One day, Morgan Spurlock came up with a crazy ass idea for a documentary that hadn't been done before: The two prime aspects of the movie was a leading fast food chain, and him, the director, eating from that fast food chain for 30 days straight. It's a good idea, it hadn't been done before.
The movie basically tracks Spurlock's progress with his McDonalds diet, while at the same time, forms some opinions on the subject that's brought up: Is it your fault if you let yourself get fat? It's interesting to see this dude stuff himself full of nothing but McDonalds for 30 days and gaining something like 25 pounds while interviewing people who have different opinions on the subject.
The movie brings to attention two fat girls who sued McDonalds for, get this .it's comin' ..making them fat. Now, I heard about this when it occurred, and I thought it was the biggest load of bull**** I've ever heard. These two girls stuffed themselves with McDonalds food, and decided, "Hey, we got fat because we didn't exercise and we don't have any personal responsibility, lets sue McDonalds!" This is ridiculous. Spurlock never really says whether or not he agrees with these two morons, but I get he feeling that he kind of does. The two girl's case were thrown out, because they were unable to prove that McDonalds is what got them fat (it obviously did). Spurlock, in the end, says that he was able to prove that he got fat from McDonalds, so it sounds like he's agreeing with those two girls. But these two girls knew that practically everything on the McDonalds menu was unhealthy for them, and if they're so stupid as to eat nonstop without taking notice of their obvious weight gain, they don't deserve one damn penny. Spurlock argues that what he did was practically proof that McDonalds does make people fat, but who didn't know that? Spurlock can't argue that it was McDonalds fault that those two girls got fat, because they ate McDonalds knowing that it was unhealthy, and knowing that they were gradually gaining weight. You don't just go into McDonalds, eat a burger, and then gain over a hundred pounds. They went there on a consistent basis, ate food, gradually gained weight, and then when they got too fat, they finally stopped, and then decided to sue McDonalds. This is stupid. Even if they did manage to prove that McDonalds was the reason for their obesity, who didn't already know that? The point is that these two morons went into McDonalds a bunch of times, PAID for food, and ate it until they ballooned to over 200 pounds, without doing any kind of significant physical activity to keep the weight down. So, so far, I don't agree with Mr. Spurlock in his belief that these two girls should have won their suit because they were too stupid to realize that their belly was starting to hang over the edge of their pants.
But, with that aside, Spurlock has created a McDonalds only diet, meaning that everything he eats has to come from McDonalds and nowhere else. During these 30 days, he gains an ass load of weight, he destroys his liver, he destroys his sex life, and so on. Spurlock stuffs himself full of McDonalds food. In the first day of his diet, he eats like a few double hamburgers or something, supersize fries, supersize soda, some water, and I think that's it. Before finishing his second or third burger, he pukes it all back up because he ate more than he could handle.
Sometime in the movie, he visits a school where they serve the kids chips, soda, fresh pizza, and all kinds of other cool stuff (the food at my schools were never that bad-ass). First off: Who the hell decided to be giving kids all of this unhealthy crap in school while basically cutting down on physical education? These foods are all good and cool, but little kids never take the time to consider exercising, so why the hell are schools selling Ruffles and French Fries? These foods are great, but if you're gonna eat it, and not exercise, and then complain because your weight sky rockets, don't even bother putting that stuff in your mouth.
The movie is interesting, but it tells us nothing new. Who the hell didn't know that McDonalds and all other fast food is unhealthy for you, especially if you don't exercise? I love fast food. Fast food is some of the most bad-ass food there is. I eat it, but I make sure to exercise so my weight doesn't spin out of control. It's all about your own responsibility. If you take the time to go to a fast food place, order the entire menu, pay for it, sit down and eat the entire thing, and not notice your obvious weight gain, then you're an idiot. Those two girls are idiots. Instead of wasting time filing a lawsuit, they could have done something else: Yes, you guessed it, bruh, exercise. But nope. These two girls were too lazy, and they figured a fat, senseless lawsuit would work better. Luckily, the judge was smart enough to toss the case out. The minute you order from McDonalds or any other fast food place should completely negate any incentive for a lawsuit. Luckily, it's illegal to sue someone else for your own stupidity.
The movie's interesting and entertaining, but I don't agree with Spurlock that it's the fast food place's fault that people get fat. The blame should be placed right on the head of whoever is eating their food. What's next, an obese teen will sue Safeway because they got fat from one of the Safeway brand hams?
