trainspotting

[sg]

I think this fil-m glamourises Heroin use, what do you think?

Clearly, the horrible events that befall some of the characters are less than glamourous, but our hero, Ewan Mcgregor, becomes an addict, gets involved with crime, gets high, has adventures, sees awful things happen to his friends and asscociates, gets the money and escapes to live happily ever after. That is a glamourous story, makes a glamourous film, and is therefore glamourising heroin. That's what I think.

[Barnze]

Thanks for sharing you thoughts!

http://barnze.blogspot.com/

[B00]

you forgot to add the "so there" on the end of that ^ sg ;-)

[B00]

And Barnze? will you stop adding your blog on the end of all your replies!

[Barnze]

Why.....

http://barnze.blogspot.com/

[joko]

I can't see anyone being tempted to use heroin because of this film - and isn't the bit where he steals the money the bit where he sort of pledges to 'choose life' meaning he is going to get clean? And think what he had to endure before he got the money....

Many films glamourise drugs but I don't think this is one - thats like saying teaching sex education in school glamourises underage sex

[Barnze]

As no one would be tempted to take a chain saw to someone after watching it on film..

For Boo...... http://barnze.blogspot.com/

[Jude123]

What's all this blog business anyway. Aren't you happy with AB and CB?

[Andy008]

I don't think it glamourised it at all. It was a film , the central theme happened to be heroin.

[Gef]

Well said Andy. A great film but it certainly didn't make me want to take heroin.

[Aschenbach]

Of course it's Irvine Welsh's story put to film. Both could be seen as an a reaction to the just say no blanket condemnation of drugs in the media. It was justified in my opinion. It just felt like there were more deaths and consequences in the book.

I also think some scenes in Pulp Fiction were more explicit and less justifiable.

[Philtaz]

Mmm, let's see. The central character has several friends. One goes to prison for shoplifting, one(previously 'clean') tries drugs, becomes an addict, contracts HIV and dies of a brain abscess. A baby dies of starvation/neglect whilst its parents are in the middle of a heroin induced coma and most(apart from Renton leaving Spud some money) of the group of 'friends' are prepared to screw each other in a drugs deal.

Yep, it's all glamour in the world of heroin!

[littleoldme]

The only sense in which it "glamorises" heroin is to dare to be honest and explain the reason why people use it - when they're on a high, they feel good. If people felt terrible once they'd taken it, no-one would touch the stuff.

That said, it doesn't shy away from the unpleasantness of the comedown or trying to fight the addiction, nor the fact that people can and do die as a result of taking it, nor the effect it can have on innocent parties, such as the baby dying of neglect. So no, I wouldn't say it glamorises heroin.