Subconsciously Trainspotting

Was telling my friend that Trainspotting was my favorite movie of all time. Well it is one of my favorite movies of all time. Also an adaptation from the book of the same title by Irvine Welsh…I have not read Trainspotting but I’ve read his other works…Porno…Filth…The Acid House. I remembered I watched the movie back in 96 or was it 97…at that time I have no idea that the movie was actually based on a novel. It was only later that I found out…but I couldn’t find any Trainspotting novels in Singapore anymore. The movie made me wake up to brilliant books like Irvine Welsh’s.

The movie is crude to the core…tells of what drugs can do…but in a funny twist…smart movie with lots of color and comedy. The movie is also about friends…loyalty and betrayal. It is a tragic-comedy if you ask me. Your mind wonders after watching movies like this…its really thought provoking.

Have I change a bit after watching Trainspotting? I don’t think I change much after watching…maybe I’ve changed a little down the road as I grow…I’d like to say I have subconsciously evolve…I might have become a little more rebellious than I was before…I might have open my eyes a little bigger when looking at people and making friends…I think I have become a little more daring in taking challenges…and I have definitely become laid back knowing that life cannot be taken too seriously all the time. Of course all these are not directly due to watching the movie alone but rather the movie indirectly have some effects on me. It might have contributed in some ways to what I am today.