I need to seperate the movie and the person Ray Kroc.
The movie is quite fantastic and does a superb job of outlining the story of Maccas.
Keaton is brilliant and the supporters Offerman and Carroll Lynch are just as good. Its entertaining and engaging.
Now Mr Kroc. It took me a while to determine how I felt about the man (based only from his portrayl in the movie). He was motivated, ambitous, creative and as was mentioned persistant. Should he have felt slightly aggrieved when the brothers refused to help him when he nearly went broke...probably. He is clearly the primary force behind the Maccas we have today.
What was the deciding factor for me in determining Mr Kroc was not much of a human being? The handshake for royalties. He shook hands on a deal and then renigged on it. That's not what an honourable person does. The McDonalds family missed out on millions of dollars. The Kroc family then donate millions to charity but couldn't send some to the family of creation??? Weak.
The movie is quite fantastic and does a superb job of outlining the story of Maccas.
Keaton is brilliant and the supporters Offerman and Carroll Lynch are just as good. Its entertaining and engaging.
Now Mr Kroc. It took me a while to determine how I felt about the man (based only from his portrayl in the movie). He was motivated, ambitous, creative and as was mentioned persistant. Should he have felt slightly aggrieved when the brothers refused to help him when he nearly went broke...probably. He is clearly the primary force behind the Maccas we have today.
What was the deciding factor for me in determining Mr Kroc was not much of a human being? The handshake for royalties. He shook hands on a deal and then renigged on it. That's not what an honourable person does. The McDonalds family missed out on millions of dollars. The Kroc family then donate millions to charity but couldn't send some to the family of creation??? Weak.