It's not glamorising it it's there too show youngsters to keep well away from it if I seen this before I turned to heroin I would never had touched it lucky for me I went for help ive been clean over 20 years so the saying once a junkie always a junkie is pure rubbish
@@JeffreyPullen-lp4oe I think, like yourself, that once someone gets clean and addresses the reasons they turned to drugs in the first place there’s no reason they can’t leave it behind forever. Well done for getting off that stuff.
I think it's honest in the way it shows drugs. It doesn't shy away from looking at the attractions of drugs but shows with brutal honest the downside of drugs.
It’s not that it glamorises it rather it humanises it. The endearing thing about it is that for as unlikable as the guys are, they are still presented as human. They’re smart, witty and at times kind of likeable. And that’s what is confronting about it. Because these are the types society would write off without a thought based on their addiction alone
I WAS a heroin addict for about 10 years. This is very accurate. Tragic and almost impossible to escape. I did manage to escape, nearly 8 years clean now. Feel free to message me if anyone needs any help :)
Good for you. I never got into heroin but I was heading in that direction and starting to do a lot of coke when I luckily woke up and realized my life could go down one of two roads, so I hear you. I'm sure your struggle was much worse, especially after 10 years of addiction, but it's still a good thing to share. Your story can give people hope that there can be a way out.
@@devilkyn1 fanx for the message :) Yeah what started out weed in college in 1995, followed by acid and Mario Kart into the raving scene with speed and pills. Went over to the Cocaine in 1997, crack followed shortly after and then didn’t really get into heroin until about 2004 which took me into rehab eventually and thank God in 2014. Cocaine, I did a hell of a lot of it. Well done for making that decision!! I wanted to stop so bad for so long but it just had me in it’s grips. It was like a hellish Groundhog Day for so many years. It’s cool to be able to help others who are in that same predicament. Almost gave me a life purpose one might say 😊❤️🙏 Have a great evening 👏
@@jameslovesbutter2314 Good for you, my friend. I got hooked within a week to fentanyl. Almost killed me 3 times in 4 months. You might as well sleep in a bed full of rattlesnakes than start on some of the stuff that's out there. I know it's no small thing getting off of it. Best of luck to you.
The baby pretty much starved to death, such painful way to die😔💔And the mother had already found her dead but took a hit, passed out, and then woke up and found her dead again. This movie takes a real hard look at heroine addiction and how it can and will destroy everything around it.
The baby part (and Tommy) is why I watch reactors instead of watching the whole thing. I just can't watch the whole thing again even after so many years. I do still listen to a lot of the songs on the soundtrack.
This movie was HUGE when it came out. It was cool because it was a ‘counter culture’ film with anti hero type characters and an amazing soundtrack. Everyone had the soundtrack. The poster art was everywhere. It really reignited the British film industry and made people more interested in UK made indie films again. Very funny, shocking, well shot & edited, iconic scenes and quotable. Definitely a ten out of ten. The sequel is worth a watch for nostalgia’s sake, and that’s the point of the film. Nowhere near as good but fun to catch up with the gang again after so many years and see what became of them.
This film makes me want to take a shower. It’s a masterpiece in my opinion, but it’s also pretty horrific at times. It’s my favorite Danny Boyle film. I’d give it a 10/10
@Jason_Van_Stone yeah great soundtrack as well. Wish they stayed closer to the book though and I'm sure Ewan was originally suppose to be the lead which would have made sense since the main character Richard is British
this movie is a Scottish classic....showing that in Scotland we are not all kilt wearing bagpipe playing happy people....Scotland has a MASSIVE drug problem and the highest death rate in Europe.... you must watch Trainspotting 2 which shows how their lives have turned out 20 odd years later
Have you seriously not seen Silence of the Lambs yet Shaun?! ABSOLUTELY watch that!! It won all 5 'big' oscars - and deserved every single bloody one of them!
Definitely recommend Trainspotting 2. It is just a great look at how these characters ended up in life, with plenty of knods to the original. Maybe not as artistic and edgy, but a lot of fun!
@@SavageIntent I think I actually enjoyed it more than the first one. It was really good. The first one is Renton's story and the second one is Spud's.
@@MikeB12800 Yeah, I'm in my fifties now. Remember going to the cinema when it first came out. Caught the zeitgeist of my life at the time. Not heroin to clarify. Just other things and behaviours. Found the sequel very moving.
If you liked this and want more along these lines I highly recommend Christiane F, a 1981 German film based on a true story of a 13 year old girl who gets addicted to heroin. I'd say it's even darker than Trainspotting. It's an incredible film and one of my all time favourites.
Watching this at too young of an age definitely left an impression, especially the Baby scene of course. If memory serves me right, Ewan McGregor was willing for actually shooting up heroin to prepare for the role but had to be talked out of it. Also it should be mentioned the actor who plays Tommy is actually the voice actor for Soap in Modern Warfare 2 and 3.
I remember very distinctly the day I saw this in the theater, as it had a profound impact on me as I became more interested in more adult things. It revolutionized my taste in music, and me and my friend immediately had to get the soundtrack. What would become our favourite dance club, was an "alternative" spot and had songs from the soundtrack in heavy rotation. Good memories from a better time.
