I spotted something else besides trains

Rating: Null/10 (27 September 2011)

Trainspotting has nothing to do with trains at all which is good trains bore me but the struggles of drug addicts thats interesting to see. I saw this movie not knowing anything about it so when they start shooting heroin in to there body that threw me off completely seeing Obi-won doing drugs why wasn't that in Star Wars.
The plot is about these drug addicts living in Scotland and how these guys deal with there addiction. Now this isn't depressing at all they add funny moments mixed in with intensely dark moments. The main character is played by Ewan McGregor and all he is trying to do is kick the stuff but of course it is hard because he is addicted and he has friends who don't want to kick it you know peer pressure. If you can't tell this is a character piece.
The characters all have there own problems, one is a psycho path and will fight and attack people for no reason at all. Others are so addicted they will land in jail or just throw away there whole life just to get one more hit. Ewan McGregor is the character you want to see get a normal life and get out of this mess so when you see him make these bad decisions or thrown in bad situations you truly root for him to get out.
This is directed by Danny Boyle who has made some great films such as Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours and this one is up there not his best but certainly nothing bad. The film is based on a book so but I never read it so I don't know if it is a accurate adaptation of the book.
Overall this is a great movie on the struggles of drugs and wanting a normal life. But it isn't buy worthy so I give it a high rental because this is a must see just not a must have.