Super Size Me (2004) - Morgan Spurlock

Dave · Jul 31, 2005

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Why are Americans so fat? Two words: fast food. What would happen if you ate nothing but fast food for an entire month? Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock does just that and embarks on the most perilous journey of his life. The rules? For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must wolf three squares a day; he must consume everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. Spurlock treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and an equal number of regular folk while chowing down at the Golden Arches. Spurlock's grueling drive-through diet spirals him into a physical and emotional metamorphosis that will make you think twice about picking up another Big Mac.

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Wow- neat movie. If you have never seen this movie, go buy it! I first saw this movie over a year ago, and I have not eaten McDonalds since.

--Dave

watson · Jul 31, 2005

I have the DVD, have yet to watch it (How lame am I???) ... will watch it soon

Teflon · Jul 31, 2005

Don't waste your time. I didn't care for it. If you want something to really mess with your mind and totally turn you against the fast food industry, go read the book Fast Food Nation. Here are some scary qoutes from thee book:

The fast food chains' vast purchasing power and their demand for a uniform product have encouraged fundamental changes in how cattle are raised, slaughtered, and processed into ground beef. These changes have made meatpacking -- once a highly skilled, highly paid occupation -- into the most dangerous job in the United States, performed by armies of poor, transient immigrants whose injuries often go unrecorded and uncompensated. And the same meat industry practices that endanger these workers have facilitated the introduction of deadly pathogens, such as E. coli 0157:H7, into America's hamburger meat, a food aggressively marketed to children. Again and again, efforts to prevent the sale of tainted ground beef have been thwarted by meat industry lobbyists and their allies in Congress. The federal government has the legal authority to recall a defective toaster oven or stuffed animal -- but still lacks the power to recall tons of contaminated, potentially lethal meat.

Today the US government can demand the nationwide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves. The unusual power of the large meatpacking firms has been sustained by their close ties and sizable donations to Republican members of Congress."

The taste of a fast food fry is largely determined by the cooking oil. For decades, McDonald's cooked its french fries in a mixture of about 7 percent cottonseed oil and 93 percent beef tallow. The mix gave the fries their unique flavor -- and more satured beef fat per ounce than a McDonald's hamburger."

"... Burger King's assault on the supremacy of the McDonald's french fry, launched in 1997 with a $70 million advertising campaign, was driven in a large part by the huge markups that are possible with french fries. The fast food companies purchase frozen fries for about 30 cents a pound, reheat them in oil, and then sell them for about $6 a pound."

Today McDonald's sells more Coca-Cola than anyone else in the world. The fast food chains purchase Coca-Cola syrup for about $4.25 a gallon. A medium Coke that sells for $1.29 contains roughly $.09 worth of syrup. Buying a large Coke for $1.49 instead, as the cute girl behind the counter always suggests, will add another 3 cents worth of syrup -- and another 17 cents in pure profit for McDonald's."

This book affected me more than watching the movie Super Size me. I stopped eating fast food for about 6 months after I read this book, but sadly I picked up agian.. It's just so damn convenient.

watson · Aug 1, 2005

I can't read

Teflon · Aug 1, 2005

I didn't read the book either. I listened to the audiobook.

Dave · Jun 28, 2008

Dave said: ↑

I first saw this movie over a year ago, and I have not eaten McDonalds since.

Still haven't, for the record.

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