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Love this movie.
posted by SevenHousesSTAFFMOD on March 31, 2017 at 7:19 AM
I watched Trainspotting again last night, almost 20 years after the first (and only) time I saw it. It surprised me that, besides the fashion and the incredibly fake baby on the ceiling, it didn't feel outdated.
Warning: I'm a layman when it comes to movie techniques but I think it's the cinematography(?) more than anything that made the movie a feast to watch for me. I loved the camera angles and the framing of the images. I really enjoyed myself last night.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on March 31, 2017 at 2:29 PM
GREAT movie! I love Danny Boyle's work. BTW, how many films has he made with someone in them crawling or swimming around in shit?
Reply by MaxTyrone
on April 1, 2017 at 1:03 AM
Yes, the cinematography definitely caught my attention, as well as everything else haha. The cast is great. The soundtrack is awesome (gets me nostalgic for Lou Reed). And a lot of the direction is amazing. I had never seen an approach to overdosing quite the way Boyle captured it (referring to the scene when the Mother Superior drags Renton to the cab). I even love the accents, though I have to admit to putting on the subtitles for the whole movie. Does that make me a fucking tosser? Eh, who knows.
Definitely one of my favorite movies ever.
Reply by SevenHouses
on April 1, 2017 at 4:19 AM
I havn't seen all of his work, so I don't have a clue...
Reply by SevenHouses
on April 1, 2017 at 4:21 AM
The baby in the cot was what I'd remembered most all those years ago. It's so sad that this does happen in real life. It was still a disturbing scene to watch again.
Reply by SevenHouses
on April 1, 2017 at 4:23 AM
I watched the movie with subtitles too. I don't think we're the only ones.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on April 1, 2017 at 11:21 AM
I was asking rhetorically. I know that both Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire have their protagonists either crawling or swimming in shit in them. I think that's a funny commonality.
Reply by SevenHouses
on April 1, 2017 at 12:34 PM
:)
Reply by chilidoggg
on August 13, 2017 at 6:16 PM
Great soundtrack as well.
Reply by movie_nazi
on December 20, 2018 at 7:11 PM
One of my all-time favorite films and yes chilidogg, a great soundtrack. Love the book as well.
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Trainspotting (1996) - 9 outta 10 stars