January 08, 2004

Trainspotting

Let me start out by saying that I like twisted dark movies. This one was billed as a comedy, but, it is a black comedy. I liked it, though it made me uncomfortable in a way. I had this one on my rental queue over at Netflix, and I finally received it and got around to watching it last night. It's about a group of friends who live in Scotland. Not all of them are addicted to heroin. Some of them have other, addictions (one, to starting bar fights....) Anyone who says that it "glorifies" drug use is wrong, at least as far as I'm concerned. It shows just how far a hard core addict will go to get their next fix. Coincidentally, the next movie on my queue is one called Requiem For a Dream, which is along the same theme.

Posted by Valkyre at January 8, 2004 08:26 AM
Comments

I LOVED Trainspotting. I love love loved it. It took me half the film to understand the accent though.

Requiem for a Dream is so very well done, but way way darker. There is one scene in there that almost made the film rated X, so make sure your kids are tucked in bed. It is very well done anyway.

Posted by: Sharon at January 9, 2004 02:17 AM

Good! I wasn't the only one. I had trouble with the accents too. I would like to watch it again just to get some of the parts I couldn't understand.

Posted by: Wendy at January 9, 2004 08:10 PM