Sick Boy's Unifying theory of life

Beautifully fucking illustrated.

[@DougiePoynterFan12]

I can't get over how well Jonny Lee Miller does a Scottish accent. I knew he wasn't Scottish before I watched this film but he would have seriously fooled me into thinking he was if I didn't know.

[@ametrinemoon]

stacy paget He did me. Thats a fab accent I must say!

[@radicalrises7520]

stacy paget He actually fooled the cast too when he started speaking in his normal accent and they were like "whaaaaa......"

[@drrd4127]

I knew he was English when he kept saying 'yeah, yeah'......more like AYE! lol

[@truenoy8241]

Yeah I never expected this from him considering how shitty his acting was in Hackers

[@mityboosh]

Stacy. Best IMO and I'm from Glasgow ,hh is no1 IMHO.....PEACE AND VIAGRA TO ALL😎😍😍😍😍😎

[@archimedes6692]

"So we all get old, we can't hack it anymore, and that's it." Basically what T2 is about.

[@DavieCooper-zz4kh]

Archie Smith Haha true

[@sick0spherean]

"No its not bad, but its not great either is it. And in your heart you kinda know that although it sounds alright and its actually just shite.

[@heyitjoejoe8212]

*Cannae hack it

[@leegsy]

@@sick0spherean Lou Reed's first solo album is actually pretty great. After that though....

[@iamcantaloupe]

This comment has new relevance with the impending release of Terminator: Dark Fate

[@stum8551]

Best tribute I can give to Jonny Lee Miller’s acting is that I honestly thought for some time after trainspotting that he was Scottish and was surprised when i found out he wasn’t

[@solomcfc82]

Same as that!

[@Londonjmo]

Someone just posted a behind-the-scenes clips from each actor on Instagram. My mind was blown that he didn’t sound like this at all he barely even has a British accent. I’ve seen him in recent stuff but I just figured he worked on it and cleaned it up for more serious rolls but nope he’s just that good .

[@georgezee5173]

I'm not a native English speaker so I was just about to ask if he sounds legit Scottish in this movie to native speakers. I already knew the fact that he is from the London area, but watching him now in this clip I had to double-check if he was partially raised in Scotland or maybe his parents were Scottish, thus the proper Scottish accent... He sounds even more Scottish than my ex-girlfriend, who's from a town outside Edinburgh LOL

[@HitoriKoumorigasa]

"No, it's not bad, but it's not great either. And in your heart you kind of know that although it sounds all right, it's actually just shite."

[@sickboy4016]

I just love this scene, and I love Sick Boy. He's my favorite character in this film

[@MrMegaSasuke]

someone might deduce that from your name

[@admech590]

Sick Boy I think he's an asshole, but so is Renton, and begbie. The only two that aren't psychos or scumbags are spud and Tommy.

[@DavieCooper-zz4kh]

Begbie is the most respectable character out of the 4 because he doesn't to drugs

[@eldeeb6433]

Loyal92 wow, that's what you took from it? Art is subjective and all that but I do think you have entirely missed the point, unless you were being sarcastic. Begbie is the worst of the lot despite being "clean", and he's just as addicted as any of them.

[@Shligunkel]

@@DavieCooper-zz4kh is it not obvious to you he's an alcoholic? I mean i'd rather spend my time with a respecable addict than a total scumbag that fights people for fun

[@lukedaley17]

Johnny Lee Miller must’ve had a really great Dialect coach. His Scottish Accent is Phenomenal.

[@Bucketheadhead]

He said that for the first he had none, and he went to pubs in Glasgow and nobody batted an eyelid so he knew he was sorted - however for the second he used a dialect coach.

[@IronIck45]

I am german, and I like trainspotting inoriginal (we get all films dubbed, that why we are so bad in english ;) ) I like the scottish english so mutch, that i read trsainspotting in original, and I first did understand what "Ah" means. I saw Miller a second time as a Scot in "Flying Scotsman" a bycicling movie, I have to watch it in original too-use he in 2006 the same genius scotish

[@albertovasile3966]

@@IronIck45 you Germans bad in English? Lmao, besides Sweden and Norway, there's no country in Europe that has a higher number of good English speakers

[@IronIck45]

@@albertovasile3966 Okay, but not in my generation (kids of the 80s), students, maybe under the age of 40. But if it changed now, I can live with it. ;)

[@nazarderkach9320]

​@@albertovasile3966 Don't forget that you also have to take their perfectionism into account.

[@JWB86]

very eloquent for a smack head

[@DCI-Frank-Burnside]

S'cus me mate, y'aint got 20 p have ya? I need to catch a bus.

[@zajec11]

John Bush scuse me mate do you have 27 pence so i could buy meself a mcdonalds

[@vorstellung3861]

are you the critic guy on allmusic?

