it's fuckin' pish.
T2: Trainspotting sequel (as in Welsh's one)
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TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
That's the second time I've heard that tonight from impeccable sources so I'll just cancel the pending download.
Steel Icarus
all I want in life's a little bit of love
Curious - in a non-huge-spoliery sort of way - how much sex there is in it, given Porno is to a degree the source material. Or is that very much a subplot in the film?
gosub
~#
Morningside isn't in Leith
Treacle Toes
Time
We have tickets to see this tonight so I may well be eating my own words/worse fears about this film later.
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
Ewan Bremner was brilliant. Thought the film was great. Not quite the classic that Trainspotting was, but great sequel.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Aaaaand relax, it's good 
It will never change the world like the original, but flies well above other (Inc Irvine Welsh) adaptations and/or cash-in sequels.
The scene in the cubicle is worth the entrance fee alone
It will never change the world like the original, but flies well above other (Inc Irvine Welsh) adaptations and/or cash-in sequels.
The scene in the cubicle is worth the entrance fee alone
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weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Morningside isn't my home town '
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weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Morningside is about the poshest bit of Edinburgh at least historically anyway, there's more expensive places now to buy a house but yes. V middle class.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
They filmed the scenes in Veronika's flat round the corner from where I used to work, in fact I saw some of the crew a few times on my lunch break. They used a Nardini's ice cream cafe to base the crew, which they refurbished to look like a Chinese restaurant for some reason anyway Nardini's is still not reopened yet and we all said at the time that they must have gotten a pretty good deal for allowing that. Well see the guy with the big beard in the opening scene in the NA group? He also appears as part of the building crew later on. He's Michael Nardini
anyway Nardini's is still not reopened yet and we all said at the time that they must have gotten a pretty good deal for allowing that. Well see the guy with the big beard in the opening scene in the NA group? He also appears as part of the building crew later on. He's Michael Nardini
gosub
~#
At least Morningside has some soul, unlike new town
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
Morningside is a bit of a mix of a place really, bits of it are as posh as some other parts (Cramond, Trinity, Barnton) and not as posh as the New Town, and others are just usual Edinburgh tenement life. It does however have the worst pub in the the universe though - The Canny Man. A pub run by, and catering for, cunts.
I went into the Canny Man's once many years ago. Drinks were v expensive. The barman came over at one point and asked us to move -- we had a table -- so some regulars could sit down. We refused, spent a very, very long time drinking our drinks and nicked the (fancy) glasses for good measure. Never went in there again, even when I was living just along the road.
(Did used to like the Waverly Pen ad outside though. Is it still there?)
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Thoroughly enjoyed that. A very good sequel. Some of the plot was a bit forced, but it certainly captured the spirit of the original while bringing the melancholy of the passing of time and misplaced friendships to the to forefront of the story.
What were all The Shining references about?
What were all The Shining references about?
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Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Really? Films tend to be hyped on his name. The majority of his films are average at best. IMO.
Where's the hype? By all accounts he has struggles to get films greenlit (slumdog etc).Really? Films tend to be hyped on his name. The majority of his films are average at best. IMO.
He's run the whole gamut of genres also from Bollywood, psych thrillers to biographies.
Turned down a knighthood
And he made Sunshine. Love that film
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
He's made a wide range of films, but most are distinctly average, style over substance. Sunshine (for example) is just a mish-mash of ideas taken from much better sci-fi/horror films.
You're just plain wrong [emoji1]
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
All the reviews on here are good, all the ones I've read in the press have been good, mine is about the least positive. I did enjoy it and thought it was a good effort. I was just a bit ambiguous about the tone. Dunno, the slapstick didn't quite sit with the poignant bits somehow, a case of being less than its parts? Also, felt a bit stop starty, along with a certain issue with the plot - see below. Suspect I'm in a minority of one on all this though.
The betrayal bit, played out with the development grant, was a bit obvious and tied the whole film too much to the first one. Felt like it restricted things to me.
ska invita
back on the other side
i liked the mix of tones - it shouldnt work but it did...sometimes scenes were like staid theatre, sometimes action movie, sometimes comedy, sometimes gritty....the visual style changes, different effects, text on the screen - all very postmodern - realistic characters one second, total over-the-top archetypes the next .... its a weird brew. But it worked for me
Was the first one like that? I cant remember...I think it was
my biggest complaint was about Veronika, who felt too one dimensional and whose actions weren't given enough weight compared to the boys
Was the first one like that? I cant remember...I think it was
my biggest complaint was about Veronika, who felt too one dimensional and whose actions weren't given enough weight compared to the boys
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