This was the first Danny Boyle movie I ever saw and it is still my favorite. This movie is a masterpiece. Every performance is perfect. The storyline with Tommy is tragic. I love this movie.
Rosemary's Baby! Although I'm astonished you haven't seen Silence of the Lambs. BTW I showed this film to my neighbour not realising that his mother had been a heroin addict. When the baby died got very upset and we had to turn it off. I felt bad, but I also wanted to keep watching it. Am I a bad person? Lol
Another amazing and thought provoking movie about addiction is 'Shame' starring Michael Fassbender and directed by Steve McQueen. I find no one ever talks about it, whether it be that no one's heard of it, or because it deals with an addiction from a lens less popularized or more uncomfortable than the substances of drugs or alcohol (which always seem to be the widely accepted staple of addictions; hence films like Trainspotting, Requiem for a Dream or Leaving Las Vegas.) Shame deals with a type of addiction a lot of people have but don't ever talk about, by displaying it in the subtle ways everyone can relate to at first without even realizing that these normalized behaviors are no less comparable to the more extreme or taboo actions in the film. And personally, I have found the subtle forms to be equally as emotionally and psychologically scarring. If you haven't heard of it, I definitely recommend checking it out.
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Absolutely fantastic movie, all actors absolutely kill it and the book is brilliant as well but you have to have a bit of experience speaking with Scottish folk to understand a lot of it 🤣
Finally someone reacting to the movie that defined my transition into adulthood. The music, the story, the actors, the drugs!!! Both Trainspotting 1 and its sequel are loosely based on books by Irvine Welsh, and are well worth reading. While some people malign Trainspotting 2, I think it's absolutely brilliant. In my eyes Danny Boyle is the greatest director working today. For more of his brilliant work I suggest the following films: 28 Days Later, Sunshine, The Beach. I believe he even won an Academy Award for Slumdog Millionaire (for what that's worth), but I've never seen it so I can't vouch for it's quality.
Of course I love Ewan McGregor & Johnny Lee Miller, I’m totally obsessed with Robert Carlyle. You must watch more movies with him in it, like anything! Dude always steals the scenes in whatever he’s in. I’ve been raving about him for years and people were like who?? Then all of a sudden he’s in Once Upon a Time, and now people absolutely love him because he’s so good on that show. I love some of his obscure early movies as well, he shines even when he was just getting started.
Movie Fact: It's actually chocolate they used for the "Worst Toilet In Scotland" scene. The book is very messed up, and I've been to most of the locations featured in this movie (the ones in Scotland). Good to see you enjoyed it!
I love this film and that it has so much great classic music-introducing it to a whole new generation. Two American icons in particular are used and fit so perfectly --Lust for Life(Iggy Pop), A Perfect Day(Lou Reed)
that bucketlist scratch off is really cool i'll have to look into it! loved your reaction to this. i, of course, like you and tom reacting together but something about your solo reactions are really chill lmao. they have a relaxing feel to them.
Top notch film. One thing I love, which is done so well in the editing. Is how Begby hasn't changed. There is no character arc. But we're laughing our heads off at him cracking the cue over the guy's head for opening a crisp packet. Or getting into the brawl at the pub.. But, at the end.. Where it's no longer hidden. Him glassing the guy for knocking the pint out his hand. Everything just slows down.
I think your reaction to this might actually be more traumatic than the movie itself was for me, lol.... er, thanks(?) for that? Great selection, btw, so glad the poster suggested it. Just curious, is Cinema Paradiso on that scratch-off poster? I've been dying for a movie fan to do that one. This movie has some of my favourite bits of trivia... Danny Boyle, the director, was so inspired by the use of music in Scorsese's Goodfellas, he wanted to do the same. He did a slight 'history of' British music throughout Trainspotting, pretty much in chronological order, starting with Iggy's Lust for Life, ending with a 'fresh start' for Renton with a new sound (Born Slippy). Another trivia bit is that it gifted us with a new star in the making... Kelly Macdonald. It was one of those "I wasn't trying out for the role" scenarios. It was an an open casting call and the usual 'i'm just here giving my friend some company', but then she's the one that gets cast. I've enjoyed her body of work ever since (Gosford Park and The Girl In The Cafe are some of my fave's). As an aside: I was hiking through Scotland a while back, came across some hamlet or tiny village. I was at the pub one night and went into one of my worst half-arsed attempts at a Ewan/Renton scottish accent with a soliloquy of "...we can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY." Everyone there cheered and ended up buying me drinks the rest of the night ;)
Strangely enough Trainspotting is my comfort movie, a movie I can sit down to watch and just feel content.. which does sound strange considering the movie and its plot. It’s such a masterpiece though, I could never get sick of it
When I moved into my new place about 7 years ago, I offered one of the young moving guys a vintage poster of this movie (for free), all nicely mounted and ready to hang and he looked at me like I was offering him my leftovers.