[@nickpetrillo8300]

John Bush all smack heads sit around and get cathartic... it's part of why they get high in the first place

[@genericwhitemale6089]

Heroin is spiritual for me.

[@LVCMPA]

"That means fuck all!"

[@maurodriguesxr]

It's a sympathy vote.

[@Santiago-pf8on]

"well, at one point you've got it, and then, you lose it. and its gone for ever" Mmmmh Yeah, that's actually what´s life about.

[@leeballington3136]

"Do you shee the beasht."

[@leegsy]

Have you got it in your shight?

[@MrDeadhead83]

@@leegsy clear enough mish Moneypenny. Its should present no significant problems

[@rsc8295]

Ive always thought it was hilarious how Sickboy stopped heroin just to annoy Renton

[@ChristophDollis]

Trainspotting was absolutely perfect in every respect and had just the right amount of dialogue between everybody.

[@virginianeil6185]

Just realised , Jonny Lee Miller is actually quite cute ! 😚

[@elmonster3571]

As a White Stripes fan I have to agree 100% with Sickboy in this one

[@rileylam2883]

El Monster nice lol

[@MeganSin]

I love Jonny Lee Miller! He's such an underrated actor!

[@Hoodoo123]

Love this film so much, plus it has one of the best soundtracks ever.

[@river-phoenixlunapavier2641]

Love these two! And one of the best British movies ever made with one of the best casts ever.

[@maycameron254]

Das Böse Scottish IS British ya dick!

[@iamcantaloupe]

May Cameron Great Britain =/= United Kingdom

[@maycameron254]

iamcantaloupe Correct, And....?

[@ChancellorOfTheSpellchecker]

+Das Böse Look on your passport, mate. What does it say?

[@internetuser4188]

Das Böse where the fuck do you think Scotland is pal

[@purpleheadedhedgehog3821]

Im actually so dumb, this is one of my all time favourite movies and I only realised that they are smoking a joint in this scene 😂

[@jforeman8]

I feel like this theory sums up trainspotting and T2. the first movie had it...

[@MrDeadhead83]

To me it represents where all the characters are in T2

[@Lietiel]

It's not hopeless, though. There are exceptions. Richard Strauss, for example, was composing top-notch masterpieces in his eighties. But for the most part, Sick Boy is right. lol

[@carolinafreitas9600]

Sick boy is always right. Sick boy for president

[@justanobadi6655]

Clint eastwood had it for a long time as well. His movies (whether acting or directing) were great at least up to unforgiven and invictus

[@Kelly14UK]

That's the stretch where we got our first magic mushrooms, Rouken Glen, '91. That'll lead up to the duck pond, and there was a cricket patch right in front of where they're lying. The mushrooms were picked there.

[@leegsy]

We used to get ours down Strathclyde Park and the golf course area there but the groundsmen started using a certain type of pesticide and the mushies didn't grow there anymore.

[@buttdick3314]

@@leegsy evil bastards

[@Kelly14UK]

@andrion waser Psylocybin or however they are spelled. They were brown- grey and resembled half opened parachutes. I think they might be known as Liberty Caps but i could be wrong. They were small things and i think about 50 did the trick. Mushie trips were more intense than the LSD tabs of the 90s and they left your system quicker.

[@Kelly14UK]

@andrion waser We had Strawberries, Penguins and Keys to Heaven '92- '94 and they were identical strength. They were good, and all the trips were there. Never disappointed. Got them from Easterhouse. But in my experience the mushrooms were stronger.

[@JamieBoy-ij2ri]

I'm with Sick Boy on the academy awards.. they do mean fuck all and this movie was too good for the oscars also.

[@CzechAvailabilitie]

David Bowie's very last record released practically moments before his death was on par with his work at his peak in the 70s. But otherwise this holds up.

[@TwinEchos]

Sherlock was quite keen back then already..

[@arnoldanimado9292]

beautifully fuckin' illustrated!

[@crazylikeatiger8896]

+Arnold animado no fuck

[@DisfiguredUnicorn]

i saw johnny lee miller in Frankenstein on stage, in the role of the monster. PHENOMENAL, you would not believe how much effort he put into it!

[@martincurran4985]

To be fair, Bowie made Black Star shortly before his death and that album ranks amongst his finest albums, and that was made after decades of albums which were good/decent, but never as memorable or as classic as Hunky Dory or Low or Heroes.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

At least on my view, his only bad work was the late 80's stuff (Tonight, Never Let Me Down). The 90's and 2000's had some overlooked gems.

[@jack0609]

He always had it and never lost it Black Star and Lazarus are both great they only things that put me off them both is the fact those were his last songs his 80s and 90s stuff was good as well look at When The Wind Blows he did the soundtrack along with Roger Waters and it was honestly great then there’s Let’s Dance and Ashes to Ashes and Dancing in the Street his whole discography proves my point

[@moniker2.0]

I love this film. One of my all-time faces.

