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OMG. Horrible movie.

posted 10 years ago by bpollen
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I watched the first 30 to 45 minutes then turned it off the tv. I saw it streaming...Netflix I think.

A really awful movie. Vulgar in a frat boy disgusting way (the usual frat boy stuff: poop, vomit, urine, watching someone stuff suppositories in a-hole, etc.) Not funny. Not interesting.

Looks like some guys got together and wrote a script to string together the most juvenile vulgar jokes they could think of, then link them to some sort of plot, but still with the main idea being the frat boy jokes. Ha ha. Funny funny. Not.

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[–] Bogong-the-Magnificent 10 years ago

Okay, if we disregard the trolling and counter tolling...

Trainspotting is a great film because it's truly real and utterly believable. There's no special effects, no sanitised white-washing, no *beep* It's a year in the life of some real people having a difficult time in a provincial city.

Of course it's about junkies, but it shows them to be real, decent people who we care about. However it doesn't come across as some lame government or church sponsored anti-smack film, nor does it project the protagonists as hateful baddies with no redeeming qualities.

I guess if you've been bought up in an ultra-sheltered, saccharine-sweet background and have never experienced angst, pain or self-doubt... then you just won't "get" this film. But if you've lived a normal life with the ups and downs that almost all of us have lived, then this film has more real drama in it than a thousand sanitised Hallmark style "family" productions.

[–] Montserrat23 10 years ago

You are so right!

[–] diogo_joao_cruz 10 years ago

Man, you just hit the nail in the head *slowclaps*

[–] mpboylanjr-54038 10 years ago

Yes yes ... This film was so fantastic and if you thought it was awful than you must have lived a boring life and never been out in the real world where these problems occur for many people. It is the best look into the hell that is heroin addiction and the crazy life you lead chasing it down. In the end it's basically "no honor among thieves" and the best guy took the score because he saw the rest of them either dead spending it in a week on drugs or arrested and the money plus his 1000 pound investment go out the window. GREAT film and one of the best of the 90s ..

THERES NO ROOM IN MY CIRCUS TENT FOR YOU !!!!

[–] wetbrain 10 years ago

I grew up in a sheltered life. But I still loved it.

[–] horse-devours 10 years ago

Amen Bogong.

[–] jajceboy 10 years ago

Oh, drop that soft attitude Op. Don't be such a twat.

What makes the film is that is reliable. Some things border on surrealistic but it's realistic in it's approach about how junkies live their lives.
It's vulgar yes cause that how their lives are. It's not clean or polished, it's gritty, dirty and vulgar.
The film wants to show how they live without taking sides. it doesn't outright say it's a good life or it's a bad life, they just show it.
And that's what makes it so fascinating.

[–] SweetD19 9 years ago

I love when ppl complain about a movie when they didn't see the whole thing. Moronic.

[–] bestfootie 9 years ago

I also watched 45 mins and turned it off. The toilet scene had me physically wincing so I almost turned off at that point. What a disgusting and gratuitous scene. I agree it's not edgy it's just grimey and filthy. Not a top film by any means. It's very British and just crap. If you want a good British film try Three Lions and

[–] rmoriarty97 9 years ago

It's not meant to be a comedy - dark comedy, at a stretch. By frat-boy humour are you referring to stuff like the American Pie franchise? Not even on the same page! If you were looking for funny ha-ha jokes then you came to the wrong place - you need a well-developed sense of humour to appreciate a dark comedy, you obviously don't have that.

[–] Chefeetaboopers 9 years ago

The fact that your title has 'OMG' as its first word instantly made me laugh and call you a troll. You didn't even watch the movie and then you end your review rant with 'Ha ha. Funny funny. Not.' makes me wonder if you're a kid who is still in school, someone who is uneducated or simply just a troll.

[–] Future_Games 9 years ago

A really awful movie. Vulgar in a frat boy disgusting way (the usual frat boy stuff: poop, vomit, urine, watching someone stuff suppositories in a-hole, etc.) Not funny. Not interesting.

Frat boy stuff? I don't think so. Trainspotting isn't anything like American Pie, Road Trip, Harold and Kumar, Van Wilder and films in that vein. Spud *beep* himself is funny, but the majority of the graphic content isn't for comedic effect. Trainspotting is a realistic drama that doesn't gloss over things.

ROCK STARS HAVE KIDNAPPED MY SON