Utterly Fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2005)

Trainspotting its an excellent movie about the real hardship of drug addiction and the consequences "Death" and in the entire movie from the opening scene to the end you are presented with characters and the situations that are taking place at this very second, and its scary to think that the contents of the movie are actually happening which is why the brilliant book by Irvine Welsh was criticised by many (In my opinion) its due to people not wanting to realise the severity of whats happening in the world, Back to the film there's a heavy sense of dread and depravity throughout the whole set but if you consider each circumstance then the heavy theme of degradation seems light hearted and that I feel allows you to almost laugh a little at certain parts of the movie, for example I felt Begbies character was hilarious but in the book he's not he's a proper hard case even worse than the film but the scenarios Begbie gets are almost funny as you can just imagine someone doing that in a snooker hall, I know there are scenes where he acts a complete Psychopath but just down to what he says and the way he acts around his friends, Sick Boy for example on the train with the cards he forgot to bring, and Sick Boy's face just drops and he looks like a bitter child caught snooping for Christmas Presents, The way in which Begbie is able to be comfortable in being a complete Nut Case is explored into a little more depth in the book.
Trainspotting is not a comic take on a hard subject its an open genre take on a hard subject, its often close to the bone and in that not as much offencive more affective as everything in the film happens throughout the drug fuelled dead end lifestyles many have to endure, Its one of my favourite movies of all time and the book is my favourite book because both are strong and are real they don't turn away from the deprivation of what is life Trainspotting is a 10/10 movie that is not for the light hearted but a must see film for whenever your mature enough Peace