A excellent film, blackest of black comedy. How anybody could accuse it of glamorizing drugs which it was at the time is crazy. Absolutely loved the sequel book Porno (not so much the second film) and the book set before Trainspotting, Skagboys lets you know how circumstance and life can take you down unexpected paths no matter how promising your life may look if you had not got involved with drugs and the wrong people
the actors were picked off the mean streets of Glasgow, Ewan McGregor was apparently a car thief. The writer, Irvine Welsh, is the geeky drug dealer who sells Ewan the suppositories at the start (far left at 14:33). Johnny Lee Miller (sickboy) was the husband of little known actress at the time Angelina Jolie.
About 25% of what you've written is tosh. Entertaining, but tosh all the same. Ewan McGregor is from the (rather posh) village of Crieff in rural Perthshire, not the "mean streets" of Glasgow. And he's never been a car thief. Just a jobbing actor on various British TV shows. The rest is pretty accurate.
The novel is a lot bigger and has more characters. However, the film does a good job of condensing the story to a more streamlined form. But that does mean that a number of characters are combined into the same character. For example, the story of Tommy's death is actually that of another character called Matty, it's combined with Tommy as in the book as Tommy also gets AIDS. But I would recommend the books as they are very well written and give you a wider understanding of the characters and their lives. As for the research they did, the football team they play against at the beginning of the movie is Calton Athletic who are a team of recovering addicts.
I remember seeing this movie in my early raver days and basically terrified me from ever trying any drug that involved needles, cause I had already tried a few at the time. Still have never even been tempted. 😎
You NEED to watch Trainspotting 2, PLEASE! It's a very different movie because the characters have all grown old and have different lifes. I like it more than the first one, because it hit really hard.
I just saw Rosemary's Baby , again, the other day. It's a classic, and the acting is so good because no matter how many times I watch it, the characters still creep me out. Also, Hitchcock's originals, The Birds and Rear Window, are excellent older movies.
At the time this film was classed as pro drugs by politicians and others with no common sense. The film is basically anti hard drugs as it shows the characters as wanting a good time but only finding misery and dispear. The soundtrack to this film is brilliant.
You edited past the "toilet rebirth" of obi-wan kenobi? That's the most influential scene in the film! Rife with symbolism and expressing the core essence of the film.
I know I went back and rewatched Trainspotting 1 before I watched 2. I agree with your rating for a first time watch. I’ve seen the film a few times now,introducing it to friends,so my final rating is closer to a 9. As far as your next film goes,I would recommend something more up beat. Maybe The big Lebowski. For some reason I thought you had already seen that one. Thank you for another great review/reaction.
What a really great movie...despite the tragic storyline its so well done.Those baby scenes stick with you and if having a baby isnt enough to get you clean then nothing will. :(
The movie is heavy, but the novel is even heavier. Also a bit of a bastard to read, because it's written phonetically in thick Scottish accent and uses slang. There's even a glossary of terms in the back.
When I was younger I always loved the movie "The Beach" by Danny Boyle. To be honest, I still do.. "28 Days Later" was one of my favorite movies for a long time. All of his movies are good.
I loved this film from my first viewing on VHS, good storyline, good soundtrack & great acting so 9 out of 10 for me. Like Pulp Fiction this film does not glamourise drugs as the tragic events outweigh the positive view Renton has about being a junkie. The end of the film signified the hope I had in the 90’s when the Labour Party got in to government along with Brit pop & the England football team doing well that things would get better in the UK but unfortunately that hasn’t been the case. I would watch this film along before watching the sequel. It’s my favourite Danny Boyle film with 28 Days Later & Shallow Grave in the rest of the top 3 of his films.
The writer of the book, Irvine Welsh, plays Mikey Forrester, the guy they buy the stuff off of towards the end of the movie, where Renton has to try it to see if it is good...
Coma, Marathon Man, Tootsie, Terms of Endearment, The World According to Garp, Dead Ringers, Peggie Sue Got Married, Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Attraction, Driving Miss Daisy, Cocoon, Romancing the Stone.
I have a great love of film And tried to pass that on to my kids When 1 of my daughters was 16 I took her to see trainspotting The person at The movie theater criticize me for taking her to see that movie Well it's years later and my daughter graduated with honors from her prestigious university And now has a filmography of 21 films on IMDB I love the soundtrack
Hi man, ive been there with the bedroom scene, cold turkey is a horrible thing.... it hit me sooo hard i wanted to die. But im so glad to be clean for 8 years
T2 is definitely worth the watch. Danny Boyle has great stuff (hope you get to watch Trance, Sunshine, and Slumdog Millionaire). Amelie is wonderful and weird. Silence of the Lambs is a masterpeice. Leon is intense and riveting (director's cut IS arguably slightly better but it deserves some side eye for what it implies for it's young star 👀).
Oh wow, I didn't realize you haven't seen Se7en. I very much want to see your reaction to that, but you must watch it with Tom!! Regarding the film, I remember the gross scenes from my youth. However I was living a similar, albeit toned down, life back then and didn't really make the comparisons until after getting back "on the straight and narrow" (the term I think you were searching for when describing the use of colour). Snowboarding eh? You kids and your crazy terms!
