...so excited about 16,000 pounds? Split 4 ways, that's only four thousand each, and they had already PAID four to get the stuff. I know it's better than nothing, but they acted in the pub like it was "set up for life" money. It would've made more sense (for the film) if they got something closer to retail price, which could be $100,000 per kilo or more. They could've gotten at least 16,000 pounds PER kilo. But then, movies aren't always logical.
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No, I see that. And I'm fine with it, as what you say is no doubt true. But it just seems the reward didn't merit the risk. Renton's voiceover mentioned the potential for a long prison sentence many times. I guess it's a point that made a little more sense at the time of the movie's release. But with drugs being so much in the media since Trainspotting, we're all more aware of immense drug profits. I just figured a bigger return on the crew's investment would make more sense.
But it's a small point. Trainspotting is one of my favorite films, and I take no pleasure in criticizing it for what amounts to no big deal.
The guy who bought the gear off the boys skanked them, pure and simple. They're guys who don't expect much out of life, though.
shareTheir happiness was more a combination of relief they were not killed nor arrested while making a tidy profit. £4,000 is likely the most these losers have ever owned. Also to get "retail price" they have go to the street to sell it. Not a promising endeavor.
He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator.
Well, yes, of course you're right. I just would've liked to have seen Renton and Spud make out better. I can only imagine what the sequel will be like. I haven't read any of Irvine Welsh's writing where he revisits the characters, so I have no idea.
shareI haven't read any of Irvine Welsh's writing where he revisits the characters, so I have no idea.
Francis "Franco" Begbie –A violent sociopath who seeks his former friends after being recently released from prison.
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I know. I was wondering the same thing.
Poorly Lived and Poorly Died, Poorly Buried and No One Criedshare
That's a lot of money to young people.
Look how Wayne and Garth reacted to getting $5000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTHnUsDDQN8
YOU SHOULDN'T BE EATING SAUSAGES!!
Ha-ha! Another fine point. Not to mention, if I were just out-of-the-blue given five grand in a lump sum, I'd gleefully dance around like that as well.
I think we might consider them as living in their own world. They are all misfits in their own ways maybe not really in touch with reality. They had probably never saw that much money with their own eyes, in the pub, their were desillusioned. They drink, they are affected and they fantasise.
shareIt's a lot of money to them. They've never had steady jobs (except for Renton and maybe Begbie), just lived on benefits and scams, so £4k in cash would seem like a lot of moolah to them.
"There is no more human race. There is only.. the Master race!"
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