While those who say it's not well executed have a slight point, Morgan Spurlock does make a must-see film. The film doesn't do much to inspire other filmmakers within it's presentation, it is a perfect compliment and non-distraction to the film's real meal (pun intended) - it's genius content.
Does a fast food franchise deserve to be sued for making customers obese? Is it solely to blame? Are people's beliefs about their food exaggerating, or horribly understated? These a re some of the questions Super Size Me asks. And, how to answer? Simple - make yourself the guinea pig and record every twist and turn along the way.
Morgan begins an experiment which, to not give too much away, probably both doesn't meet but most of which exceeds your expectations. He'll eat Mickey D's 3 times a day, for 30 days, and tackle food and weight related issues, and the developing results, along the way. He can only Super Size it (note: no longer a possibility for us, as McDonald's removed the option for mega sized meals just more than a month after it's Sundance premiere - just a coincidence, of course . . . ) when asked at the counter, he must work through the entire menu, and can eat nothing not sold over the counter at McDonald's. On the way, he'll meat with three doctors, face the caring wrath of his vegan girlfriend, and meet some interesting people.
Filled with intriguing ideas and some questions for the food industry that can hit as hard and leave people as stunned as Michael Moore on politics, Morgan goes from the state of health in schools and their cafeterias (where he helps the audience to draw up most of their own conclusions, especially from one interview he has with a teacher who expects way to much out of tens, and I say that as one myself), to the differences between the weight of his home city to another, and everything in between. What comes together is a movie that's well paced, and well if, again, not inspiringly and groundbreakingly executed, and filled attention grabbers in each scene. The DVD shows Spurlock has great directing instincts, and cut many interesting scenes which were simply too long or didn't add anything to either side of the argument. In the end, the suspense of the results pours on, and the movie becomes as addictive as it's subject matter (I was forced to watch the movie over two nights, and it killed me). By the end, Morgan has graced us with a little more than we wanted to know about the experiment, but enough to both terrify and amuse us on the way. It's a classic documentary, and for those few haters who will tear the movie apart for it's average composure, everyone has to admit that it's classic just for it's content, and the DVD will always be special to me for the Bonus Footage of the metamorphosis of some McSandwiches and Fries over the course of nearly 3 months. It's classic, and I don't know if this guy can top it - check it out, you won't be sorry.
Does a fast food franchise deserve to be sued for making customers obese? Is it solely to blame? Are people's beliefs about their food exaggerating, or horribly understated? These a re some of the questions Super Size Me asks. And, how to answer? Simple - make yourself the guinea pig and record every twist and turn along the way.
Morgan begins an experiment which, to not give too much away, probably both doesn't meet but most of which exceeds your expectations. He'll eat Mickey D's 3 times a day, for 30 days, and tackle food and weight related issues, and the developing results, along the way. He can only Super Size it (note: no longer a possibility for us, as McDonald's removed the option for mega sized meals just more than a month after it's Sundance premiere - just a coincidence, of course . . . ) when asked at the counter, he must work through the entire menu, and can eat nothing not sold over the counter at McDonald's. On the way, he'll meat with three doctors, face the caring wrath of his vegan girlfriend, and meet some interesting people.
Filled with intriguing ideas and some questions for the food industry that can hit as hard and leave people as stunned as Michael Moore on politics, Morgan goes from the state of health in schools and their cafeterias (where he helps the audience to draw up most of their own conclusions, especially from one interview he has with a teacher who expects way to much out of tens, and I say that as one myself), to the differences between the weight of his home city to another, and everything in between. What comes together is a movie that's well paced, and well if, again, not inspiringly and groundbreakingly executed, and filled attention grabbers in each scene. The DVD shows Spurlock has great directing instincts, and cut many interesting scenes which were simply too long or didn't add anything to either side of the argument. In the end, the suspense of the results pours on, and the movie becomes as addictive as it's subject matter (I was forced to watch the movie over two nights, and it killed me). By the end, Morgan has graced us with a little more than we wanted to know about the experiment, but enough to both terrify and amuse us on the way. It's a classic documentary, and for those few haters who will tear the movie apart for it's average composure, everyone has to admit that it's classic just for it's content, and the DVD will always be special to me for the Bonus Footage of the metamorphosis of some McSandwiches and Fries over the course of nearly 3 months. It's classic, and I don't know if this guy can top it - check it out, you won't be sorry.
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