Supersize me: A documentary on McDonalds
After all the hype going on for months I had to see this documentary by Morgan Spurlock now famous for deciding to eat nothing but McDonalds for one entire month. But he has some rules which he can’t break:
1) No options: he can only eat what was available over the counter
2) No supersizing unless offered ( offered a lot)
3) No excuses: he has to eat every item on the menu at least once
A funny movie, he is a bit like the new Mike Moore and interviews experts from the “Surgeon Generals to gym teachers, cooks to kids, lawmakers to legislators” who all share their research, opinions and “gut feelings” on big fat America. The best bits are his trips to his 3 doctors and nutritionist (some over weight ) who keep track of his liver function, Cholesterol and calorie intake :so high they think he should be admitted to hospital. The fact that his girlfriend is a vegan just makes it funnier and I did feel extrordinarily slim compared to all the fattie boombahs in the film which was a great big plus. But it’s not all funny and by the end I was overwhelmed with statistics and (bad) figures and depressed by all the tragic people in the world. And I thought just adding up all my own calories every day was hard enough.
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