Fun fact: Underworld who made Born Slippy (belter of a tune) were originally going to turn it down cos they thought the film would glamourise drug use but they either got told it didn’t or they got shown script/read book
I'm a big fan of Elementary which is the CBS version of Sherlock Holmes starring Johnny Lee Miller who is really the only reason I got into it and would have probably sunk without him but he's such an incredible actor. I guess it's tough to distance yourself from a role you played for years because when he shows up in Trainspotting 2 he plays Sick Boy with all the physicality he uses for Sherlock and it's a very different performance from this first film. I can't imagine it's as noticeable for anyone who doesn't watch the show. I just thought I'd mention it.
wife is colombia with a very strong spanish accent...she had a tough time with this movie because of the scottish accents in it,many were very strong accents and she just didnt understand what they were saying.
Omg, I’ve never watched this movie and when he was digging in the toilet, I couldn’t gag myself, because I was laughing my ass off at your gagging. Lmao
First time I saw this movie, when he slung that sheet full of crap all over the girl and her parents, I nearly crapped and choked at the same time!😂 That worst crapper in Scotland is my every bathroom nightmare. The floor covered in an inch or two of pee and crap, toilet pouring over, no toilet paper, no doors on the stalls (like high school,) no toilet seats, and I gotta torque a wicked cable like you wouldn’t believe.😧💩
A couple of ladies pulled that 'are you getting in the cab? thing with a mate and myself as we exited a club in Glasgow around 99/00 Thankfully they were most definitely of age and just reliving that moment in TS as I was. My mate was 17 but good for him. Whatever. Good times. 🤣
I had a friend who refused to watch it saying it “glamourises” drugs. I just laughed and told him he might want to watch it before making a judgement.
Yeah I think in order to make a good anti-drug film (or anti-anything film) you have to show why people would do it in the first place.
It's not glamorising it it's there too show youngsters to keep well away from it if I seen this before I turned to heroin I would never had touched it lucky for me I went for help ive been clean over 20 years so the saying once a junkie always a junkie is pure rubbish
@@JeffreyPullen-lp4oe I think, like yourself, that once someone gets clean and addresses the reasons they turned to drugs in the first place there’s no reason they can’t leave it behind forever. Well done for getting off that stuff.
I think it's honest in the way it shows drugs. It doesn't shy away from looking at the attractions of drugs but shows with brutal honest the downside of drugs.
It’s not that it glamorises it rather it humanises it. The endearing thing about it is that for as unlikable as the guys are, they are still presented as human. They’re smart, witty and at times kind of likeable. And that’s what is confronting about it. Because these are the types society would write off without a thought based on their addiction alone
I WAS a heroin addict for about 10 years. This is very accurate. Tragic and almost impossible to escape. I did manage to escape, nearly 8 years clean now. Feel free to message me if anyone needs any help :)
Good for you. I never got into heroin but I was heading in that direction and starting to do a lot of coke when I luckily woke up and realized my life could go down one of two roads, so I hear you. I'm sure your struggle was much worse, especially after 10 years of addiction, but it's still a good thing to share. Your story can give people hope that there can be a way out.
@@devilkyn1 fanx for the message :) Yeah what started out weed in college in 1995, followed by acid and Mario Kart into the raving scene with speed and pills. Went over to the Cocaine in 1997, crack followed shortly after and then didn’t really get into heroin until about 2004 which took me into rehab eventually and thank God in 2014. Cocaine, I did a hell of a lot of it. Well done for making that decision!! I wanted to stop so bad for so long but it just had me in it’s grips. It was like a hellish Groundhog Day for so many years. It’s cool to be able to help others who are in that same predicament. Almost gave me a life purpose one might say 😊❤️🙏 Have a great evening 👏
So happy for you 😊
@@JeissySandovalArro ❤️🙏😊 Thank you 😊
@@jameslovesbutter2314 Good for you, my friend. I got hooked within a week to fentanyl. Almost killed me 3 times in 4 months. You might as well sleep in a bed full of rattlesnakes than start on some of the stuff that's out there. I know it's no small thing getting off of it. Best of luck to you.
The baby pretty much starved to death, such painful way to die😔💔And the mother had already found her dead but took a hit, passed out, and then woke up and found her dead again. This movie takes a real hard look at heroine addiction and how it can and will destroy everything around it.
The baby part (and Tommy) is why I watch reactors instead of watching the whole thing. I just can't watch the whole thing again even after so many years. I do still listen to a lot of the songs on the soundtrack.
It’s based on a book and apparently the baby suffocate 😢probably from all the blankets in it’s crib
This movie was HUGE when it came out. It was cool because it was a ‘counter culture’ film with anti hero type characters and an amazing soundtrack. Everyone had the soundtrack. The poster art was everywhere. It really reignited the British film industry and made people more interested in UK made indie films again. Very funny, shocking, well shot & edited, iconic scenes and quotable. Definitely a ten out of ten. The sequel is worth a watch for nostalgia’s sake, and that’s the point of the film. Nowhere near as good but fun to catch up with the gang again after so many years and see what became of them.
