UNST 101 Class Carolina Rodriguez

Super Size Me, was a 2004 documentary directed and starring independent film maker Morgan Spurlock. Spurlock decided to create the film to bring out the situation with fast food and its diverse effects among the human body; choosing McDonalds as his prime target. The experiment would film and record every important aspect of his 30 day pure McDonald diet. The film documented from Febuary to the beginning of March of 2003, and presented his both his emotional and physical stature after his consumption of junk food. He created the film to bring awareness to this ever growing trend of obesity and poor health among Americans across the nation.

Morgan Spulock filmed his moments on the diet and bluntly illustated his emotions and how he felt at the time. It was an intriguing film that not only caught the viewers attention, but baffled audiences all across when the facts are presented. Spurlock did not attempt to sugar-coat things nor hide any results that may have appeared. Rather harshly, the viewers are disgusted with the results to the point where persuasion is achieved. Morgans message was clearly presented and hammered this documentary with cold hard facts that not talked about in this industry, rather, they are kept secret.

Many different people have many different opinions overall and especially over this particular film. Most would believe this film to be an obscene exaggeration due to Morgan eating McDonald food for all breakfast, lunch and diner. However, the average American does in fact eat out more than recomended which leads our country to be overweight. For some, fast food is a great portion of what is consumed in thier daily diet. People are naive to blunt logic of fast food and its deteriating, adverse health effects on the body.

This film in some ways, when people were interviewed, illustarted how this husstle and bussle of city life has drawn us to consume food on the go at a fast food restaurant. Many people for reasons such as little expendture of money or "because its tastes good, " have succummed to purchasing our food that contains little or no nurishment, also adding on the fact that our society has become lazy and too reliant on machines to do work for them. These two combinations results in our poor health and massive weight gain.

Clearly this message is sent in efforts to change the patterns society has fallen into. The consumption of fast food should be reduced and healthier and wiser food choices must be made. Bad habits are being trust upon the young face of America. Awareness of such poor choices must be widely stated to change Americans diet. Our health is in danger and we must previal at all costs to protect our bodies from our own bad choices.

In this film, our view of God is presented. Our bodies are a symbolic for a temple, a temple in which Jesus is ever present. We must take care and love ourselves, and preserve this temple which we encompass. However, in some situations for a few, fail to take of our bodies, bombarding it with junk food which ruins our health which in turn symbolically also destroys our temple or also in a sense ruins our relationship with God as we fail to appreciate and acknowlege God.