We had the choice of “Super-Size Me” or the new “Dawn of the Dead” movie tonight. I chose the wrong one. I am only half way through “Super-Size” and I had to pause it. I feel like I need a cardiologist just from watching him eat that stuff! You can actually see him bloating up on camera! Furthermore, his complxeion appears to be changing. My husband told me, “I saw him on the Daily Show, he’s okay now, calm down.” Ronald McDonald is probably at the root of my clown-fears. I should have gone with the zombies.
Now, if he had eaten at Subway instead, he’d be super-thin, super-strong, and super-fast, just like Superman… or Jared.
We showed this movie to a adolescent girls at a birthday party (at the birthday girl’s request). It was the first time I’ve ever had pizza left over at a teen party, and they showed very little enthusiasm for cake at first.
Warning: May cause anorexia.
very good movie
I rented it, then ordered a copy. I may be able to use it in my classes.
That gastric bypass surgery scene was the most terrifying–and the saddest.
It’s an okay movie, with some interesting facts the history of the corporation and American obesity generally, but I’m somewhat unimpressed by his dietary strategy or what it was supposed to prove. It would be like Michael Moore ending Bowling for Columbine with a demonstartion of how dangerous guns really are by deliberately shooting himself in the leg.
I think “Supersize Me” was the only movie I’ve ever seen in a theatre that made everyone stop eating their popcorn! You weren’t going back for a refill on that UltraJumbo Value Size, either!
I thought it was amazing. I loved it. 'Course, it’s been at least 5 years since I’ve been at a McDonald’s.
The other day I had to unbutton the top of my suit pants while driving home.
I think I need to watch it!
Read Fast Food Nation too.
Complete with cites.
It’s not only what the food does to you, it’s what the food, and the industry behind it, does to everything.
I saw it, and then went to the nearest McDonalds and ordered 2 Big Mac Value meals, and ate them. Of course, I enjoy being contrarian.
I saw it at the movies with my son. On the back of the movie tickets they have freeby offers - half price popcorn next time, that kind of stuff. His was for the local Macca’s “buy one burger get one free”.
Not exactly. Gun manufacturers put out a product that’s designed to harm, and that is their primary purpose. It would be no surprise to see someone harmed from carelessly handling a firearm.
It’s more akin to somebody that decides to start a two-pack-a-day smoking habit for 30 days to see the damage that occurs to your body. And even that isn’t exactly the same – at least the cigarette manufacturers will own up to the fact that their products aren’t good for you. The fast food industry, AFAIK, won’t even cop to that much.
Great book. The author is Eric Schlosser.
I never eat fast food unless it’s just a little from In N Out.
I saw it at the school auditorium a couple weeks ago. I thought it was very good (and quite humorous). As disgusting as some of the scenes are, like the surgery segment, I have to admit that I actually had a hankering for some McDonald’s afterward. A couple days later I even got some supersize fries for breakfast. Mmm…fries.
But then, I’m almost underweight, which is part of why it didn’t bother me too much.
Nightwatch Trailer, from the fattest state in the union…
I’m pretty sure even the McDonald’s corporation doesn’t suggest people eat their food thrice daily, nor does Smith & Wesson advise using their products to learn to juggle. The filmmaker did something stupid and tries to call it noble.
McDonald’s has never implied you shouldn’t eat it three times daily either. I’m not completely blaiming the fast food industry; they sell what people want and it’s up to each of us to educate ourselves about our health. And that’s what this movie did: educate. For instance, one of my hobbies is nutrition and I do a lot of reading in that area. But i had no idea how quickly the crappy diet would lead to physiological changes and it was impressive to see it in the movie…
Um… :eek:…!
Not picking on you, tremor, but this is what I find amazing about this movie and why I hated it. This knuckle ate junk food for 30days, with no exercise, and it shocked everyone that he got fat and his health went down?! What?
This guy is not courageous or even a good film maker! He is being applauded for pointing out that fast food is bad…are you kidding me??
sorry for the slight hi-jack…this guy just pisses me off…
That analogy doesn’t work! Like Marge said “Cannons are designed to hurt! They’re designed to hurt!” McDonald’s hamburgers aren’t.