A film that truly stands the test of time. A masterpiece!

Rating: 10/10 (20 August 2009)

Danny Boyle's film masterpiece "Trainspotting" is a vibrant jolt of life (however constantly drugged-out its characters may be) that transports the viewer into the shocking minds of low-middle-class people with the common dream of success and happiness which they think will be obtained by a constant intake of incredibly powerful drugs.
"It's better than sex," the characters agree as they continuously inject their worn-out veins with the drugs, subsequently dropping almost unconsciously to the floor in a vivid and electric dream of heavenly perfection. This is what life is about: joy, ecstatic happiness and a constant state of perfection. "Drugs provide this for us", they realize, and if this is the dream every human longs for then it should justify their pillaging and plundering around Scotland to obtain it.
The film follows a junkie (Ewan McGregor) as he alternately muses about the low state of human beings and the difficulty it is for him to live, and the utter paradise it is to consume the drugs that account for everything even remotely pleasant in his life. His best friends which include a loser yet humble and lovable junkie (Ewen Bremner), a pretty boy/Sean Connery know-it-all with a high image of himself (Jonny Lee Miller) and a drug-hater violent psycho (Robert Carlyle) all emphasize the alternately revered and reviled state drugs induce them into.
Our principal character, the McGregor junkie, dreams of someday actually managing to quit drugs and getting himself a nice lifestyle like 'normal people' while recognizing and embracing the wicked jerk he actually is. The film follows him in a hilariously amusing odyssey into 'normalcy' and the missteps he encounters that are triggered by his friends' reappearance in his life.
The plot of the film is very good, as a matter of fact, but what really makes this movie an absolute masterpiece is the artistry behind its every area. The music is psychedelically absorbing, the editing is simply perfect, and the cinematography is, well, electrically vibrant, hysterical, spot-on and artistic. The screen writing follows no ordinary pattern, but involves images, music and colour to exude the feeling of the movie.
It's a perfect comedy, really. It's that kind of spectacular entertainment that awakens your sensibilities and makes you cackle in delight at the sheer audacity that's unraveling before your very eyes. I can't recommend it enough.
Rating: 4 stars out of 4!!