Directed by: Danny Boyle
Based on novels by: Irvine Welsh
Adaptation by John Hodge
20 years after stealing 16 thousand pounds from his mates Mark Renton returns to Edinburgh and reunites with his friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
You can't imagine how great I'm feeling right now. I've seen three AMAZING movies in the theater in the last 28 hours and this latest I saw was seriously so fucking great. I'm so psyched I have trouble focusing on this review, but I'll try my best!! I'm probably going to keep this short.
It's been a while since I saw Trainspotting. While it's amazing and fun and all, it's also super rough. I still love it though, and it's one of my favourite movies of all time. I actually own a copy of the novel in "English" but since actual English isn't my first language it's super hard trying to read an entire novel written in dialect. So I haven't read Trainspotting, so I can't really say if Trainspotting is as good as the book, and I also haven't read Porno, so I don't know whether or not T2 Trainspotting is anywhere near the original.
I was a little worried about a lot of things. First of all, character development - for better or worse. 20 years is a long time. If the characters would've seem pretty much same people, it would've felt awful. But it seems there has been some kind of development. It's not like they are over their issues, no, they are pretty much just as bad as they were or maybe worse. Did anyone get better? Probably not, but that's better than everyone staying the same.
I went to the cinema thinking well I can't give this movie 10/10, since I gave the LEGO Batman Movie and Tom Of Finland 10/10, it would be an overkill. But when the movie was ending, I started thinking... was there anything wrong with it?
Not really.
The story is great, so very thrilling, and so much fun. When I think about what it's about, I can't summarise the actual plot easily. It's basically just a revisit to the story, but it's also so much more than that. The original movie had such a perfect ending, but it leaves the audience wondering. T2 Trainspotting gives us the closure we need. But like it's mostly a nostalgic trip, and definitely a good one.
It's amazing to see how the cinematography both hasn't and has changed. There are so many shots that are very similar to the original movie - clearly on purpose. Still there's something that's new, just like with the story and characters. The shots and the editing, lighting and colours are all brilliant. Mixture of old footage and new on is also amazing, especially on a big screen where you can so clearly see the difference. The cinematography is so very enchanting and I loved it very much.. I especially loved the effects where the shots froze. .(Unless the movie was just lagging. I hope not, because they were very effective)
But what I love most about this movie was the soundtrack. The music was perfect, it was so amazing. The only thing missing was Iggy Pop's Lust for Life (there was a remix tho), because I just kept waiting for it, but it didn't play. Still that doesn't matter. The sounds in this movie were amazing and the music was so well chosen and so effective, and just simply astonishing.
I really loved this movie, more than I thought I would.
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
10 / 10
One of my favourite songs used on this movie was Silk by Alice Wolf. It's seriously one of my favourite songs and hearing it in a movie made me love it even more. Here's the song
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