Best scene - Right at the end when they are in the hotel room and Renton gets up, takes a drink of water and takes the bag from under Begbie's arm, the first time i watched it when 'Born Slippy' kicks in I got goosebumps panicking that he may be caught,  I've seen it a hundred times since and I still get goosebumps.

Best actor - I think Johnny Lee Miller (and his character ) were head and shoulders above the rest,  Sickboy got the best lines IMO.

Best scene is Tommy funeral IMO. Shite for blood. Very Scottish turn of phrase.

Begbie is ace

Tek wrote:

The best scene for me is the last one,it's extraordinary.The cinematography is superb.

The bit where Begbie blows the smoke into Renton's face in provocation is the catalyst for Rents to think 'fuck this'!!

Another metaphorical symbol that i thought was clever was him washing out the buckfast out the glass and rinsing out the glass and drinking the clean,pure water.It's almost like he had decided to cleanse himself of the poison that had infiltrated his liife and wanted a clean break.

The tension as he tries to prise the holdall from Begbie's clutches still gets me everytime,and with 'Born Slippy' kicking in the whole scene is just so iconic.

Ewan McGregor's performance for me is superb.He looks so emaciated and skinny in it.Looks like a proper junkie but still retains an air of cool about him despite all this.


 

Buckfast is probably more pure than the tap water in London 😀
 

20 years old today.

Wow.

Tek wrote:

Do you schee the beascht? Have you got it in your schights???