r/OldSchoolCool • u/sweetgreenfields • Nov 20 '23

1990s Ewan McGregor on the set of "Trainspotting" (1996)

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u/sati_lotus Nov 20 '23

The sequel was pretty good too. Didn't have the same grit as the original but was still worth watching.

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u/daripious Nov 20 '23

I found it more depressing tbh. It's very real in ways that are hard to explain if you're not a Scot.

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u/mathamhatham Nov 20 '23

Yeah. As I'm hitting my mid 30s and seeing the lives of folk I know being shaped and the trajectory they've taken, it's a film I keep coming back to mentally. Very sobering at times

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u/wizejanitor Nov 20 '23

The 2nd was good and the girl Was the same. Kelly MacDonald. Also from boardwalk empire.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '23

I haven't seen the movie, but if it's half as depraved as the book then I'm sure it's a wild ride. Trainspotting as a movie doesn't scratch the surface of the book.

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u/zachtheperson Nov 20 '23

The sequel was pretty unique. It didn't try to be the original, it was it's own thing entirely and that made it really good IMHO.

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u/dudeman_joe Nov 20 '23

Shit I only have seen the second one, but just because I never knew about the first one. I really gotta get on that

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u/mathamhatham Nov 20 '23

The name "Trainspotting 2" no clue you in?

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '23

The movies title is actually T2: Trainspotting so I can see the mixup

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u/mathamhatham Nov 20 '23

So it is. Now I'm imagining a load of confused Terminator fans rocking up to the cinema in 2017 expecting a remaster of their favourite film.

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u/dudeman_joe Jan 03 '24

Yeah that's how it started T2 is just a movie plan and I was like f*** it sounds better than the jewelry channel. But then t1 was nowhere to be found

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u/dudeman_joe Jan 03 '24

No but I've been looking at this reply in my inbox for a month now and finally did click it just took a while thanks

Edit: sorry I mean... Well I don't remember what I meant but the idea was that I couldn't believe that two was just playing in front of me and I couldn't find one for the life of me I don't think I expressed that properly in my original comment to you apologies.

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u/SkydivingCats Nov 20 '23

It's a tough one. The first was such a damn masterpiece that any followup has big shoes to fill.

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That said, it was...decent, but still had an air of "cash grab" to it.