[@amazingflavour]

This showed up randomly on my recommended today and I couldn’t be more pleased

[@ChibiCosmos]

this was just recommended to me after watching a scene from the room. "Oh hi Mark"

[@tommyt1971]

“Beautifully fuckin’ illustrated.”

[@angelforfreedom]

LOL!! Awesome! I've always loved this dialog from Trainspotting.

[@Mamatzatvor]

Fenomenal !!! Both great actors !

[@leslieadase545]

Currently reading skagboys...the beginning of rent's & sick boy's habits. Really good so far

[@Soki7000]

+Leslie Adase I just finished Skagboys and moved on to Porno. They both help flesh out Sick Boy really well.

[@arturo2599]

very nice! I have the book but can't start it already

[@eoghan.5003]

It's brilliant, the way it shows the deterioration of the community (with Thatcher etc) and then of the people in it. I might actually have preferred it to trainspotting.

[@andreakiss5463]

Skagboys is fantastic! I’m so glad I read the books in chronolagical order starting from Skagboys and ending with Porno. You really get to know the characters deeply. I love the movies too but it doesn’t do them justice in just how fucked up Sickboy, Begbie and even Rents actually are.

[@sophiadenise1149]

Sick boy is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory 😭

[@fraseraitken1837]

what a film

[@secretsquirrel7374]

Jonny Lee Miller was excellent as Sherlock Holmes in Elementary

[@UkMagicz]

And in your heart you kinda know that although it sounds alright its actually just shite.

[@Gorehoundreviews]

RIP Lou Reed

[@adams115]

RiP David Bowie

[@Iclaudiusgooglius]

Fun fact: Around 2005, Jonny Lee Miller as actually considered to fill the then-vacant role of... James Bond. Who knows, after Craig leaves the role, it could still be to play for!

[@pizybaker6587]

that would be sick

[@patrickmartin6843]

The unifying theory of life is realizing that your body represents less than ,0000000001 mass of the universe. We're all existing on a sphere made of dirt and water, orbiting a huge nuclear explosion.

[@karu6111]

all my life is about hoping that this theory isn't fucking true, so far, I'm losing

[@emilyverlie]

Amazing film!

[@trevorfuson715]

You could have at least left the evil shot in there.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

I remember those beer cans. Definitely around in the 1980s when the film was set. I don't know about in 1996 when it was released.

[@JONINXBOX]

Little known fact.. the guy with the dog is Christian Bale who was friends with Ewan and about to film velvet goldmine with him..

[@BritishArrow]

Glad im not the only one who thot "lou reed, dead? i think i'll watch that trainspotting scene in which he's mentioned!"

[@The7thNemesis]

@MujagaWudakhi The song playing in the background is 'Trainspotting' by Primal Scream.

[@Noodles37UK]

Rouken Glen Park, Giffnock just outside Glasgow, South Side. Probably said it already, but fuckitt. Anyway, nearby, at the top of the Deaconsbank Golf Course, at the very top of the dirt track leading up from the Stewarton Road, takes you straight ahead into to the woodland where the Shallow Grave is from McGregor's film of same name.

[@VictorRochaGaming]

I love The Name of The Rose too, Sick Boy :)

[@jjjnettie]

Johnny Lee Miller is an amazing talent. :)

[@trip2themoon]

Stephen Hendry.

[@davidliaotn]

omg didnt show the scene hitting the dog

[@steventremino5623]

Why would you want to see that anyway..?

[@radiopadilla]

@@steventremino5623 cause it's fucking funny dip stick.

[@PrivateAckbar]

Sickboy never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@JasonBlakemoregoogle]

Had it, lost it...

[@MyMk4ever]

song : Primal Scream - Trainspotting :')

[@FantasmaLuna]

@msinarath No shit! I saw him as Frankenstein's creature last night via satellite and he was incredible!

[@KOSTAS22R]

The 2nd best speech in the movie :P Though overall Sick Boy has to be my favourite charachter...

[@PiratesAndCowboys]

Jonny talking like that.. omg soaked

[@kaleb7clark]

Do you see the beast? Have you got it in your sights?

[@marvelmundane1595]

Jonny was just too handsome.

[@deandalton8482]

quentin tarantino

[@mundicox8951]

Not really..Hateful 8 wasn't the greatest, but remember that Django was only a few years ago and before that was Inglorious Basterds. So he's definitely still got it

[@deandalton8482]

Mundi Cox like what sickboy said about lou Reeds solo stuff, deep down you know it's really just shite (when compared to pulp fiction and reservoir dogs)

[@mundicox8951]

Dean Dalton Nah I think they almost hold up to the first 2 films. And despite everything, even Lou did have some great solo stuff

[@deandalton8482]

they dont at all, theyre unoriginal and cliche

[@bopbopperono58]

His films took an immediate dive in quality when his editor Sally Menke died. I believe Inglourious Basterds was the last one she worked on, and it shows. Django Unchained was the first film ever to strike me as suffering from a terrible edit.