Score: 7
Another thing: The Super Size option was cool. Now I have to get a large fries because of this movie.
The movie basically tracks Spurlock's progress with his McDonalds diet, while at the same time, forms some opinions on the subject that's brought up: Is it your fault if you let yourself get fat? It's interesting to see this dude stuff himself full of nothing but McDonalds for 30 days and gaining something like 25 pounds while interviewing people who have different opinions on the subject.
The movie brings to attention two fat girls who sued McDonalds for, get this .it's comin' ..making them fat. Now, I heard about this when it occurred, and I thought it was the biggest load of bull**** I've ever heard. These two girls stuffed themselves with McDonalds food, and decided, "Hey, we got fat because we didn't exercise and we don't have any personal responsibility, lets sue McDonalds!" This is ridiculous. Spurlock never really says whether or not he agrees with these two morons, but I get he feeling that he kind of does. The two girl's case were thrown out, because they were unable to prove that McDonalds is what got them fat (it obviously did). Spurlock, in the end, says that he was able to prove that he got fat from McDonalds, so it sounds like he's agreeing with those two girls. But these two girls knew that practically everything on the McDonalds menu was unhealthy for them, and if they're so stupid as to eat nonstop without taking notice of their obvious weight gain, they don't deserve one damn penny. Spurlock argues that what he did was practically proof that McDonalds does make people fat, but who didn't know that? Spurlock can't argue that it was McDonalds fault that those two girls got fat, because they ate McDonalds knowing that it was unhealthy, and knowing that they were gradually gaining weight. You don't just go into McDonalds, eat a burger, and then gain over a hundred pounds. They went there on a consistent basis, ate food, gradually gained weight, and then when they got too fat, they finally stopped, and then decided to sue McDonalds. This is stupid. Even if they did manage to prove that McDonalds was the reason for their obesity, who didn't already know that? The point is that these two morons went into McDonalds a bunch of times, PAID for food, and ate it until they ballooned to over 200 pounds, without doing any kind of significant physical activity to keep the weight down. So, so far, I don't agree with Mr. Spurlock in his belief that these two girls should have won their suit because they were too stupid to realize that their belly was starting to hang over the edge of their pants.
But, with that aside, Spurlock has created a McDonalds only diet, meaning that everything he eats has to come from McDonalds and nowhere else. During these 30 days, he gains an ass load of weight, he destroys his liver, he destroys his sex life, and so on. Spurlock stuffs himself full of McDonalds food. In the first day of his diet, he eats like a few double hamburgers or something, supersize fries, supersize soda, some water, and I think that's it. Before finishing his second or third burger, he pukes it all back up because he ate more than he could handle.
Sometime in the movie, he visits a school where they serve the kids chips, soda, fresh pizza, and all kinds of other cool stuff (the food at my schools were never that bad-ass). First off: Who the hell decided to be giving kids all of this unhealthy crap in school while basically cutting down on physical education? These foods are all good and cool, but little kids never take the time to consider exercising, so why the hell are schools selling Ruffles and French Fries? These foods are great, but if you're gonna eat it, and not exercise, and then complain because your weight sky rockets, don't even bother putting that stuff in your mouth.
The movie is interesting, but it tells us nothing new. Who the hell didn't know that McDonalds and all other fast food is unhealthy for you, especially if you don't exercise? I love fast food. Fast food is some of the most bad-ass food there is. I eat it, but I make sure to exercise so my weight doesn't spin out of control. It's all about your own responsibility. If you take the time to go to a fast food place, order the entire menu, pay for it, sit down and eat the entire thing, and not notice your obvious weight gain, then you're an idiot. Those two girls are idiots. Instead of wasting time filing a lawsuit, they could have done something else: Yes, you guessed it, bruh, exercise. But nope. These two girls were too lazy, and they figured a fat, senseless lawsuit would work better. Luckily, the judge was smart enough to toss the case out. The minute you order from McDonalds or any other fast food place should completely negate any incentive for a lawsuit. Luckily, it's illegal to sue someone else for your own stupidity.
The movie's interesting and entertaining, but I don't agree with Spurlock that it's the fast food place's fault that people get fat. The blame should be placed right on the head of whoever is eating their food. What's next, an obese teen will sue Safeway because they got fat from one of the Safeway brand hams?
Score: 7
Another thing: The Super Size option was cool. Now I have to get a large fries because of this movie.