SUPER SIZE ME
Cast: Morgan Spurlock, Dr. Daryl Isaacs, Ronald McDonald
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Writer: Morgan Spurlock
Review Date: n/a
Written By: Clarkey
Rating: 7/10
THE PLOT:
A documentary in which the filmmaker decides to put his healthy body to the test by eating nothing but McDonald's meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day for 30 days straight. The idea was to see how this sort of ridiculous diet of "junk food" would affect his system. The results are staggering, along with everything else in this engrossing look at the problem of obesity in America.
THE REVIEW:
I used to dread documentaries. I’m sure we all did. But lately documentaries are getting a hell of a lot better. They are better made, interesting and relevant to most people. It started with Michael Moore’s Bowling For Columbine, which is probably one of the best documentaries ever made. Now with Capturing the Friedmans, Moore’s new film, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Super Size Me, documentaries are taking a different approach.
Everyone knows that McDonald’s and fast food joints are bad for you, but yet we all eat there weekly or monthly. This movie starts off with 2 obese girls suing McDonald’s for their obesity, which I know is pretty stupid. Morgan Spurlock, the star, director and producer of this movie decides to show people that McDonald’s can make you fat. He starts a 30 day diet of strictly Mickey D’s and he will not do any exercise like most North Americans.
This documentary is a good one because it tackles a real issue; obesity is the second preventable cause of death behind only smoking. Also, it not only tackles the fast food chains, but the lack of exercise by the American public. In one school, a first grade class only gets 45 minutes of gym a week, A WEEK! I remember when I was in elementary school; we had gym for 45 minutes a day plus recess. Now, recesses are becoming shorter and will soon disappear to make room for more education. “We will all be smart, but we’ll all be fat,” as one scholar tells the camera.
Morgan tours around the states, but mostly he is in his hometown, New York City, which has some 80 plus Mickey D’s in only 20 miles squared, that is 4 McDonald’s in every square mile. And you wonder why Americans are getting fatter. He also looks at some procedures that help with obesity, such as getting the fat sucked out of you. Morgan interviews a lot of people on the street, kids, and scholars. Most scholars believe that the kids are the targets for the fast food ads, which will result in overwhelming obese kids in the next little while, unless we do something. Many of the average people didn’t know what a Calorie is or other health related questions. And there is even a man who claims he eats over 700 Big Macs a year. But when it came time for McDonald’s to be represented, they would not call Morgan back. Even after he called them like 15 times.
The film also had some comedy in, like “I think I got some McGas” and Morgan’s girlfriend talking about their sex life since he went on the diet and you guessed, his A-game has gone down to a D-game.
There were a couple of problems. The main one was every time he interviewed someone, you couldn’t see who they are and what their job they have. It would cut it off. Maybe he meant to do that to save the interviewee. Also, the 30-Day McDonald’s only diet is a little extreme, but Morgan admits that. I would’ve liked to see him balance it out, like the million of Americans do. Have McDonald’s once or twice a week for 30 weeks and see if the results are the same or similar. Just a suggestion.
As for Morgan’s diet, he put on some 20 pounds in only 30 days and on day 21, his doctors will advise him to quit the diet or he could damage his body. He would continue it and looks like shit near the end. The results are shocking and make you think twice before you order a Big Mac again.
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Writer: Morgan Spurlock
Review Date: n/a
Written By: Clarkey
Rating: 7/10
THE PLOT:
A documentary in which the filmmaker decides to put his healthy body to the test by eating nothing but McDonald's meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day for 30 days straight. The idea was to see how this sort of ridiculous diet of "junk food" would affect his system. The results are staggering, along with everything else in this engrossing look at the problem of obesity in America.
THE REVIEW:
I used to dread documentaries. I’m sure we all did. But lately documentaries are getting a hell of a lot better. They are better made, interesting and relevant to most people. It started with Michael Moore’s Bowling For Columbine, which is probably one of the best documentaries ever made. Now with Capturing the Friedmans, Moore’s new film, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Super Size Me, documentaries are taking a different approach.
Everyone knows that McDonald’s and fast food joints are bad for you, but yet we all eat there weekly or monthly. This movie starts off with 2 obese girls suing McDonald’s for their obesity, which I know is pretty stupid. Morgan Spurlock, the star, director and producer of this movie decides to show people that McDonald’s can make you fat. He starts a 30 day diet of strictly Mickey D’s and he will not do any exercise like most North Americans.
This documentary is a good one because it tackles a real issue; obesity is the second preventable cause of death behind only smoking. Also, it not only tackles the fast food chains, but the lack of exercise by the American public. In one school, a first grade class only gets 45 minutes of gym a week, A WEEK! I remember when I was in elementary school; we had gym for 45 minutes a day plus recess. Now, recesses are becoming shorter and will soon disappear to make room for more education. “We will all be smart, but we’ll all be fat,” as one scholar tells the camera.
Morgan tours around the states, but mostly he is in his hometown, New York City, which has some 80 plus Mickey D’s in only 20 miles squared, that is 4 McDonald’s in every square mile. And you wonder why Americans are getting fatter. He also looks at some procedures that help with obesity, such as getting the fat sucked out of you. Morgan interviews a lot of people on the street, kids, and scholars. Most scholars believe that the kids are the targets for the fast food ads, which will result in overwhelming obese kids in the next little while, unless we do something. Many of the average people didn’t know what a Calorie is or other health related questions. And there is even a man who claims he eats over 700 Big Macs a year. But when it came time for McDonald’s to be represented, they would not call Morgan back. Even after he called them like 15 times.
The film also had some comedy in, like “I think I got some McGas” and Morgan’s girlfriend talking about their sex life since he went on the diet and you guessed, his A-game has gone down to a D-game.
There were a couple of problems. The main one was every time he interviewed someone, you couldn’t see who they are and what their job they have. It would cut it off. Maybe he meant to do that to save the interviewee. Also, the 30-Day McDonald’s only diet is a little extreme, but Morgan admits that. I would’ve liked to see him balance it out, like the million of Americans do. Have McDonald’s once or twice a week for 30 weeks and see if the results are the same or similar. Just a suggestion.
As for Morgan’s diet, he put on some 20 pounds in only 30 days and on day 21, his doctors will advise him to quit the diet or he could damage his body. He would continue it and looks like shit near the end. The results are shocking and make you think twice before you order a Big Mac again.
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