Reaction to Trainspotting

Trainspotting

The movie Trainspotting is a British comedy/drama film in 1996 directed by Danny Boyle it stars Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, and Robert Carlyle. Mark Renton, played by Ewan McGregor, is a heroin addict. He has two best friends in the movie. They were Spud, played by Ewen Bremner, and Sick Boy, played by Jonny Lee Miller. Aside from Spud and Sick Boy, Mark met some other friends. They were Tommy (McKidd), and Begbie (Carlyle). They were all heroin addicts.

Short Summary

Mark Renton is a heroin addict with few ambitions in life.  After too many troubles, he quit drugs and went under a rehabilitation program. He moved to London, and found peace of mind. Soon, Begbie, Sick Boy, and Spud, showed up at his apartment wanting to move in. They led Mark into drugs and crime again. He and his friends earned a huge amount of money from selling heroin. During their celebration of success, Mark suggested Spud that they steal the money, but Spud was too frightened of Begbie to consider it. Mark got pissed off by Begbie when he saw him beat a man after spilling a beer over him. The next morning while his friends were asleep on a hotel room, he quietly took the money and left. Spud saw him but didn’t make any move to stop him. When Begbie woke up, he realized that he had lost his money. He was so outrageous and destroyed the hotel room and the police went to arrest him. Mark Renton then promised to live a stable life. Late on, Spud found £2,000 on his locker. He was thankful that Mark, his best friend still remembered him.

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My Reaction

 I liked the story of the movie. It reflects the real life of some people who are at first addicted to drugs but later on, tried to withdraw it and survived in the end. Sometimes there comes a point in our lives that we get conscious by the things that we see and that are happening in our surrounding. Because of this curiosity, we become eager to know these things and eventually try it. This same thing happened to Mark Renton. He got himself addicted to drugs and made his life almost wasted. Mark is somewhat afraid of reality. He used drugs to forget some painful and unpleasant situations and experiences in his life. This is very evident in the real life/world. He got rehabilitated by his parents. They hoped that Mark can still change. In his rehabilitation, he experienced pain and hallucinations. But those were expected in the part of the withdrawal. At first I thought that the story in the movie will finally be okay. He quit drugs and he’ll live a peaceful life but his friends showed up again and his addiction came back. I thought he was going to be miserable until the end. As I watched the movie, Mark stole the money they earned from selling heroine, he thought and imagined what will happen to his life if he runs away with it. He thought of finally having a stable life. One that is peaceful and away from drugs or crimes. I was grateful that even if he stole the money, his intentions were good and that he chose the right path to life.