Great Movie To Watch At The Beginning Of A Healthier Diet But...
Wow, this movie is a must see for people who don't know that fat is unattractive and bad for their health, McDonald's food is fattening especially if eaten in very large quantities and large corporations like McDonalds don't really care about their customers and are just out to make money! For the rest of us who were fortunate enough to all ready have this knowledge, SUPER SIZE ME really is an unnecessary movie useful perhaps,as a motivator while beginning or in the midst of a healthier eating lifestyle. The movie is very heavy handed in pounding the rather obvious point that a steady diet of McDonlds is not good. And is there a law that documentary filmmakers who are the subjects of their own films have to be insufferably smug and obnoxious? ... Read More
Good, sometimes manipulative
Manipulative documentary in the vein of the Michael Moore pieces. Sure it has a noble mission, but beyond offering factoids about nutrition and the guy's 30-day weight gain experiment and the type of crap corporate America offering people to eat (nobody is forcing people to eat fries from the caf every day, but how many people really take bagged lunches to work?) it doesn't offer too much. Naturally, the documentary maker's vegetarian girlfriend is given screen time to preach about how wrong it is to eat junk food.
Taking the moral high ground - check. Throwing up after eating a huge fast food meal - check. Waiting it out until a corporate spokesman says something embarassing, then capitalising on the soundbite - check. Giving the ... Read More
Super Size Me, Indeed.
My wife and I watched the "Super Size Me" DVD last night. It was the third time we watched it and we enjoyed it very much. Let's face it, Fast Food is a major facet of the American Culture. It's everywhere. Within five miles of our house there are "McDonalds" (2), "Jack in the Box"(3), "Karl's Jr." (2), "Wendy's"(2), "Rubio's," "Burger King," "Arby's," "El Polo Loco," "Taco Bell," "KFC," "Subway"(4) and about a half-dozen local Mexican Taco Shops. No matter what road you take, there's fast food readily available. Yum. Some of it is actually quite good and I confess to eating at some of the places now and then. My personal favorites are "El Polo Loco," "Subway" and a couple of the Mexican Taco Shops. Actually, if you know what you're doing, you can ... Read More
Not shocking!
I thought this documentary was well done, even if the deck was stacked. Yes folks, if you eat fast food for 30 days 3x a day you will become seriously ill. I don't think it is fair to pick on McDonalds, there are many fast food companies and they are all spending lots of dough to get your attention. Growing up, my mother always cooked home made, and I mean nearly from scratch. I attribute that to being healthy, and having an appreciation for home-made spaghetti, beef stroganoff, tacos, fish- twice a week (a few of my favorites) and our dinners always included a veggie (introduce veggies young and kids will eat them, maybe really like them), we almost never had a dessert, and by dessert I mean peaches and cottage cheese... (funny how I've as an adult ... Read More
One of my faves
I bought this DVD because I had heard it was really good, and I was certainly not let down! It really opened my eyes as to just how terrible fast food is and what lack of nutritional education is doing to adults and children. I would recommend this film to anyone!