It's a proper time capsule of the era.
This film makes me want to take a shower. It’s a masterpiece in my opinion, but it’s also pretty horrific at times. It’s my favorite Danny Boyle film. I’d give it a 10/10
Agreed. The shower part for sure! I lived in Scotland for 5 years and everyone was a smack-head!
The Beach, (Leonardo DiCaprio) is my favorite Danny Boyle. This is a close 2nd.
@Jason_Van_Stone yeah great soundtrack as well. Wish they stayed closer to the book though and I'm sure Ewan was originally suppose to be the lead which would have made sense since the main character Richard is British
this movie is a Scottish classic....showing that in Scotland we are not all kilt wearing bagpipe playing happy people....Scotland has a MASSIVE drug problem and the highest death rate in Europe....
you must watch Trainspotting 2 which shows how their lives have turned out 20 odd years later
Negative to part 2.
Have you seriously not seen Silence of the Lambs yet Shaun?!
ABSOLUTELY watch that!! It won all 5 'big' oscars - and deserved every single bloody one of them!
Definitely recommend Trainspotting 2. It is just a great look at how these characters ended up in life, with plenty of knods to the original. Maybe not as artistic and edgy, but a lot of fun!
Actually gave me nostalgia and hit emotionally.
Yeah it managed to be a unique story in its own right, maybe not as good as the first one but as good as a sequel could be.
@@SavageIntent I think I actually enjoyed it more than the first one. It was really good. The first one is Renton's story and the second one is Spud's.
God no. Trainspotting 2 is dreadful. I'm a huge fan of Irvine Welsh and Danny Boyle but apart from the scene in the Protestant club, T2 was awful.
@@MikeB12800 Yeah, I'm in my fifties now. Remember going to the cinema when it first came out. Caught the zeitgeist of my life at the time. Not heroin to clarify. Just other things and behaviours.
Found the sequel very moving.
If you liked this and want more along these lines I highly recommend Christiane F, a 1981 German film based on a true story of a 13 year old girl who gets addicted to heroin. I'd say it's even darker than Trainspotting. It's an incredible film and one of my all time favourites.
Watching this at too young of an age definitely left an impression, especially the Baby scene of course. If memory serves me right, Ewan McGregor was willing for actually shooting up heroin to prepare for the role but had to be talked out of it. Also it should be mentioned the actor who plays Tommy is actually the voice actor for Soap in Modern Warfare 2 and 3.
The actor of tommy has also been in the later scenes of greys anatomy!
Perfect blend of comedy and grimness, and one of the greatest soundtracks ever
Check out some of Kevin Smiths' most iconic films, starting from the beginning with Clerks, then Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma
Love those movies, I really like Clerks 2 as well, the scene in the jail cell gets me
As a massive Kevin Smith fan I second this 10000%.
_Trainspotting_ was the Gen X _"Saturday Night Fever"._ That moment, that soundtrack. Had to be there.
I remember very distinctly the day I saw this in the theater, as it had a profound impact on me as I became more interested in more adult things. It revolutionized my taste in music, and me and my friend immediately had to get the soundtrack. What would become our favourite dance club, was an "alternative" spot and had songs from the soundtrack in heavy rotation. Good memories from a better time.
I was in my late Teens great times so many crazy insane memories 😃
@@Psilocybin77 the book had a similar impact on me, as I was immersed in rave culture at the time. Almost kicked the cinema door down to see it.
Ewan McGregor is absolutely incredible in this. You really feel the agony Renton is going through with the withdrawals.
This was the first Danny Boyle movie I ever saw and it is still my favorite. This movie is a masterpiece. Every performance is perfect. The storyline with Tommy is tragic. I love this movie.
Me too then went back to Shallow Grave another good film
@@andylikesstuffchannel Shallow Grave is amazing as is most of Boyle’s catalog.👍
@@jimtatro6550 Dr Who is in it also 👍👍
Shallow Grave is good too, 28 Days Later.
@@jimtatro6550 he was supposed to make James Bonds No Time To Die but apparently he disapproved of Bond getting killed off
You might recognize Spud from the film you recently watched, Snatch... he was the guy Bullet Tooth Tony put in the car window lol
The guy who used dog shit for toothpaste.
Rosemary's Baby! Although I'm astonished you haven't seen Silence of the Lambs. BTW I showed this film to my neighbour not realising that his mother had been a heroin addict. When the baby died got very upset and we had to turn it off. I felt bad, but I also wanted to keep watching it. Am I a bad person? Lol
Another amazing and thought provoking movie about addiction is 'Shame' starring Michael Fassbender and directed by Steve McQueen. I find no one ever talks about it, whether it be that no one's heard of it, or because it deals with an addiction from a lens less popularized or more uncomfortable than the substances of drugs or alcohol (which always seem to be the widely accepted staple of addictions; hence films like Trainspotting, Requiem for a Dream or Leaving Las Vegas.) Shame deals with a type of addiction a lot of people have but don't ever talk about, by displaying it in the subtle ways everyone can relate to at first without even realizing that these normalized behaviors are no less comparable to the more extreme or taboo actions in the film. And personally, I have found the subtle forms to be equally as emotionally and psychologically scarring. If you haven't heard of it, I definitely recommend checking it out.
