MoeFOH's Movie of the Week... Week #41...

[MoeFOH]

MoeFOH's Movie of the Week 🎥

Each week we're going to spotlight a movie... be it a classic, new release, hidden gem, or outright turd... and open it for discussion: i.e. post up your favourite quotes, clips, memories... or dive deeper and give us a critique on why you think it's great, overrated, or a complete train wreck... And finally score it for us...  

All contributors go into a monthly prize draw for a 3-cigar sampler! 

PM me with suggestions if there's a movie you want to nominate for next week's discussion. 

 

Week #41: Trainspotting

Moe says: Danny Boyle lands a heavyweight punch with this low budget classic... makes its way into my top 10 of all time! And, although it took a couple of viewings to appreciate properly, its sequel rates very highly, too... especially being made 20 years down the track. 

Wiki says: Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, and Kelly Macdonald in her debut. Based on the 1993 novel of the same title by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996.

The Academy Award-nominated screenplay by John Hodge follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life. Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film include an exploration of the urban poverty and squalor in Edinburgh.

Trainspotting was released to critical acclaim, and is regarded by many critics as one of the best films of the 1990s. The film was ranked tenth by the British Film Institute (BFI) in its list of Top 100 British films of the 20th century. In 2004, the film was voted the best Scottish film of all time in a general public poll. A 2017 poll, which consisted of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine, ranked it the tenth best British film ever.  A sequel, T2 Trainspotting, was released in January 2017.

Over to you!

How do you rate it out of 10? 

Post up favourite clips, quotes, etc... 

[MoeFOH]

 

[JohnS]

It was certainly quite 'out there', in other words it was very different, to other films of the time. I mean, I just had never considered a film about drug addiction from the drug addicts' point-of-view, and those around them, that wasn't sombre and violent.

Trainspotting presented serious themes in a very funny way. It stood out. Take a look at the actors that played in this film, for example. The greater majority of them were first noticed for their performances in this movie.

[MoeFOH]

1 minute ago, JohnS said:

It was certainly quite 'out there', in other words it was very different, to other films of the time. I mean, I just had never considered a film about drug addiction from the the drug addicts' point-of-view, and those around them, that wasn't sombre and violent.

Trainspotting presented serious themes in a very funny way. It stood out. Take a look at the actors that played in this film, for example. The greater majority of them were first noticed for their performances in this film.

Agree, John. It's a truly great film and possibly one of the best dark comedies ever, in my opinion. Watched again recently... it completely holds up and I can't see a time that it wouldn't - hallmark of a classic. However, it's difficult to find a singular clip to feature here that doesn't seriously contravene forum profanity rules. Lol. 

[Low]

I think the only thing I dislike about this film is that so many people misconstrued a lot of the message. They interpreted the scenes of fun while high as tits as glorifying the experience, instead of seeing it as an escape for the characters. Their lives had been so tarnished at that point, that the only thing that brought them happiness was drugs. I think the comedy didn't really help, but the movie needed levity, otherwise it would just have been something more akin to Requiem for a Dream, and God knows that there's only enough room for one movie like that. 

[Ford2112]

That baby scene still haunts me!

[Ken Gargett]

tried it once but whether i was simply not in the mood, never got to the finish. 

[Doctorossi]

Good stuff. 7/10.