Mark. She’s too young for you!

Haven’t read the books, really enjoyed the film. 🙂

Four – thank you. I heard the line in the cineabut missed the meaning until I got home. I’m glad it wasn’t just me.

Saw it last night. Excellent but not groundbreaking (never could be given the impact the original had).

Danny Boyle remains one of my absolute favourite directors. Some really nice touches – the first scene at dad’s kitchen table with the shadow was an obvious idea but gloriously done, and loved the George Best projection onto the car (hoping it was actually done in camera – looked like it was to me).

I love the fact that all for actors from the first film have developed into respected and bloody good actors – to performances from all, but Carlyle and Bremner sole the show a bit (having said that, I did love the venom behind MacGregor’s ‘Choose Life…’ monologue.

Well it doesn’t come out here until the 23rd (Oz) but the local independant cinema had a preview on this weekend, friend popped into the pub on the way back and I booked tickets there and then.
First off I’ve not read the books – and I don’t care if it does or doesn’t follow them.
Secondly it was excellent, we cared for the characters because we already did. We knew who they were and what they were about we just hadn’t seen them for a while.
The journey from 20 somethings who had nothing to live for and nothing to gain to 40 somethings who have not quite sorted it was interesting. People who had plans and ideas coming back to reality and old ways.
The reaction in the screening was mixed, me and my mate had both watched the original recently and the tie in’s were spot on in my opinion, Spud walking out of the gym to a point which changed his life for example.
As for plot an story I’m not sure what it needed, the original was about people, this one is about them too, the things that happened and they were trying to do were just things along the way.
Loved the nod to shallow grave!
I might watch that this evening

should have been done about 10 years ago to fit in better with the book “Porno”

Porno is a dreadful book so I’m quite glad the film doesn’t follow it too closely.

Just maanged to watch.

Superb, Irvine and Danny make a great team together.

Danny has so many magical touches, Mark’s mother shadow on the wall when he’s talking to his Dad at the dining table again. Spud’s opening scene catching the issue with drug addiction in that one scene alone. Then the dark humour they both do so well that made a spectacular script. And of curse Begbie as scarey as ever, the scene where him and Mark meet again just brilliant.

Didn’t enjoy that at all . 😕

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Danny has so many magical touches

This.

IMO one of the best directors working today, especially as he refuses to be pigeonholed into making one type or style of film (Ridley, I’m looking at you…).