Popular movie as was the soundtrack at the time. Loved Underworld’s Born Slippy, Lou Reed’s Perfect Day, and an old classic Atomic from Blondie.
It also put a new generation onto Iggy Pop 🤔🎶🤩🙌👍
Shaun: Thanks all of the work you've been doing on your own. I know it's tough but it's a joy for us because you're posting more and more. I know I really appreciate it. Life does sometimes get in the way but YOU'RE doing great!!! Keep up the good work. Don't over do it.
Absolutely fantastic movie, all actors absolutely kill it and the book is brilliant as well but you have to have a bit of experience speaking with Scottish folk to understand a lot of it 🤣
Finally someone reacting to the movie that defined my transition into adulthood. The music, the story, the actors, the drugs!!! Both Trainspotting 1 and its sequel are loosely based on books by Irvine Welsh, and are well worth reading. While some people malign Trainspotting 2, I think it's absolutely brilliant. In my eyes Danny Boyle is the greatest director working today. For more of his brilliant work I suggest the following films: 28 Days Later, Sunshine, The Beach. I believe he even won an Academy Award for Slumdog Millionaire (for what that's worth), but I've never seen it so I can't vouch for it's quality.
Of course I love Ewan McGregor & Johnny Lee Miller, I’m totally obsessed with Robert Carlyle. You must watch more movies with him in it, like anything! Dude always steals the scenes in whatever he’s in. I’ve been raving about him for years and people were like who?? Then all of a sudden he’s in Once Upon a Time, and now people absolutely love him because he’s so good on that show. I love some of his obscure early movies as well, he shines even when he was just getting started.
Movie Fact: It's actually chocolate they used for the "Worst Toilet In Scotland" scene. The book is very messed up, and I've been to most of the locations featured in this movie (the ones in Scotland). Good to see you enjoyed it!
You NEED to watch The Prestige (2006), I don’t care if you watch it by yourself or with Tom, you NEED to watch it!
Totally agree. The Prestige is brilliant.
Great choice to add to your bucket list! Ewan McGregor is amazing. Does anyone know if T2 (the sequel) was any good?
It def holds up as far as a sequel goes. A faithful continuation of the story.
It's awful.
It was a really good follow up.
It’s a very satisfying conclusion to the series.
@@singbluesilver1973 Have you not read The Blade Artist and others? T2 is by no means a conclusion.
I’m Scottish so it might make me biased but I fucking love this movie 😂 the sequel is great too
I love this film and that it has so much great classic music-introducing it to a whole new generation. Two American icons in particular are used and fit so perfectly --Lust for Life(Iggy Pop), A Perfect Day(Lou Reed)
that bucketlist scratch off is really cool i'll have to look into it! loved your reaction to this. i, of course, like you and tom reacting together but something about your solo reactions are really chill lmao. they have a relaxing feel to them.
I cried with laughing when I first watched this. It’s genius. 🤣🤣🤣
Top notch film.
One thing I love, which is done so well in the editing. Is how Begby hasn't changed. There is no character arc. But we're laughing our heads off at him cracking the cue over the guy's head for opening a crisp packet. Or getting into the brawl at the pub..
But, at the end.. Where it's no longer hidden. Him glassing the guy for knocking the pint out his hand. Everything just slows down.
Watch Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave, the film he made before Trainspotting. A different kind of film, but similar energy and humour
I think your reaction to this might actually be more traumatic than the movie itself was for me, lol.... er, thanks(?) for that? Great selection, btw, so glad the poster suggested it. Just curious, is Cinema Paradiso on that scratch-off poster? I've been dying for a movie fan to do that one.
This movie has some of my favourite bits of trivia... Danny Boyle, the director, was so inspired by the use of music in Scorsese's Goodfellas, he wanted to do the same. He did a slight 'history of' British music throughout Trainspotting, pretty much in chronological order, starting with Iggy's Lust for Life, ending with a 'fresh start' for Renton with a new sound (Born Slippy). Another trivia bit is that it gifted us with a new star in the making... Kelly Macdonald. It was one of those "I wasn't trying out for the role" scenarios. It was an an open casting call and the usual 'i'm just here giving my friend some company', but then she's the one that gets cast. I've enjoyed her body of work ever since (Gosford Park and The Girl In The Cafe are some of my fave's).
As an aside: I was hiking through Scotland a while back, came across some hamlet or tiny village. I was at the pub one night and went into one of my worst half-arsed attempts at a Ewan/Renton scottish accent with a soliloquy of "...we can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY." Everyone there cheered and ended up buying me drinks the rest of the night ;)
Strangely enough Trainspotting is my comfort movie, a movie I can sit down to watch and just feel content.. which does sound strange considering the movie and its plot. It’s such a masterpiece though, I could never get sick of it
When I moved into my new place about 7 years ago, I offered one of the young moving guys a vintage poster of this movie (for free), all nicely mounted and ready to hang and he looked at me like I was offering him my leftovers.
