s movie? And another dark one? So soon?

 

It's not Hollywood, at least. I guess it couldn't hurt.

 

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Oh, come on, twenty years later, and we're supposed to believe they're all still alive? Kinda takes away from the first movie a lil', doesn't it?

[Marsellus_H 118]

Oh, come on, twenty years later, and we're supposed to believe they're all still alive? Kinda takes away from the first movie a lil', doesn't it?

 

It basically becomes the before-trilogy of drug films. Next time they'll meet in Rome with their families.

[joel_rosenbaum 1269]

Oh, come on, twenty years later, and we're supposed to believe they're all still alive? Kinda takes away from the first movie a lil', doesn't it?

Not really, since the drive of the film is Renton leaving his friends behind. The sequel indicates that he failed. And you can blame Irvine Welsh for that; he wrote the sequel. It was called Porno.

 

I'm far from certain that the sequel will be very good. In fact, I'm pretty certain that it won't be. For one, the source material is not as good. Another is McGregor's penchant for appearing in terrible movies over the last decade or so.

[Muthsarah 124]

Not really, since the drive of the film is Renton leaving his friends behind. The sequel indicates that he failed. And you can blame Irvine Welsh for that; he wrote the sequel. It was called Porno.

 

I'm far from certain that the sequel will be very good. In fact, I'm pretty certain that it won't be. For one, the source material is not as good. Another is McGregor's penchant for appearing in terrible movies over the last decade or so.

 

Yes, but the reason Renton tried to kick his addition was because he and his friends were ruining their lives, and quickly. One of their friends died, they killed a baby through neglect, they got involved in crime, were driven to robbery, fights, and drug dealing. Not to mention all the more mundane yet disgusting things their sickness and addiction drove them to do. If all four of them were able to survive twenty years (or however long it's been in this movie), it makes their lives and the risks they took in the previous movie look much less dangerous and borderline-suicidal. There was urgency to Renton's plight. The first movie implied that he very nearly overdosed and his friends weren't really any better.

 

But I guess it was no big deal. Apparently, they woulda been just fine.

[joel_rosenbaum 1269]

But I guess it was no big deal. Apparently, they woulda been just fine.

The transition period between the books is nine years. Surviving that long with addiction is certainly believable, especially when the characters are in their twenties when the story begins.

[DushanPerera 0]

Yes, Trainspotting!

[CarlosFerreira 20]

It would be a very good episode, and I feel that the Canon needs some Danny Boyle. Maybe this in a Vs episode with 28 Days Later?

 

I'm suggesting this, but I wouldn't know which way I would vote!

[joel_rosenbaum 1269]

Streaming on Amazon and Netflix.

[JackChristensen 177]

It would be a very good episode, and I feel that the Canon needs some Danny Boyle. Maybe this in a Vs episode with 28 Days Later?

 

I'm suggesting this, but I wouldn't know which way I would vote!

 

I feel like it would be a no-brainer that it goes to Trainspotting. I love 28 Days Later for what it is (at the time it was a new zombie film when there hadn't been one in years and years), but I don't consider it a great film. It's pretty hard to argue against Trainspotting being a great film.