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The Crying Game (1992)
Not bad, enjoyable, kind of rips off Cal (1984) (spoilers)
This film is enjoyable enough, but, a few plot lines side stories aside, it seems as if the writers lifted the basic premise from Cal (1984 with Helen Mirren and John Lynch), but jigged a few things around and added a......twist.
That aside, the performances in this film are ok. Richardsons accent is the best of the non natives, Whittakers is a bit ropey.
It features Adrian Dunbar in his earlier career - Stephen Rea comes across well, but it feels at times that certain things are a bit cliched and hackneyed, and scarcely believable.
I'm judging it from a 2023 point of view, it's worth watching if you've never seen it, but I wouldn't say it's as great as some people make out.
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
It had a lot of promise, but disappointing
(Don't watch this before you've watched the original)
The original was a genius film, heart and gut wrenching, a bona fide classic. I never tire from watching it.
This film, on the other hand, came out with a lot of hype, that ultimately it didn't match up to.
This sequel was made with the best intentions, but it was poorly executed.
One aspect of this film that grated was the amount of clips from the original film used. At best, they couldvlve been used sparingly, but it feels they padded and filled the film out with these way too much.
Also, some "new" scenes, "aped" old scenes from the film, which for me was unnecessary, lazy and pointless.
Some of the scenes seemed entirely unrealistic too. Begbie in this, was poorly written, boring, and bar one scene with spud, was basically a waste of space.
As others have said,the film seems disjointed.
The only shining light was spud, for me he was the highlight of the film, Ewan Bremners performance was really good.
Overall, I feel this film could've been so much better if they had edited a lot of unnecessary scenes put from it.
It's worth a watch, but not much more than that.
This Life + 10 (2007)
Should've left it at end of series 2 ( spoilers)
This one off TV film was a nice idea, badly executed.
The plot is the main characters meeting up at Ferdys funeral, then being filmed for some documentary for a one of get together to celebrate their lives based on Eggs fictional successful book based on their time as housemates.
To me, the script is contrived, it lacks depth, like they forgot eat made the show good.
Starting off, music. During the series, it was generally subtle, and it really worked, but for + 10 it based overbearing, like they are trying to drown out the fact that the script, the plot is pretty empty.
Other gripes include, how did Ferdy actually die? Its like they thought that leaving it a mystery would enhance it, but it backfired, if someone's friend/acquaintance had died young, you'd be guaranteed they would talking about it in some way.
Other gripes are more about how it doesn't tie in well with the ending of the second series. For instance, Milly and Egg getting back together, after she two timed him? It's possible, but not the most likeliest, no mention of Miles first wife on real terms.
The documentary subplot seems a bit ridiculous, as does the ending scenes, such as the "suicide" attempt - do you really think thr documentary maker was interested in making a snuff movie?
The whole thing seems like a legendary band reforming, to record a new album, said new album gets hyped to the gills, and although passable, you just know if your heart of hearts, is s***.