You have to watch the second trainspotting, so goood
A excellent film, blackest of black comedy. How anybody could accuse it of glamorizing drugs which it was at the time is crazy.
Absolutely loved the sequel book Porno (not so much the second film) and the book set before Trainspotting, Skagboys lets you know how circumstance and life can take you down unexpected paths no matter how promising your life may look if you had not got involved with drugs and the wrong people
The "research" was the real life experiences of life,drug use and getting away to London of the author.
the actors were picked off the mean streets of Glasgow, Ewan McGregor was apparently a car thief. The writer, Irvine Welsh, is the geeky drug dealer who sells Ewan the suppositories at the start (far left at 14:33). Johnny Lee Miller (sickboy) was the husband of little known actress at the time Angelina Jolie.
About 25% of what you've written is tosh. Entertaining, but tosh all the same. Ewan McGregor is from the (rather posh) village of Crieff in rural Perthshire, not the "mean streets" of Glasgow. And he's never been a car thief. Just a jobbing actor on various British TV shows. The rest is pretty accurate.
Of those you listed, " Vertigo", "Silence of the Lambs" and "Rosemary's Baby" are my favorites.
I am so looking forward to you reacting to "Little Miss Sunshine".
So Tom is currently taking care of his newborn and wife correct?
The novel is a lot bigger and has more characters. However, the film does a good job of condensing the story to a more streamlined form. But that does mean that a number of characters are combined into the same character. For example, the story of Tommy's death is actually that of another character called Matty, it's combined with Tommy as in the book as Tommy also gets AIDS. But I would recommend the books as they are very well written and give you a wider understanding of the characters and their lives.
As for the research they did, the football team they play against at the beginning of the movie is Calton Athletic who are a team of recovering addicts.
I remember seeing this movie in my early raver days and basically terrified me from ever trying any drug that involved needles, cause I had already tried a few at the time. Still have never even been tempted. 😎
You NEED to watch Trainspotting 2, PLEASE! It's a very different movie because the characters have all grown old and have different lifes. I like it more than the first one, because it hit really hard.
A film with no real story or plot but it’s one of the greatest films ever!
I just saw Rosemary's Baby , again, the other day. It's a classic, and the acting is so good because no matter how many times I watch it, the characters still creep me out. Also, Hitchcock's originals, The Birds and Rear Window, are excellent older movies.
At the time this film was classed as pro drugs by politicians and others with no common sense. The film is basically anti hard drugs as it shows the characters as wanting a good time but only finding misery and dispear. The soundtrack to this film is brilliant.
It blows my mind that you haven't already seen this film.
Absolute classic. It's a great adaptation too. It's a pretty good seal of approval when the author will be in the film.
I LOVE this movie! So glad you’re watching it.
I Flippin love this movie 2
You edited past the "toilet rebirth" of obi-wan kenobi? That's the most influential scene in the film! Rife with symbolism and expressing the core essence of the film.
Definitely Leon or Drive should be your next viewing. Both masterpieces!
this is a must watch again movie...its defo a 9 out of 10 movie....but you defo should watch Trainspotting 2 straight away
The actress Kelly MacDonald who plays the school girl was in No Country for Old Men, she was the wife.
You'll love Leon: The Professional ;)
I remember our graduation trip from German high school to London and the whole tube was plastered with posters to promote this movie.
I know I went back and rewatched Trainspotting 1 before I watched 2. I agree with your rating for a first time watch. I’ve seen the film a few times now,introducing it to friends,so my final rating is closer to a 9. As far as your next film goes,I would recommend something more up beat. Maybe The big Lebowski. For some reason I thought you had already seen that one. Thank you for another great review/reaction.
It’s such a good idea to do this as your playlist!
Y'all NEED to watch the sequel.
You and Tom need to watch Big Lebowski TOGETHER!
A Clockwork Orange please
What a really great movie...despite the tragic storyline its so well done.Those baby scenes stick with you and if having a baby isnt enough to get you clean then nothing will. :(
The movie is heavy, but the novel is even heavier. Also a bit of a bastard to read, because it's written phonetically in thick Scottish accent and uses slang. There's even a glossary of terms in the back.
When I was younger I always loved the movie "The Beach" by Danny Boyle. To be honest, I still do.. "28 Days Later" was one of my favorite movies for a long time. All of his movies are good.
I loved this film from my first viewing on VHS, good storyline, good soundtrack & great acting so 9 out of 10 for me. Like Pulp Fiction this film does not glamourise drugs as the tragic events outweigh the positive view Renton has about being a junkie. The end of the film signified the hope I had in the 90’s when the Labour Party got in to government along with Brit pop & the England football team doing well that things would get better in the UK but unfortunately that hasn’t been the case. I would watch this film along before watching the sequel.
It’s my favourite Danny Boyle film with 28 Days Later & Shallow Grave in the rest of the top 3 of his films.
