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Trainspotting

just finished watching this movie..


easily in my top 20 of all time.

so many great one liners


greatest part was when Born Slippy came on


anyways i know im totally late on this movie,but whoever hasnt seen it go see it now


anyways should i go read the book? or would you say the film is better.

they're both good. The book has more backstory tho, for example, it tells you why the book is called trainspotting. The book is also more of a series of short stories than it is one long story and there were a few stories not put into the movie because they weren't specifically about renton et al.

To be honest, I liked both equally and it's rare for a movie to be just as good the book it came from. They're both spectacular in my opinion.

As the guy above said reason wise, the book is probably better but it's hard to encapsulate everything into a movie so fortunately they didn't try to.

movie sucks. this is why cops beat people.

The film is awesome. There's a reason why it's a cult movie

However, the book is absolutely wicked. It's NOT easy to read though, like a normal novel would be. You should start brushing up on your phonetic Scottish

Consider the movie to be the 'softened' version, compared to the intensity of what you'll read in the novel.

och, stu, there's a mooose loose about this hoose.

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Originally posted by Ian och, stu, there's a mooose loose about this hoose.

och aye!

glue >>>> trainspotting

What do you mean should you read the book? Of course you should along with the rest of Welsh's works. Don't let the dialect hinder you as it becomes easy to understand very quickly.

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Originally posted by TranceGiant glue >>>> trainspotting

Synopsis, please? Wikipedia says nothing about this film, imdb is inconclusive, and I trust your taste

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Originally posted by Sushipunk However, the book is absolutely wicked. It's NOT easy to read though, like a normal novel would be. You should start brushing up on your phonetic Scottish.

Reminds me of how hard it was for me to understand the film. They should've stuck with Gaelic, them Scots

It's a book, I should have made myself clearer
Synopsis...read it about 7 years ago (I'm amazed at the amount and difficulty of books I read back then, today I'm this intellectually numb, old and tired working putz)...group of friends portrayed in each decade, from the 70s childhood in Scottland, to teenage trouble, to twens excesses at the Oktoberfest, to drug-induced post-quarterlife-crisis in the techno era. Amazing once you're "in it".

random amazing born slippy cover

Trainspotting = one of the most overrated films ever.

it was good...just not *that* good.

the book is fantastic. Reading it can be difficult, just like understanding spoken glasweigan i guess, and I was born there.
seriously, if you like the movie, get the book

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Originally posted by TranceGiant It's a book, I should have made myself clearer Synopsis...read it about 7 years ago (I'm amazed at the amount and difficulty of books I read back then, today I'm this intellectually numb, old and tired working putz)...group of friends portrayed in each decade, from the 70s childhood in Scottland, to teenage trouble, to twens excesses at the Oktoberfest, to drug-induced post-quarterlife-crisis in the techno era. Amazing once you're "in it".

There's a film, shot in 2006, by Alexis dos Santos (based on this book). I thought you had seen it

Sounds like an interesting story though, I'll look into it

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Trainspotting = one of the most overrated films ever.

Not for me it wasn't. I guess being born in the 70's would make one relate more to the bleak 80's outlook it had. I remember seeing it for the first time on a date in 96. It basically planted the idea in me to abandon all my friends and get the hell out of Perth (Australia, not Scotland) and start my life anew, which I did after I finished uni in 98. I then spent the next 11 years in Japan having a great time. A choice I would definitely make again.

What I took from the movie is that your relationships are what make you. Heroin was just an analogy for how powerful a negative effect they could have. In the end though, one still has the choice to live life how one wants. I thought that was a pretty powerful message when I was 19.

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Originally posted by spiralhelix What I took from the movie is that your relationships are what make you. Heroin was just an analogy for how powerful a negative effect they could have. In the end though, one still has the choice to live life how one wants. I thought that was a pretty powerful message when I was 19.

Really well put


nice vid as well, but im not too keen on the vocal - although the arrangement is nice

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Originally posted by spiralhelix Not for me it wasn't. I guess being born in the 70's would make one relate more to the bleak 80's outlook it had. I remember seeing it for the first time on a date in 96. It basically planted the idea in me to abandon all my friends and get the hell out of Perth (Australia, not Scotland) and start my life anew, which I did after I finished uni in 98. I then spent the next 11 years in Japan having a great time. A choice I would definitely make again. What I took from the movie is that your relationships are what make you. Heroin was just an analogy for how powerful a negative effect they could have. In the end though, one still has the choice to live life how one wants. I thought that was a pretty powerful message when I was 19.

I was born in 1973

I found it to be a wee bit over the top, though I agree that the 'choose life' message (to borrow the line) that is ultimately the point is relevant to that generation (and perhaps still is now).

call me a pessimist, but I doubt that most people who think so highly of the film actually extrapolate a similarly profound message as you did.

maybe my criticism is less about the film itself and more about how it was received by so many people...?

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Originally posted by MarkT maybe my criticism is less about the film itself and more about how it was received by so many people...?

That is what I would construe from the word "overrated". There are plenty of things I adore, but fucking hate everyone else who likes these things as well. It's not a critique of the work, itself, rather, displeasure at the fan base.

"and that's what's illegal...do you know what they do to people like me inside? They'd cut my balls off and flush them down the fucking toilet."

haha that movie rox.

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Originally posted by Aortik That is what I would construe from the word "overrated". There are plenty of things I adore, but fucking hate everyone else who likes these things as well. It's not a critique of the work, itself, rather, displeasure at the fan base.

displeasure at the reason for the fanbase, yes. if everyone was so moved as spiralhelix, I'd say that's fantastic. but for everyone person who extrapolated a similar message from the film, there are 10 people who think the drugs and antics were "cool" and that's the reason they think it's the best film ever, lol.

meh...to each their own.

best scene from the movie:



lolll

Trainspotting is the ill dopest of movies. the book is pretty good but sometimes it's hard to figure out what the characters are saying because it's scottish engrish style

the soundtrack is best of the best too!

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