Trainspotting

 Hello my lovelies,

Hope you've had a good week whatever you've been doing. Another review today of a film I probably should have seen a while ago as its a film from 1996. As the title says, this film is of course Danny Boyle's Trainspotting which is based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh. Before watching I had at least heard of it but didn't know anything about it, so looked it up as I usually do. I didn't know but about the cast but as a Grey's Anatomy lover I was surprised to see that Kevin McKidd (Owen Hunt in Grey's Anatomy) played Tommy.

I'll try to keep it short and sweet today as I'm sure a lot of people have probably actually seen it, and although I thought I might need some explaining at first, it's actually easily summarised. I also think I'll be able to keep this spoiler free so you'll definitely have to look this one up for yourselves to understand.

Trainspotting is a comedy, crime drama film that is basically about life on drugs and the effects that they have on friendships, family, relationships and life in general. The main character Mark Renton, or just Renton as he's referred to a lot throughout the film, is played by Ewan McGregor and we see him on what I can only describe as a long path between wanting drugs and wanting to be clean. The storyline seems to almost rely on the idea that most young people take drugs or try them at least once, and is focused on Renton's struggle of being almost surrounded by Edinburgh's drug scene and his difficulty to escape it. Throughout the whole film we have a voice over by Renton discussing the choices he made and his thought process behind taking drugs.

All of the characters are slightly strange in their own ways, but one that was particularly annoying to me was Francis Begbie, although he is played by Robert Carlyle who also plays Rumpelstiltskin in Once Upon a Time. No matter what the situation he always finds, or rather creates, a reason to pick a fight with someone. This just got so irritating throughout the film, it was almost predictable at times.

It's almost one of those films that tugs at nearly every emotion going. There are scenes where it can be slightly amusing, but then others when it gets dark and depressive. I know its a cliché but I guess it can be a bit of an emotional roller coaster throughout, however no tears were shed whilst viewing this one. Makes a change for me!

This film was good and I did enjoy it, but there were times where although I understood it all, I did think it was slightly odd and at times slightly gross. But I would recommend it to others. If you're like me and have a never ending list of films to watch then add it and give it a go at some point.

Until next time, thanks for reading :) x