Synopsis
"Super Size Me" is a documentary film by New York film maker and local idiot Morgan Spurlock in which he eats nothing but McDonald's food for 30 days in hopes of ultimately having heart failure and dying in order to see the fast food industry collapse and achieve immortality as the savior of the youth of modern America. As the film progresses Spurlock sees the expected negative side effects of his diet in the form of weight gain, low energy, low self esteem, and becoming unattractive to his then-girlfriend, Alexandra, but fails to die in the end as well as enact any social change, with the two goals remaining unfulfilled to this day.
Why?
The most prevalent question surrounding this movie is simple: Why do we need an entire film to tell us eating nothing but McDonald's is bad for you? To tell us eating McDonald's all the time will make us be fatter and have high blood pressure? It made me sad when this film came out and created such a buzz because of the fact that so many people acted like they did not realize McDonald's is not the most healthy choice of food and should not be considered for one's exclusive dietary needs. It's like those people that sue tobacco companies because they didn't realize on their own that breathing smoke in and out of your lungs all day every day for years is NOT healthy and no one told them. Ridiculous! If a person is not smart enough to realize that eating only fast food is detrimental to one's health they are probably not going to live very long anyway. There are also several other factors surrounding this film and/or its aftermath that disturb me such as:
-Alexandra is a vegan chef and wrote a book about Spurlock's recovery called "The Great American Detox Diet', then married and divorced him.
-Suprlock supposedly gained 24.5 pounds during the "experiment", but it is never revealed if this gain is fat or muscle.
-Spurlock claims that there were negative psychological effects as a result of the "experiment", but he was obviously menially unhinged before the "experiment", which lead to the idea of the "experiment".
-Morgan Spurlock's middle name is Valentine.
-The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences lost any and all credibility upon nominating this documentary for an Academy Award. Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper also lost their credibility as film critics when they gave the film "two thumbs up".
Conclusion:
In conclusion this film is absurd.
Again, I realize there is probably much more to discuss about this film but due to me not actually seeing it and instead gathering all information about the film from Wikipedia and trailers of the movie I am limited to the above mentioned criticisms. Therefore I will bid you all a good morning and please remember to eat something other than fast food at least once every thirty days. Thanks!
