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Originally posted by I,ZOMBIE
throw in requiem for a dream and you have a list of movies i do not like because of various reasons. from the outside they are all good movies in their own, but when you have lived that lifestyle, they are fucking horrible. when you are free of girls having sex for drugs, you don't want to see it in a movie. or trainspotting, i lost a really good friend to heroin, so i hate hearing people say "oh trainspotting is great, i want to shoot up" (not that you are saying that, i have just heard lots of people talk like that)... ummm so yeah, i am not a big fan of the drug lifestyle movies. movie empathy can go either way. like Traffic was a well done movie, but again it fits the category of movies i don't want to watch.
i lived a scarface like lifestyle for a bit... and i think thats the only movie i would ever watch again in that category of drug film.
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Traffic and Requiem are two more downers that I really liked. I have always loved Scarface but I dont look at that as the same type of movie. It's more like a kickass action movie than a realistic depressing drama.
urge - re: Trainspotting: I know what you mean. They keep it pretty funny but there's no denying that the subject matter is pretty rough stuff. And it's not all funny, some it's is straight up fucked... Like when the baby dies, or when Ewan McGregor is going through withdrawals. It gets pretty heavy at parts but then quickly lightens it up again. It's a twisted blend to be sure...