Movie Reaction - Trainspotting (1996) - First Time Watching 

Robert Carlye is so intense, what a performance.

The Sequel is definitely worth watching

Masterpiece of a movie, I think this is way better than Requiem for a Dream, that movie is just doom and gloom and despair, Trainspotting has more soul and a little laugh along the way, plus an absolute banging soundtrack!

Follow up film T2 is excellent

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM is pretty much the American equivalent of this, but my personal recommendation is FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, an insane adaptation of the best book written about the Dope Era.

If you haven't already, I highly recommend "SLC PUNK!". It's filmed in a similar style to this as a mockumentary. In fact it's much like this movie but a lot more light-hearted. Regardless of if you watch it on your own time or as a posted reaction i still recommend it.

It's about time you got to it! One of my all time favourites! The intro sequence alone is hilarious!

Imagine how those of the same age watching this at the time felt and we’re still with them 25 years later when T2 came out. Trainspotting is burnt in to 90’s culture, as Diana points out everything was changing. It was never the same after after trainspotting. It and it’s sequel are prefect bookends for my generation. I do hope the blade artist story gets told, as Francis is as much a victim as he is a monster

Nice reaction to this 90’s classic. Well edited also. The sequel is definitely well worth a watch.

Never going to forget this film 🍿. Went to see it at the cinema Saturday night. Following Monday was sent down for 2 months 👮. Saw the error of my ways after that . Great film 👏

This one one of Robert Carlyle's three big 90s performances. The others were in The Full Monty, about of unemployed middle aged men from Sheffield who decide to be strippers for one night to make money, and also as "Albie", in the three part "To Be a Somebody" story from Robbie Coltrain's criminal psyschologist series 'Cracker'. Each very different characters. Each one a great performance.

I've done a lot of bad shit in my life, but movies like this and Pulp Fiction were the reason I never wanted to do hard drugs. Thank god for them.

I think I read somewhere that the guy selling him the suppositories was the author of the original book doing a cameo

yeah growing up in a seaside town full of smack makes this one pretty close to home.

Such incredible film, always thought so. But, it realy hits different with "life experience". I can remember in my teens watching the scene in the hospital where the Doctor is shouting at Renton "Open your eyes! Wake up!" and thinking that she wasn't a very good actress. But, nowadays, the realisation is, she's playing a charecter who's seen this shit far too often, and is becoming more and more jaded. Yeah, I know that's alot considering she's only on screen for a matter of seconds, but still.

I think a lot of British people can relate to this film, not proud of it, but it's true.

The movie, as most movies are to their books, is just an outline to the book. There are a lot more characters in the book; Tommy’s a speed addict from the beginning. The movie actually has a better ending. The scene where Spud’s poop flies everywhere, after, in the book, everyone starts throwing-up. And each chapter is written in the accent of the character’s point-of-view it’s presenting; Begbie’s the strongest.

Great reaction video! Funnily enough I put off watching this movie for 10 years as I didn’t get the impression it was uplifting even though it’s very well done,then when I was at college someone told me that it does end on a positive note. I watched it and I’m glad I did. Amazing movie :)

The drugs did kill Tommy, just indirectly. Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection that affects the central nervous system and only presents clinical symptoms (which lead to death) in situations of immunosuppression such as advanced stages of HIV. He contracted toxoplasmosis from the cat, but his terrible immune status was due to HIV that he probably contracted from using so many needles to inject heroin in very unsanitary situations.

You can say ohhhh they are doing drugs. But Begbie was clean AND still a disaster. LOVE THIS MOVIE. The opening the introduction of the characters playing soccer/football.

I read the books as a young teenager. Hubert Selby Junior's books are incredibly well written, I got my way through most of them including Requiem for a Dream. But I had to quit reading his books after some of his short stories. Irvine Welsh wanted to be like him and some of those other shock dudes. Trainspotting is excellent, the rest were rubbish.

I had a similar story. Hooked badly on cocaine in late teens early twenties hung around junkies and made the decision,it was my rock my bottom. quit and nvr looked back. Everyone has to choose there rock bottom. Unfortunately some people wait to long and there sober life isn’t going to be much better than there using life and theres no incentive to quit.

Omg who have i stumbled on here? Awesome. Liked, subbed etc

really enjoyed your reaction, and the personal experiences you shared added greatly to it, thank you! and i also agree with a sentiment i saw in one of the comments where it was mentioned that T2, Trainspotting's sequel, is different in the sense that no matter how much you try, you can't ever really 'go back'. and sometimes, that's a good thing 😎📺 looking forward to watching more reactions! (oh, and for sure: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is *definitely* the American version of this type of story! 🌴🎰 🚬fantastic book, too 📚)

35:58 Snugg-Buggs: "Does anybody really want to hang around with this dude? (Begbie)" Me: "He is a mate, so what can you do?"

I think you should give the sequel a shot. Both are quite meaningful to me and the sequel is actually very different in some ways and it has some interesting things to say about getting older and pining for your lost youth.