[@seahawk124]

Well, Sick Boy and Renton will be sad with the news tonight.

[@nungatedel]

the next 30s r the best film lines ever "can u shee the beasht do u have it in yer shites" always lmao

[@RonitIL]

Seems like he's Scottish accent has faded a bit in the years since the movie, (as well as McGregors), and has become slightly more british, or is it just me?

[@sirjeanpepper2492]

He never had a scottish accent natively, he did if for this film

[@CrossleyThePauper]

Wayne Rooney

[@j3tvmufc792]

had it, lost it

[@imkyle4life]

The biggest decline of a player ever witnessed

[@bekiigic]

But his hair came back

[@BruderSenf]

he ain't wrong

[@calestobbie8233]

Yeah! It's a hard read with all the Scottish slang but its one of the best things Ive read. The movie left out alot.

[@MrBrettaxe]

The Smashing pumpkins

[@TheEspill]

Great scene, but Lou reed's New York is a great album! And that was in 1989. Totally original and different too. Also: he did a memorial album for Andy Warhol that wasn't shite!

[@Livelaughlove8585]

sick boy n mark n renton n spud..are my fav hell all of them are

[@user-rs3qi8gm9r]

Kelly marie obviously not. considering mark and renton are the same person.

[@Bucketheadhead]

Does anybody know the tune playing in the background?

[@huubhuijbens8816]

Trainspotting by Primal Scream, if you are still interested.

[@mowriter]

@rmgallerani : LOL, was going to say that Jordan had to climb out of a real cesspool life before coming up with his theories (LOL).

[@caltrof]

RIP Lou Red :(

[@TheDeidaraMaria]

Jordan chase , the early days

[@Eaoleolo]

David Bowie's last work turned out to be freakishly good. But to be fair, he wasn't at his best in the 90's.

[@ACleverName17]

sooo true

[@MujagaWudakhi]

@The7thNemesis yea... figured it out myself after i listened to a whole soundtrack... :D , but tnx :)

[@danw1374]

For a vegeterian renton youve an evil shot !

[@CarpeDiem1Brooks]

..yeah, .... yeah, beautifully fuckin illustrated

[@DukeOfKidderminster]

Morrissey, John Lydon, Germaine Greer…

[@ImEpicxD311]

I want those shades

[@carmaj156]

He only talks about Sean Connery in that movie. I love the character.

[@stefanjovic2001]

It's funny how what he is saying is more relevant now that it was back then 😂

[@thebandit0256]

Obi Wan puffing a Dead stick

[@ezus4giveSdaLostDont]

He knows a lot about Sean Connery.

[@raithrover1976]

I like The Untouchables!

[@lucasm3879]

Any old fans of the Prodigy, now know exactly what Sick Boy was talking about. When this film came out they were on fire. Now, they're... well, shite.

[@sisyphusrodahrockshout9326]

Ridley Scott.

[@yemanyaaa]

@Thewindowopenedwide Primal Scream - Trainspotting

[@RossIrving-yb3mf]

everyone always quoted "Beautifully fucking illustrated" after Trainspotting came out to try to nail the lid on whatever theory/view they had. After Trainspotting came the Brit Gangster Guy Ritchie films which were great, but heavily leaned to the style of trainspotting. All funny, quick dialogue/conversation-heavy films. Lock Stock is extremely dialogue-focused rather than "hey lets see lots of violence, nobody wants to hear people talk and be funny/sarcastic/silly for 90 minutes"

[@arielgoldfarb4118]

The saddest thing is he is right.

[@blotterdowney8075]

elvass presslehhh

[@williambolton4698]

I know that non-Scots think that Mr Lee-Miller does a great Scottish accent but to Scots, it's clearly fake. It may not (quite) be on the same level as Dick Van Dyke's Cockney accent but its not great. Still, it distracts from the theme's written by one of literature's great haters, Irvine Welsh, the man who hates the UK, the establishment, Protestants, drug pushers, non-leftists, etc, etc,. He made millions writing about the degenerate side of life, then the arch liberal went to live in America and the UK arts establishment love him for it.

[@YannGuillermou]

...Squarepusher

[@YannGuillermou]

He did get some of it back actually, last 2 albums were better than expected, still a lot of energy

[@MujagaWudakhi]

whats the song playing in the background while they are talking?

[@moniker2.0]

Obiwan. Smoking. Nice.

[@Bucketheadhead]

Trainspotting - Primal Scream

[@jhodess]

cc "through the elves"

[@kanecounty6941]

We all get old we cany hack it anymore and thats tha