|
Hand Knit posted:T2 has so much to do with memory, nostalgia, and failed dreams that watching Trainspotting first is probably pretty important. It also has so many references in dialogue, audio cues, and visual cues that you won't appreciate or miss entirely if you haven't seen the first. I really enjoyed it. It's a nostalgia sequel about nostalgia sequels. Everyone putting out a sequel 10-20 years later nowadays is trying to recapture that old magic, this is a film that lampoons that idea and deals with the reality that the good ol' days are gone and you can't go back. Not being as good as the original is kind of the whole point of the movie - the characters spend a good portion of the film talking about how awesome the events of the first film were. Trainspotting was a 90s zeitgeist film, and you can't make another one of those because the spirit of the times has vastly changed. Meanwhile the people who have moved on the most and been successful as a result, like Diane, are the least featured.
|
#
?
Jul 12, 2017 21:43
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 2, 2024 00:32 |
|
|
Well and the other most successful person in the film is Mikey "fuckin'" Forrester, who was the biggest wanker in the entire first film. They did a good job of showing that Sick Boy was absolutely clever enough to at least be a "higher class of gangster" but he's inherently too self-destructive to allow himself to succeed.
|
|
#
?
Jul 13, 2017 00:56
|
|
|
Taintrunner posted:I've never seen the first Trainspotting, how hosed am I if I try to watch these back to back? As someone who came of age in the 90s and always loved Trainspotting, I have to say that I was amazed at how great the follow up was. It was completely sincere. And holy crap, Sick Boy's line about being a tourist in your own youth. That really hit home. Ersatz fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Jul 15, 2017 |
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2017 06:32
|
|
