Super Size Me (2004)

Waste of time

Absolutely Fantastic

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

We had to watch this movie several times at school. Though most of my classmates are too stupid to understand the concept of fast food being unhealthy, this movie is well made and entertaining.

To be honest, I heard about this film a while back and dismissed it because one the title is ridiculous and two as a kid I felt unstoppable. However, watching the first five minutes in my English class it inspired me to watch it. In the beginning, I felt like he was a arrogant guy trying to defend McDonalds, but as the film progressed he was defending both sides until the end where he looked so uncomfortable he could not tell which side he supported. The best parts of the film I thought were the interviews with strangers and school employees, the three doctors' analysis, and the constant reminder that our children and our selves can seriously be affected or are already affected by this. The parts that I did not like was the reality show theme to it. I felt it was over dramatically placed. Having more people do the diet, I feel that would resonate more. I personally felt there was an overall tone of mockery or something to that extent that really pulled away from the pathos of the story as well as the logos. However, there were to many facts that could not be missed due to the fact of the sheer credibility of some of them. In terms of ethos, I felt biased due to the first impression that I did not trust him, but by the end I at least listened to his other sources. The onslaught of video work, text, and audio work don on this documentary was outstanding. Even though I felt it was a bad film and would not watch it again really shows that the facts in it really make you think about what you eat. It is a good enough film to watch once. More than that maybe not.

After watching the film, Super Size Me has most definitely influenced my eating habits. The film shows Morgan Spurlock's fast food journey over a month of eating only McDonald's everyday. Spurlock ate three times a day; breakfast, lunch and dinner, all from the beloved McDonalds. He made sure his experiment hit all the steps in the scientific method. This test, to see the effects to the body when eating only fast food, was not taken lightly. Many doctors examined Spurlock before, during and after the experiment. He proves to be a very healthy man in the beginning of the film but by the end of the month he had gained nearly 25 pounds. The movie how detrimental the fast food industry really is to America. Spurlock decided to test out this diet because he recognized the epidemic that has been raging in America: obesity. Two overweight girls, who blamed their obesity on McDonald's brought a lawsuit to the company, which failed. Spurlock makes a note on this regarding how addictive fast food can be. Throughout the month of the experiment Spurlock experienced side effects that he never had encountered before. He had trouble walking up the stairs when he was able to run at a rate of 7.5 miles an hour before the 30 days began. He gained 8 pounds in the last week alone and gained 25 pounds in total. His liver turned into fat after the 30 days of the experiment and his cholesterol shot up by 65 points. His body fat percentage went from 11% to 18%. He doubled his risk for coronary heart disease, which made him twice as likely to have heart failure. He had many mood swings making him depressed and exhausted and his sex life was non-existent. The craving for the food increased more and more when he ate it, and when he didn't eat is he would obtain massive headaches. These side effects are very similar to those of the cigarette. If he were to continue the diet he would most likely develop coronary heart disease, and become obese in a small period of time. Doctors conclude at the end of the film that fast food must be restricted from the diet. Daily exercise and overall diet should be on the top of your priorities. The doctors informed him he should not eat this type of food for a year because of the effect it had on the liver. Overall, I really enjoyed the film and learned a lot from it regarding fast food. I will take what I learned and apply it to my daily life. Eating fast food is a rare occasion for me anyway so I don't think I'll have a problem combating the addictiveness of it. The film is very informative and will help if you have any questions regarding the fast food industry. I highly recommend you watch!

Supersize Me is a documentary about the effects of highly fattening fast food three times a day over a period of a month. Guess what? It makes you fat. Unfortunately, Morgan Spurlock was not aware of this, as he had to test the effects of such an experiment and discover for himself what truly happened. Guess what? He gets fat.The underlies of his experiment say that he must eat three meals a day, all of it McDonald's, he can only eat at McDonald's and nothing else (even water), and he must have all items on the menu at least once. All of these ideas and methods are preposterous. At one point, Spurlock says he's eating an average of 5,000 - 6,000 calories a day. Eating that many calories of anything, even kale and spinach, isn't good for you without exercise. A later study suggested that as much as 85% of his sugar intake came from milkshakes and soda, both of which aren't something people consume multiple times a day. When's the last time you've met someone who ate three milkshakes a day? This, on top of an intentional lack of exercise, will no doubt result in becoming fat.The documentary is admittedly well made, especially with the shoe-string budget it has, and I do admire the research done into the non-Morgan elements, such as an investigation involving school cafeteria food and an obese child who believes eating Subway everyday will make her leaner because Jared told her so. These elements should've been the focus of the film, not Morgan being an idiot and potentially killing himself. On top of that, Morgan Spurlock is an obnoxious self-righteous douchebag, as more evident in his later work, and the film would be much better with a less irritating narrator presenting the story. The overall lesson is: don't be stupid, or else you might gain a bunch of weight.