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post #1 of 12
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I know this might have already been talked about but man I want everyone who has not seen this, who does eat fast food, to watch it for sure!!

OMG you HAVE to watch this. I swear I am NEVER eating another fry at McDonalds again. You have to watch the bonus footage on the DVD, it is mind blowing. I had a real wake up call tonight!

amazon:
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, rejected five times by the USC film school, won the best director award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for this alarmingly personal investigation into the health hazards wreaked by our fast food nation. Under extensive medical supervision, Spurlock subjects himself to a steady diet of McDonald's cuisine for 30 days just to see what happens. In less than a week, his ordinarily fit body and equilibrium undergo dark and ugly changes: Spurlock grows fat, his cholesterol rockets north, his organs take a beating, and he becomes subject to headaches, mood swings, symptoms of addiction, and lessened sexual energy. The gimmick is too obvious to sustain a feature documentary; Spurlock actually spends most of the film probing insidious ways that fast food companies worm their way into school lunchrooms and the hearts of young children who spend hours in McDonald's playrooms. French fries never looked more nauseating
post #2 of 12
OMG! Just watched this last night.....we only do McD's on rare occasions(sp?)...but NO more! Bleck!!! No more fast food period!
post #3 of 12
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I know me either! That thing they did with the fries and burgers in the jar and the fries stayed the same for months!!! : That is just so WRONG!!!!
post #4 of 12
I've been wanting to see that movie forever! I'm a big fan of documentaries and especially of Michael Moore, but this sounds really interesting. I hate to admit it, but more than a few times my fiance and I have caved and gotten McDonalds for us and our children : . I know that once I see this film I'm probably going to be sobbing about what a horrible mother I have been, caring enough to not to vax but not enough to spare then chemical cocktails of McDonalds's cheeseburgers and egg mcmuffins.

Okay, today I'm going to return all our late, over-due movies to Blockbuster and rent Super Size Me!

Beth, fiance to a wonderful man , mommy to Destiny, 4
and Deanna, 2
post #5 of 12
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I felt terrible too and we eat more McD's then you do, never again, the whole chicken nugget scared me straight too! :LOL Make sure that you watch all the bonus footage as well
post #6 of 12
For me, the most disturbing part of this film was not the physical effect the food had on Spurlock (which isn't surprising at all), but the insight into what CRAP kids are eating in public school cafeterias! I had no idea!

When I walked out of the theater, I didn't say, "I'm never eating another burger again" (not realistic for me), but, "DS will NEVER eat in a public school cafeteria!!" I was ready to march into our neighborhood schools and see for myself what they're eating. (Which I still plan to do, but DS is only five months, so I've got some time. )
post #7 of 12
Really great movie - I agree that everyone should watch it! But forget Blockbuster! We save a good $80 a month by using Netflix! (Dh used to rent four dvds each Friday - one for him, one for me, two for the kids. But then we'd get them back late and pay those fees plus gas to and from as it is 20 minutes from our house. It added up!)
post #8 of 12
Saw it finally at Xmas while my sil was here. we made my dh watch it. it's about time for him to watch it again though, he eats that crap every night when he's at work. the kids & i still eat fast food on occasion, i'd be lying if i said we didn't...but not mcd's. we eat popeye's which i'm sure isn't any better. :

i second what was said about netflix. my bill is 19$ a month and we end up with about six movies a week. no late fees ever. totally worth it.
post #9 of 12
I finally watched this last week. I too was very suprised by the CRAP they feed kids in the cafeteria. Junk, junk,junk And they wonder why these kids are overweight and have behavioural problems . The schools in my area do not have cafeterias, but there is a breakfast program. It bothers me that they provide the children with sugary "punch", but I guess that this is the only breakfast some kids get.
I was astounded at how quickly he gained wqeight, and by the liver damage that occured.
I also liked what the artist said about America becoming Mcsdonaldised. "Walmart, Kmart Mcdonalds, Walmart, Kmart, wendys" It gave me even more incentive not to support big chain businesses.
post #10 of 12
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I too was shocked by the food served in the cafeteria on that movie. My ds school does not do a terrible job with the things they serve on the line. However they do have an ice cream machine and a vending maching plus 2 soda machines in the hallway. He is only in 1st grade but the school is K-8. I am planning to make an appointment with the principal about removing those machines.
post #11 of 12
I just watched this last week w/ dh. It got him thinking twice about fast food, escpecially the fries !!! Fast food nation is a great book to read on the subject. The author is interviewed on the bonus section of the Super size me DVD.
post #12 of 12
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I had taken that book out of the library several times but never got around to more then a few pages in. It does lookinteresting and I know that I HAVE to read it now.

Last night we were driving home past a Burger King and ds, 7, asked to go there for dinner. I said to him, sorry honey but we will probably never eat at a fast food place again, they are very disgusting and then we discussed how. He agreed after our talk, I wonder why? :LOL
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