![]() Too often I see films that are style over substance Trainspotting gets it just perfect, stylish but not at the expense of dialogue, character or film. True, it does show this downside in a stylish and funny way but there is no question that the film is promoting drug use in any sense. Sure, the film shows drugs as being fun and enjoyable but, like Renton says, `why else would we do it?' However the film clearly shows a massive downside where people's lives are destroyed, people OD and lives go day to day just trying to get high. The media may have condemned this film as promoting drug use, but I can only imagine that they watched a different film from me. The dialogue is very well written and I must admit I found it a lot funnier than the last few comedies I watched. However it manages to be very funny and imaginative all the way, using many different tricks and touches to be funny. The plot is very difficult to summarise, as it doesn't really have a narrative flow other than the very disjointed experience of Renton. When it came out this film was very hyped, the poster became a must-have on every student's bedroom wall and the media went nuts over it's supposed glamorisation of drug use. ![]() Meanwhile his friends are as messed up as he is, whether it be Spud's pathetic addiction, Begbie's violent rages or the fact that he is sleeping with a girl who still goes to school. When he tries to kick the habit he manages it for a while but eventually falls back into his old way. He is one of a group of friends who live their lives day to day and hit to hit. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers.
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