The writer of the book, Irvine Welsh, plays Mikey Forrester, the guy they buy the stuff off of towards the end of the movie, where Renton has to try it to see if it is good...
I used to be a pill popper and the withdrawing scene is so fucking accurate it takes me back myself to withdrawing!! Such a brilliant film
You really need to watch Train Spotting 2 as soon as you're able. Thanks for this reacton!
Coma, Marathon Man, Tootsie, Terms of Endearment, The World According to Garp, Dead Ringers, Peggie Sue Got Married, Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Attraction, Driving Miss Daisy, Cocoon, Romancing the Stone.
"oh, for five minutes" 😆 That's a new one for me.
I have a great love of film And tried to pass that on to my kids When 1 of my daughters was 16 I took her to see trainspotting The person at The movie theater criticize me for taking her to see that movie Well it's years later and my daughter graduated with honors from her prestigious university And now has a filmography of 21 films on IMDB I love the soundtrack
Hi man, ive been there with the bedroom scene, cold turkey is a horrible thing.... it hit me sooo hard i wanted to die. But im so glad to be clean for 8 years
I had to turn on the sub titles because their accents are so thick. But that baby crawling on the ceiling was so cool. LOL
This film, Requiem For A Dream & The Basketball Dairies are my favorite DON’T DO DRUGS movies
When Lemmy from Motorhead would not
even touch the stuff you know to stay away
Only 23 minutes on this fantastic film? Come on, this movie deserves better than that.
T2 is definitely worth the watch.
Danny Boyle has great stuff (hope you get to watch Trance, Sunshine, and Slumdog Millionaire).
Amelie is wonderful and weird. Silence of the Lambs is a masterpeice.
Leon is intense and riveting (director's cut IS arguably slightly better but it deserves some side eye for what it implies for it's young star 👀).
Oh wow, I didn't realize you haven't seen Se7en. I very much want to see your reaction to that, but you must watch it with Tom!! Regarding the film, I remember the gross scenes from my youth. However I was living a similar, albeit toned down, life back then and didn't really make the comparisons until after getting back "on the straight and narrow" (the term I think you were searching for when describing the use of colour). Snowboarding eh? You kids and your crazy terms!
Fun fact: Underworld who made Born Slippy (belter of a tune) were originally going to turn it down cos they thought the film would glamourise drug use but they either got told it didn’t or they got shown script/read book
Have you seen, No County for Old Men? Diane (Kelly Macdonald) plays Josh Brolin’s wife. Good actress.
Poor Shaun........gone all limp wristed!
Big Lebowski and Boyz In Da Hood for sure... Those are A+ and S tier classics.
I'm a big fan of Elementary which is the CBS version of Sherlock Holmes starring Johnny Lee Miller who is really the only reason I got into it and would have probably sunk without him but he's such an incredible actor. I guess it's tough to distance yourself from a role you played for years because when he shows up in Trainspotting 2 he plays Sick Boy with all the physicality he uses for Sherlock and it's a very different performance from this first film. I can't imagine it's as noticeable for anyone who doesn't watch the show. I just thought I'd mention it.
That was a really interesting summation of the film's themes and production design at the end of the video.
Definitely watch the sequel. It's actually a worthy follow up and not a cheap cash grab.
despair incoming
I love it
@@zoapapassppenews560 i do too, but man that baby scene is tough to watch
This film came out when I was in my late Teens EPIC times great film the soundtrack was a global monster
wife is colombia with a very strong spanish accent...she had a tough time with this movie because of the scottish accents in it,many were very strong accents and she just didnt understand what they were saying.
My dad is a movie buff and I got him one of those posters for Christmas, the same company do a few different styles of 100 movies 👍
The bit with the baby, still makes me sad to this day
Omg, I’ve never watched this movie and when he was digging in the toilet, I couldn’t gag myself, because I was laughing my ass off at your gagging. Lmao
This movie is amazing, it got me into the director Danny Boyle, AND the book's author Irvine Welsh! I've loved them ever since.
This is a great masterpiece,it’s a tough watch but there is some humour in it that really works.Love this film.👍
they had to physically look up the definiton of film to make that merch LOL
It was a nine for me when it came out, yes the use of colour was well done, also the how the lens showed his mindset and moods.
First time I saw this movie, when he slung that sheet full of crap all over the girl and her parents, I nearly crapped and choked at the same time!😂 That worst crapper in Scotland is my every bathroom nightmare. The floor covered in an inch or two of pee and crap, toilet pouring over, no toilet paper, no doors on the stalls (like high school,) no toilet seats, and I gotta torque a wicked cable like you wouldn’t believe.😧💩
The Big Lebowski definitely one to watch. I would also recommend Cliffhanger (1993) and Deep Rising (1998) if you haven't seen them 👍
A couple of ladies pulled that 'are you getting in the cab? thing with a mate and myself as we exited a club in Glasgow around 99/00 Thankfully they were most definitely of age and just reliving that moment in TS as I was. My mate was 17 but good for him. Whatever. Good times. 🤣
Great idea! There's some absolutely great films on that poster that you haven't watched.