blacksnake
07-20-2004, 11:37 PM
Super Size Me
Super Size Me, is a documentary where writer, director and star Morgan Spurlock looks at the obesity in America, and how a lot of it comes from fast food restaurants. Morgan, goes to several doctors who all say that he is very healthy and is a good size and weight. He then tells him about his experiment about eating three days a meal at McDonald's for one whole month and nothing else. The doctors agree. We soon see that Morgan, becomes overweight doing this and makes him sick, depressed, have lack of sexual ability and a lot of energy. Super Size Me, also looks at how places like McDonald's advertise towards kids and try to get people to buy their meals by marketing while usually hiding their nutritional values. It also takes a look at obesity in children and schools. Winner of The MTV News Docs Prize for director Morgan Spurlock at The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and The Director's Award for a Documentary at The Sundance Film Festival. Less than two months after the film's premiere at The Sundance Film Festival, McDonald's announced that they will no longer serve any of their menu items in "Super Size". McDonald's denies the fact that they decided to do this because of this film though. Also director Morgan Spurlock, got the idea for this documentary while watching the news and seeing two teenage girls suing McDonald's because it made them obese. Super Size Me, is smart, entertaining, informative, important, some humourous parts and an interesting and compelling film with information that I think everyone should know. I personally have not ate at McDonald's for years. I don't eat meat and one day while I was in there I saw the one guy who was working there spill a ton of fries on the ground and pick them up and throw them back with the other fries ready to give to an unsuspecting customer. The film also points out that each day one in four Americans visits a fast food restaurant and you would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a super sized coke, french fries and Big Mac. The person I saw this with goes to McDonalds a lot, but after seeing this film said they don't want to for a very long time and I hope many viewers will get something out of this film and start eating healthy.
Super Size Me, is a documentary where writer, director and star Morgan Spurlock looks at the obesity in America, and how a lot of it comes from fast food restaurants. Morgan, goes to several doctors who all say that he is very healthy and is a good size and weight. He then tells him about his experiment about eating three days a meal at McDonald's for one whole month and nothing else. The doctors agree. We soon see that Morgan, becomes overweight doing this and makes him sick, depressed, have lack of sexual ability and a lot of energy. Super Size Me, also looks at how places like McDonald's advertise towards kids and try to get people to buy their meals by marketing while usually hiding their nutritional values. It also takes a look at obesity in children and schools. Winner of The MTV News Docs Prize for director Morgan Spurlock at The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and The Director's Award for a Documentary at The Sundance Film Festival. Less than two months after the film's premiere at The Sundance Film Festival, McDonald's announced that they will no longer serve any of their menu items in "Super Size". McDonald's denies the fact that they decided to do this because of this film though. Also director Morgan Spurlock, got the idea for this documentary while watching the news and seeing two teenage girls suing McDonald's because it made them obese. Super Size Me, is smart, entertaining, informative, important, some humourous parts and an interesting and compelling film with information that I think everyone should know. I personally have not ate at McDonald's for years. I don't eat meat and one day while I was in there I saw the one guy who was working there spill a ton of fries on the ground and pick them up and throw them back with the other fries ready to give to an unsuspecting customer. The film also points out that each day one in four Americans visits a fast food restaurant and you would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a super sized coke, french fries and Big Mac. The person I saw this with goes to McDonalds a lot, but after seeing this film said they don't want to for a very long time and I hope many viewers will get something out of this film and start eating healthy.