I agree with funy fat people should watch what the hell are they eating, regardless of their craving for junk food.
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Morgan Spurlock eats a McDonald's-only diet for thirty days straight.Click Q&A above for an interview with filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. In SUPER SIZE ME, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts nationwide and by subjecting himself to a “McDonald’s only” diet for thirty days straight. His Sundance award-winning feature is as entertaining as it is horrifying as it dives into corporate responsibility, nutritional education, school lunch programs and how we as a nation are eating ourselves to death. “For 30 days, Morgan Spurlock consumed nothing but food from McDonald’s, an experiment in bad living that frames a jaunty critique of junk gastronomy and corporate power. Like a thinner, less aggressive Michael Moore, the director talks to consumers, experts and food-industry flacks, weaving alarming statistics about rampant obesity with visits to the doctor and double-quarter-pounder-with-cheese combo meals. The film is an entertaining statement of the obvious, though its big questions — do corporations serve our need or enslave our bodies and soul?, are public health problems caused by capitalist rapacity or personal choice? — are not as simple as Mr. Spurlock would have us believe.” — A. O. Scott, The New York Times  Super Size Me
Release Year: 2004 Duration: 103 min Availability:
Related: Campus, Health, Life & Culture, Science & Nature, Virgil Films & Entertainment Click Q&A above for an interview with filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. In SUPER SIZE ME, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts nationwide and by subjecting himself to a “McDonald’s only” diet for thirty days straight. His Sundance award-winning feature is as entertaining as it is horrifying as it dives into corporate responsibility, nutritional education, school lunch programs and how we as a nation are eating ourselves to death. “For 30 days, Morgan Spurlock consumed nothing but food from McDonald’s, an experiment in bad living that frames a jaunty critique of junk gastronomy and corporate power. Like a thinner, less aggressive Michael Moore, the director talks to consumers, experts and food-industry flacks, weaving alarming statistics about rampant obesity with visits to the doctor and double-quarter-pounder-with-cheese combo meals. The film is an entertaining statement of the obvious, though its big questions — do corporations serve our need or enslave our bodies and soul?, are public health problems caused by capitalist rapacity or personal choice? — are not as simple as Mr. Spurlock would have us believe.” — A. O. Scott, The New York Times Director Morgan Spurlock Writer Morgan Spurlock Producers Morgan Spurlock J.R. Morley Heather M. Winters Cast Morgan Spurlock
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Posted 06/17/09 by Sylvie
That was really good! Fat people are NOT to blame. These big corporations lure them in and make them faties. But people need to get the hell out of McDonalds and other fast food places. I know the corps are a biz, but they lie and trick people. That is totally NOT what a biz does! Corps have to stop lying and chose one of the following things that they should do:
Posted 05/13/09 by different Toni with a brain :D
seriously such a great movie. i knew mcdonalds was bad for you but i didn’t realize the government and even school food companies were in on it and only in it to make money. i should have known though. the big reasons most people eat stuff like mcdonalds all the time are a.) its usually only 5 mins away from them b.) its already made c.) it’s cheaper than buying everything at specialty organic stores and way faster than cooking your own meal that you probably haven’t tried cooking before. d.) you have that craving for chicken mcnuggets or whatever thats been there since the first time you ate them as a child. ugh its so ###### up..i wonder if people raised on farms with only homecooked meals to eat growing up succumb to eating mcdonalds/other fast food. this movie just makes me want to cook a homecooked meal. mmmm. |
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