The end clean from heroin.About four years when this movie came out And what they showed on the screen is pretty close Especially when he's going through withdrawals

This is a hard watch for sure, T2 gives closure if you wanna go that route. If you wanna stay in the "ballpark" try Clockwork Orange. Or do a comedy, change it up a bit!

8:35 Look at those prices! Those were the days.

You really understand this. You do a great job.

The film is great, but the book is brilliant.

Impressive work by the stuntmen

I saw Requiem, i dont do anything anymore, but when i saw it i was drunk or had smoked weed, so its vague, but what i remember of it, it was a really good film, but, Trainspotting is its daddy....this movie, artistically, soundtrack-wise, writing, acting...love it, or hate it, its a masterpiece...& i guess in today's world, some art, u might be supposed to hate it.

Oh the romanticism of not having a job. Rock and roll? Im glad ive spent it with you.

I love this compassionate reaction.

This is actually also set in the 1980’s

This might sound weird but you’ve got a beautiful smile, reminds me of someone 👍🏻

Scottish breakfast is basically the same but with haggis

It's a Scottish breakfast actually .tattie scone haggis . square sliced etc .

This movie is a tough watch, thanks for sharing your reaction. I think you might like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, also much drug use but more humor and commentary on the american dream.

At least Stevie Nichol stayed off that "Shiitte " Soundtrack brings back 90s vibes, though

Great reaction and agree on its a film to watch mqybe once. Highly recommend reading the novel by Irvine Welsh tho.

You have blueberry red bull over there in France?, they stopped selling it here in N.Ireland, maybe the UK i'm not sure, I miss it... :(

The other american take on heroin addiction is Permanent Midnight with Ben Stiller and Elizabeth Hurley. Thanks for reacting to this.

U ARE AMAZING...watching women react to some of these scenes makes me cringe tho, ha:/ but, its a masterpiece of a film none the less....also, yeah, my story is kinda similar to yours, im 48 years old, & now sober for 6 years (still on tobacco tho, lol), but i was an alcoholic (& a bit of a weed smoker) among so many junky friends...it is sad, two i knew are dead, two did prison time, one of them is ok now, the other one is still really struggling, yet another friend struggles from time to time but is more or less ok-ish, & one , after many struggles over the decades, has a pretty nice life now, & is married with a good career....but yeah, its rough man....anyway, GREAT reaction, im really stoked to have found ur channel, liked & subscribed:)

Reincarnation. Freddy Mercury. Welcome back sir er ma'am

Amy, we need higher volume in the audio.

And to think rhat there was outcry in the media when this came out, suggesting that it might glamorise drug taking! To find literally anything glamorous in this movie, you'd have to have serious issues already! But anyway, thank for your honest reaction...its not an easy watch and its clear that you understand more than most how fucked up and destuctive this kind of life can be ❤

Movie should be subtitled ‘With Friends Like These’. Haven’t seen it for ages and I’m surprised I can’t remember how they treat each other and themselves like absolute garbage. Guess I’ve ‘matured’ or smthng :/

Another Scottish movie starring James mcavoy called (filth) is really good

Congrats on turning your life around

You should do more reactions.

Also, good dog

There aren't a lot of movies that double as scratch-and-sniffs. Here's to Danny Boyle for that one. I can actually smell poop when I watch this movie. Phantom crap. Yum lol.

You should watch T2

Its only something new that brings happiness? Diane was right. Im just repeating words said by others. Like toxoplasmosis.

I'd love to experience heroin, I'll never take it though. Anyone in Tommy's position, no, anyone that's an adult, should try DMT. Created by our own bodies and many other species, a molecule that is the strongest psychedelic known. The most awe inspiring and humbling experiences I've ever had in the 3 times I've tried. No addiction. Beyond comprehension. Shaman in the Amazon have been making Ayahuasca for a long time, go warp speed and pure DMT pulls back the curtain and allows you to experience true reality before returning to this existence with a love and appreciation for everyone and everything. Be well one and all.

I was a heroin addict for ten years. It was the best ten years of my life, even with the lows. At least you get to feel GOOD! It's not for everyone but it WAS for me. Heroin is such a fantastically wonderful drug.

Irreversible is disturbing arthouse film

Sequel is NOT even close to Trainspotting. Ppl just give it a sympathy thumbs up.

You made no comments about: direction, acting, plot, the novel, your opinions on the characters. this really wasn't a reaction; it was just you sitting, watching a movie. This was the best film of that year. It blew everyone away. the character of Begbie, the comedy of Spud, the relationships of men in their twenties -- which is often shallow. The soundtrack. The realism. The dialogue.

Well... this movie wasn't meant for a weak generation... so, not surprised you're shocked.

Your job is to react, not sit there like you're waiting for a bus. When Begbie threw his pint glass over his shoulder, did you not think that was an outrageous act? If you did, express it. Watch Porky's 1981, only one reaction on RU-vid, it's free to watch too. Hilarious movie.

2nd best film of the 90's after Pulp fiction

you dont understand that film