Super Size Me is a documentary released by independent filmmaker Morgan Spurlock May 21 of 2004. Morgan also directed, produced, wrote, and starred in this movie. Spurlock decided to use his body as a McDonalds experiment. Morgan had a diet consisting of items only available on the McDonalds menu.........three times a day........seven days a week.........for a month straight. The movie is a low budget independently made documentary. What makes the film so attracting is a common interest and place. We can all relate to the craving for food, and not only regular food, but food that pleases us. What better place to experiment with food than the famous american McDonalds. A place kids know for its all too famous happy meal, attracting characters, and big playplace. People watching the movie are also able to relate with the McDonalds experiment because they have most likely eaten there at one point in their lives. Not every town in america is supplied with a taco bell or burger king, but more often than not while driving through a small town where everyone knows everyone they pass by on the street you will see the normal mom and pop owned shops and feel that you are in someplace foreign until you see those glowing golden arches in the sky. Right when you gaze at the McDonalds sign you feel a little more familiar with your new surroundings just because you are familiar with that sign that plagues america every ten miles. If a child happens to see this documentary they will certainly be familiar with the fast food chain being experimented with. They will be able to point out the familiar faces of Ronald McDonald and that one bandit character who’s name I can’t ever seem to remember. Other than getting excited over a movie involving their favorite fast food chain children will for the most part not understand how Spurlock is trying to portray to us that McDonalds and other fast food companies are using marketing tools to “brainwash” us into buying their food/products. A teenager can easily grasp the concept of Spurlock’s experiment; they might not want to accept the results that come from the experiment, but all the information is there for them to change their lifestyle. This is yet another movie I’m reviewing that seems to be specially made for the average american. The full time worker who has a family to feed, always on the go, just looking for a shortcut every now and then. For that shortcut they might decide to purchase a full meal for their family to save themselves half an hour of slaving in the kitchen. Im sure the adults watching this movie are already aware of the effects of fast food on our bodies, so this documentary will be more of an eye opener to them and rekindle their need for a healthy lifestyle. I feel the message in Super Size Me is in no way hidden; it is being sent to make us as a people more aware of how the things we put in our bodies will affect us in one way or another. Another point I believe Spurlock is trying to show us is how corporations such as McDonalds are using their marketing money to mold us into a nation dependent upon them. God created us into His own image. He provided us with a body to house the Holy Spirit. Do we really want to abuse the body He made for us by filling it with drugs, alcohol, or even bad food as Spurlock shows in this documentary? If we view God important to us then I believe we will respect the body he has provided us with and take care of it, even if that means eating a little bit better.
Nick Villegas
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Assignment 3
10/19/09
Super Size Me is a documentary released by independent filmmaker Morgan Spurlock May 21 of 2004. Morgan also directed, produced, wrote, and starred in this movie. Spurlock decided to use his body as a McDonalds experiment. Morgan had a diet consisting of items only available on the McDonalds menu.........three times a day........seven days a week.........for a month straight.
The movie is a low budget independently made documentary. What makes the film so attracting is a common interest and place. We can all relate to the craving for food, and not only regular food, but food that pleases us. What better place to experiment with food than the famous american McDonalds. A place kids know for its all too famous happy meal, attracting characters, and big playplace. People watching the movie are also able to relate with the McDonalds experiment because they have most likely eaten there at one point in their lives. Not every town in america is supplied with a taco bell or burger king, but more often than not while driving through a small town where everyone knows everyone they pass by on the street you will see the normal mom and pop owned shops and feel that you are in someplace foreign until you see those glowing golden arches in the sky. Right when you gaze at the McDonalds sign you feel a little more familiar with your new surroundings just because you are familiar with that sign that plagues america every ten miles.
If a child happens to see this documentary they will certainly be familiar with the fast food chain being experimented with. They will be able to point out the familiar faces of Ronald McDonald and that one bandit character who’s name I can’t ever seem to remember. Other than getting excited over a movie involving their favorite fast food chain children will for the most part not understand how Spurlock is trying to portray to us that McDonalds and other fast food companies are using marketing tools to “brainwash” us into buying their food/products. A teenager can easily grasp the concept of Spurlock’s experiment; they might not want to accept the results that come from the experiment, but all the information is there for them to change their lifestyle. This is yet another movie I’m reviewing that seems to be specially made for the average american. The full time worker who has a family to feed, always on the go, just looking for a shortcut every now and then. For that shortcut they might decide to purchase a full meal for their family to save themselves half an hour of slaving in the kitchen. Im sure the adults watching this movie are already aware of the effects of fast food on our bodies, so this documentary will be more of an eye opener to them and rekindle their need for a healthy lifestyle.
I feel the message in Super Size Me is in no way hidden; it is being sent to make us as a people more aware of how the things we put in our bodies will affect us in one way or another. Another point I believe Spurlock is trying to show us is how corporations such as McDonalds are using their marketing money to mold us into a nation dependent upon them.
God created us into His own image. He provided us with a body to house the Holy Spirit. Do we really want to abuse the body He made for us by filling it with drugs, alcohol, or even bad food as Spurlock shows in this documentary? If we view God important to us then I believe we will respect the body he has provided us with and take care of it, even if that means eating a little bit better.