Ecstasy (2012)
ECSTASY is a dark romantic comedy, based on the controversial book, “Ecstasy”, by Irvine Welsh. “Ecstasy”, was translated into 20 languages and was a number one bestseller in over 20 countries. Mr. Welsh’s first book, “Trainspotting”, published in 1993, (and voted by Waterstone, Europe’s largest bookstore chain, as one of the Ten Best Books of the Century), sold over 1 million copies in the UK alone, and has its own Cinematic Cinderella success story.
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Billy Boyd playing DJ 'Woodsy' yells that immortal line while in hospital as nurses try to give him some of their sedatives.I quite liked this film and its underrated because the acting and script are pretty good. Adapted from a book by famous novelist Irvine Welsh, this film is about the ecstasy culture of the 90's. There have been a few films which capture dance club scene better than this, but in my opinion this is still a good film and its more than just about getting high. Its about love and death and family and friends.Adam Sinclair (Lloyd) and Kristin Kreuk (Heather) are the lead actors and their relationship forms the heart of the movie. Its actually quite difficult show a believable love story. Its so easy to get it wrong. This pair did a good job. The club scenes were pretty good and I generally liked the soundtrack, and it captured the party drug taking well.I liked the fact that the actors and script didn't elevate the characters into anything other than just ordinary people. Lloyd doesn't have job and Heather is unhappily married and works for the anti-narcotics association whilst raving at weekend. Yes that put a wry smile on my face! There are extraordinary people around them (gangsters) and drug trafficking storyline to keep story interesting but basically this is a romance with some drugs thrown in. Its the love drug vs the real thing sort of story. 6/10
After being a big fan of similar products and being seduced by the smart packaging and advertisement campaigns a group of us decided (with high hopes) to indulge in an mind altering evening of Ecstasy. The initial Come Up was okay but unfortunately it took around 15-20 minutes to realize we had actually been sold a dud as it became apparent this was just a cheap imitation. As the experience continued things got worse. Ecstasy just didn't seem quite authentic and certainly not as some of the older Ravers would remember it! Ecstasy felt watered down, it didn't have any real substance and the overall effect just seemed quite week, if not bleak! As the night progressed we were faced with the realization that Ecstasy is actually 10-20 years past its sell by date! As the Come Down set in we felt The producers behind this product have obviously churned it out without any real passion or knowledge of the scene.There have been better attempts to recreate the Produce of the late eighties & the nineties including Human Traffic and 24 Hour Party People (even Weekender) but If your looking to recapture the Buzz from your Raving Days then the Feeling from Ecstasy may be a bit of an anti-climax!
A very sad excuse for a film.This film took over 10 year to make and get released. What a waste of time! Over the last decade things have changed. Yet, even if this film had been released in 2002, it still would be too late for even that time.Ecstasy might have been a little less painful to watch and done better for itself if it had been released in 1998. Instead, we here in 2012, are left watching what feels like a lost straight-to-DVD film from the 90's, that desperately tries to cash in on the success of Danny Boyle's 1996 masterpiece, Trainspotting.The talentless director must have thought his career was made when he got the rights to adapt an Irvine Welsh novel. Little did he know that, a decade later, Irvine Welsh fans would want his head on a stick for ruining Welsh's original material.There are shots where you can clearly see that the director is trying to copy shots from Trainspotting. Trainspotting is a classic in which every time you revisit the film, you are taken back to the 90's and thrown into the shoes of heroin addicts. Ecstasy lacks any original imagination, everything feels forced and watching the film is a perfect lesson in what not to do when making a film. In fact, the film is the exact opposite of it's title. It's an out-of-touch, uncomfortable viewing experience.
Just went to see Ecstacy last night... luckily I had a free pass to a media screening of it as if I had spent money on seeing this rubbish I would have felt pretty ripped off! Where to begin? Trainspotting was great; funny, topical, great acting and well made. None of these can be attributed to Ecstacy, it seems like a weird Trainspotting rip-off, very dated (nostalgic?) and none of the threads of the characters stories seem to go anywhere. Wooden performances, uninteresting storyline, terrible writing, the only saving grace for this turkey of a film is the lovely views of Edinburgh... makes me wanna visit! I wanted to enjoy this film, but the dialog was so cringe-worthy, the acting sub-standard and the story so utterly boring that I just gotta say avoid at all costs, don't even bother watching on DVD.