I am SO pleased to type these words.
SO pleased....
Back in 1996, something occurred in cinema's, and on VHS (remember video?) and DVD that was nearly close to perfect filth, degradation,and polished reflection of a killer lifestyle.....and it was polished to such a high sheen, you could use it as a mirror.
(Zak's getting a touch emotional - bear with pls)
Anthems were born...Underworld's Born Slippy was used to utter film perfection.
It was and still is one of the best ugly beauties of all time in my opinion.
I was truly excited and utterly terrified about T2 Trainspotting..
/deep breath
another thing occurred... it was as phenomenal and possibly .... possibly better.
it echoed the original but somehow it shouted it louder and prouder.
It was prettier... and yet it's managed to darken the story further.
The score is literally background.. it whisps in and out... it's so hard to hear.. and yet you can hear it easily..... the echoes of the original are so beautifully placed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_5vZWgnuL0
I smiled, I felt dragged back in time AND I saw young actors as older men... and I am older....they are my mirror
Was a great viewing tonight on my projector. It worked for me utterly. Entirely.
Spud made me happy and sad, Renton made me happy and glad... Tommie's ghost made be despair... Sick Boy made me angry and mad and glad.. and Begbie....well....Begbie didn't do drugs either. He just did people. Still want's too.
Can't score it properly though..... it's a 10/10 for me... right now it emotionally hooked me in, in such a huge way, so emotionally, that I'm too tied to it to be clear cut on my score.
tomorrow it maybe 9/10. But it IS a 9 minimum
it's a work of perfection. Young characters I grew up with in my head......fighting the life I can see them trying to live on screen. The best part:I can't see actors. I see real people.
you can't ask more from a film tbh.
And at no point did Obi Wan pop into my head... which helps!
If you're 40 plus and witnessed the first, originally....... pull up a bottle of pinot grigio (I jest) and absorb. It's a killer!
if you're 30 plus and you saw the first a decade after it was "alive and dying of a skag OD" you need to see it
If you're any age and haven't seen either...
I beg..implore... I grovel at your film-viewing-feet
Do them in order and be ready.
Over n out


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