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I just watched this. The dialogue is very cool, as are the facial expressions of the actors as they put themselves in various ridiculous situations.


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With its hallucinatory visions of crawling dead babies and a grungy plunge into the filthiest toilet in Scotland, you might not think Trainspotting could have been one of the best movies of 1996, but Danny Boyle's film about unrepentant heroin addicts in Edinburgh is all that and more. That doesn't make it everybody's cup of tea (so unsuspecting viewers beware), but the film's blend of hyperkinetic humor and real-life horror is constantly fascinating, and the entire cast (led by Ewan McGregor and Full Monty star Robert Carlyle) bursts off of the screen in a supernova of outrageous energy. Adapted by John Hodge from the acclaimed novel by Irving Welsh, the film was a phenomenal hit in England, Scotland, and (to a lesser extent) the U.S. For all of its comedic vitality and invigorating filmmaking, the movie is no ode to heroin, nor is it a straight-laced cautionary tale. Trainspotting is just a very honest and well-made film about the nature of addiction, and it doesn't pull any punches when it is time to show the alternating pleasure and pain of substance abuse. --Jeff Shannon
 

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Probably my and CK26's alltime favorite movie. We've watched this movie probably 50 times and I enjoy it every time. Great cast overall and a great performance by Ewan MacGregor.
 

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Bada0Bing said:
I just watched this. The dialogue is very cool, as are the facial expressions of the actors as they put themselves in various ridiculous situations.

Are you describing Trainspotting or Police Academy? :D

This movie deserves a much better description than this! ;)
 
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Chaplin said:
Are you describing Trainspotting or Police Academy? :D

This movie deserves a much better description than this! ;)


Yeah, you’re right. However, I’m still a little tired at 5:30 in the morning. :D

I can’t believe it took me 10 years to watch this. (Blockbuster on-line is really paying off) Movies like this tend to get even better with additional viewings. It gives you a chance to pay more attention to the little things that you probably missed the first time. After an additional viewing, I could possibly see moving this into my 20 movies to see list.
 

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Bada0Bing said:
Yeah, you’re right. However, I’m still a little tired at 5:30 in the morning. :D

I can’t believe it took me 10 years to watch this. (Blockbuster on-line is really paying off) Movies like this tend to get even better with additional viewings. It gives you a chance to pay more attention to the little things that you probably missed the first time. After an additional viewing, I could possibly see moving this into my 20 movies to see list.

I thought it was good when I first saw it, but then I recently saw it again, and it instantly became one of my favorites.
 

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One of my all times favorites.... Sequel

Sony’s TriStar Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Danny Boyle’s sequel to “Trainspotting,” with shooting starting in the late spring.

Sony made a pre-emptive bid to acquire the rights Friday.

The untitled film, based on characters created by Irvine Welsh, reunites director Danny Boyle with screenwriter John Hodge and all of the principal cast of the 1996 film. Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle will reprise the roles of Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie, respectively.


http://variety.com/2015/film/news/trainspotting-2-tristar-ewan-mcgregor-robert-carlyle-1201654735/



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