Trainspotting unlike what the name suggests is about heroin use. In fact the reason it's called Trainspotting in the first place was used as also most a code phrase indicating to what a person would be doing.
Like said before this film is about the use of heroin following the chracter Mark Renton (played by Ewan Mcgregor) as he deals with his life hooked on heroin and betraying his friends. Unlike most films, to me this feels like what drugs could be like while taking them. It's got lots of wavy shots that are there to disorientate people for example the shot of Mark slowly diving into the toilet to end up in an ocean only to swim back up.
Where most films tell their story by showing the characters doing, I would say around 65% of this has a voice over of Mark telling the audience what is going through his mind, making it feel more like a book or a Vlog and we get a real deep understanding of the character. Because of this the film is primarily focused around him more then anyone else, following his story and his experience. (Unlike T2) this does something very unique for the audience because by hearing what he's thinking and ultimately doing for us it ultimately tell us that we are seeing the good guy in the film, making 'positive' decisions. However, his choices are shitty and are not good at all. I don't think many people realize this because of how the film goes about it. It tries to justify what the character is doing by the telling the audience exactly what's going through is mind.
Another thing I like is how it doesn't stray away from things that would normally be kept out of a film, going into subjects like the loss of a child, the decline of mental health until the loss of a person, underage sex showing it in full nudity and the desperation of man looking for his next fix. A lot of people said when this film came out that it was that it glorified drug use, but personally I think it does the opposite, It's not just the Mark telling the audience not to do it as well as him showing how he tried to get out of it, but its the use of the themes to show the audience the consequences.
And the scene where the parents of mark lock him in his room is a truly terrifying experience for both him and the audience. It does a really good job of making the room feel like an endless suffer experience showing everything that is damaging in his life slowly attack him. With a creepy baby crawling towards him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LuxOYIpu-I
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