Trainspotting | Canadian First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | Movie Commentary

You should watch shallow grave or Slumdog millionaire. If only for you're reaction to the poo.

Should watch The fighter, Christian bale does a good crack addict impersonation.

The point about the title is to compare the mundanity of the drug lifestyle to a hobby which is reputedly notoriously boring. As for the lifestyle itself, and the mental effects of their addiction, I remember reading an interview with a former professional footballer (Paul Merson) and he talked candidly about his own addiction - in his case to gambling - and as part of that he made a really interesting point. He said that for the addict losing was often 'better' because it gave him an excuse, something external to blame for his problems rather that looking inwards and focusing on why he had become an addict. It's somewhat tangental but I think something similar holds true for Renton and his associates: they never seem to actually hold themselves up to the light and pinpoint why they are addicts - yes, the drugs are addictive, of course, but there is something deeper going on within them and it's never analysed, with all of them instead seeming to accept that they are fuck-ups because of the drugs, and not because of themselves.

The author actually saysvthe story takes place roughly between 1983 & 1987....i thought it was a mid 90’s story for years...83 seems a little early for aids awareness on this level, but 85 to 87 sounds about right.

After seeing Trainspotting , drug use in movies will hit differently.

Best anti-drug commercial ever! 🤣 It's very A Clockwork Orange.

Train spotting is indeed a hobby- Apparently, it's also a junkie euphemism for doing drugs.

When Renton pops the dog in the park, the important thing to notice it whose dog it is: The guy is a skinhead- In addition to being hooligans, skinheads are militantly straight edge, and thus the natural enemies of junkies like Renton and Sick Boy- so getting him mauled by his own dog is something they might see as being a good citizen.

kinda funny that Kelly Macdonald would go on to be a Disney princess

In the book Renton and Begbie are in the old derelict train station in Leith at night.They meet an old alcoholic hobo in the derelict station, What ya doing here boys, trainspotting? The alcoholic is Begbies father. The guy who sells Renton the opium suppositories is played by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh.

For a full 180 on Robert Carlyle, who played Begbie, watch "The Full Monty", which is about a group of unemployed middle-aged men from the north of England, who decide to strip to make money.

Kelly MacDonald the star of Boardwalk Empire .and No Country For Old Men / Kevin Mckidd star of the series ROME. .Robert Carlyle Bond baddie .Ewan Brenner Black Hawk Down ) Pearl Harbor ) Jonny Lee Miller successful star of stage and screen ex partner of Angeline Jolie .heavy cast of actors here .James Cosmo Game Of Thrones )

Fantastic movie

It's based on a book boyle can't help when irwine wrote it

The book is incredible . . . but written in the local dialect which makes it difficult to follow at times.

Tommy and baby dawn 😢 still hurt till this day

Honestly, this movie just made me mad that Scotland is apparently hoarding all the non-Euclidean toilet bowls. I do wish they'd share. 😆

AND YES its true .. u CAN get very SICK from CAT bacteria and GERMS ! If you are already heroin weakened you might actually DIE from it if left untreated..
IF u see videos of PPL SHOWING their CAT LICKING their babys FACE tell them to stop it immediatly and get a freaking LIFE . its HIGHLY dangerous ..

GSUS CHRIST .. did they not teach you to STFU durign MONOloges ? (because most of the time they contain teh most information )
AND IF YOU THINK the story with the baby was SAD which it def was..very SAD .. then u should NOT WATCH FENTANYL documentaries ..
the stuff COPS body cams recorded is not FAKE like this MOVIE and MUCH MUCH WORSE.. much much more heartbreaking. DEVASTATING . Images that will burn themselves INTO your brain forever. stuff so FCKEDup so messed up i dont even want to describe it ..

Geez.. I really shouldn't had watched this on a day I wasn't feeling too great on lol

I don't really want to watch the sequel, but this is one of the best movies I've seen.

Masterpiece

Any one recognize Moaning Myrtle?

I'm from scotland, and me n my friends saw this when we were 11. many times

Best anti heroin education ever.

Sickboy and Begbie (Francis) were the major antagonists

That “poop” was excessively sprayed outward chocolate syrup

Trainspotting and T2 are both masterful. And for them to get the full cast and directors back for T2 really shined

The novel is AMAZING as well. Danny Boyle was in peak form here. My favorite film of that year. This flick catapulted Ewan McGregor into stardom.

About the title of the film, "Trainspotting" is slang for finding a vein to shoot up with.

Im Scottish and my wife is from Texas. She had never seen the movie before and i knew she was gonna struggle with the baby scene. She was in tears.... so upsetting. I was 12 when this movie came out and i grew up around a lot of Heroin users in my area. This movie shed light on how brutal this life is not just for users but there familes and there children. This movie saved a lot of kids from hard drugs due to not glamorizing it and showing the harsh reality.

“Did ye bring the Kerds” 😂

How anyone thought this film glamorized drug use is beyond me. It's just brutal.

I first saw Trainspotting in the evening of a day when I had been assaulted in a bar. A lot of the Begby scenes hit just a little bit harder that day.

People getting paid to watch a movie about something i actually experienced.. love it

Everything was cool until "meet cute" was uttered. YUCK.

Your generation is hilariously sensitive!

British cult classic. Lives up to the hype. Trust me, amazing... watch it if you haven't!

Well done guys! At last! Someone’s doing a Trainspotting reaction. One of the finest films to come out of the UK.❤

Great movie. It was the Clockwork Orange of my generation. Please watch the sequel. Amazing video as always guys 🙂👍

As a Scotsman I’m conflicted with this movie. It’s a great, groundbreaking movie, but shows the worst of Scotland. I also moved to London to escape.

That's the point of the story, not that everyone got what they deserved. The point was he is lucky.

Relentless.

Now, go for the sequel...

I try to avoid such comment's as the one I'm about to say now, but I have to ask Where have you two been ? To not have known of or seen trainspotting before now is amazing to me . I can only assume you are alot younger than I am. For another of Ervine Walsh's adaptations to screen is a film called The Acid House. It's ace and Well worth watching . Cheers.

Welcome to the Gen X.

As an ex-addict, the strongest line for me is: “But he’s a mate, so what can you do?”

That mentality is so intrinsic; borderline sacred. And it’s also the thing that keeps people going back, more often than not. It took absolutely everything to break that sentiment. Because when you are shit, genuine shit, the shit people around you are the only ones who you feel will accept you.

❤

North American immigrants won't understand the term trainspotting 😆