Unforgettable

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2013)

Danny Boyle's Trainspotting showed what a counter culture film set in the drug dens of Edingurgh could do. It's combination of humour, shock and tale of one man's struggle for a better life makes this film almost impossible to criticise (apart from the occasional glorification of drug use). This is the film that demonstrated how music and film should work together from the iconic opening chase scene to Renton's hallucinogenic efforts to quit.
Trainspotting jump started the careers of two now well known figures, the director Danny Boyle who has gone from drug dens to Olympic opening ceremonies and Ewan MacGregor who has since played the very opposite of Renton, Obi Wan Kenobi. All this has led to the film becoming among the best British films and certainly the best Scottish film