Director Morgan Spurlock, of the documentary “Super-Size me”, embarks on a 30-day Mac diet during which he can only eat or drink anything that is on the McDonald’s menu; he must eat three meals a day, consume everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. Through this, the director discloses the terrifying ‘truth’ behind Mac Donald’s, that terrifying truth is any consumption of fast food from any retailer, particularly MacDonald’s means putting your life on the line. It is…
A Critique of “Supersize Me” The documentary, “Supersize Me,” written and directed by Morgan Spurlock, takes a look at the effect of fast food on the human body. Spurlock uses himself as the subject of this experiment, which consists of eating three meals a day for thirty days exclusively at a McDonald’s Restaurant. With Spurlock seeking expert advice from a Gastroenterologist, Herpetologist, General Practitioner, and a Nutritionist, it is indicated that he is in very good physical condition…
ideas from their youth, help construct the advancement of a society. In Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me Ultima, this notion held absolute truth, through children who questioned the world not only on a physical level, but spiritually, society was able to find new innovations. Similarly, this idea is represented through young Antonio, who displayed a philosophical outlook on life. In the coming-of-age novel, Bless Me Ultima Antonio is far more wise than any other boy his age, or his century. Antonio’s…
disorder. When a child witnesses such harsh deaths, they struggle to avoid living their life in fear. However, in some cases, the deaths of loved ones strengthen and aid in the growth of those affected by them, as seen in Rudolfo Anaya’s novel, Bless Me Ultima.…
world greatly according to Morgan Spurlock’s documentary of “Super-Size Me.” He challenges himself to eat McDonalds for a full 30 days and wants to show people that McDonalds and other fast food restaurants is very harmful and can cause people to become obese.…
I grew up in a minority community where shootings, prostitution, drug trafficking, and deaths are not something new. Every day I would pray to God for my family and me to come back home safely. Schools in my neighborhood do not offer a good education. In my middle school, there were always fights. The majority of the teachers did not care for the students’ learning. I was lucky to have some teachers that care about my success as a student. Since I was planning to pursue a higher education, I…
states that if the teenagers could prove that eating the McDonald’s food for every day for every meal is unreasonably dangerous, they would be able to state their claim. For these reasons, documentarian Morgan Spurlock created a documentary, Supersize Me, to prove that eating too much fast food is really effecting in a person 's health. In his film, Spurlock decided to go on a diet by eating only McDonald’s fast food three times a day for thirty days and without exercise. He wanted to know that…
The film that I chose to do a film study on is the 2004 film written and directed by Morgan Spurlock called super size me. The film is about a man who uses himself to experiment on while eating only Mcdonald 's foods for 30 days. The reason why he does this is to prove to the viewers on how unhealthy fast food is for your body and the results of it. Morgan is also viewed by 3 doctors in the beginning of the film and is checked up on during the 30 days to see the changes inside of his body. The…
In 2004, cardiovascular specialist and nutritionist, Morgan Spurlock was in a documentary film called Supersize Me. He was also the producer and director of the film. In the film, he attempted to do a thirty day experiment eating McDonald’s three times a week to see how his body would react to fast food after resisting it his whole life. He also did this to see how unhealthy McDonald’s and fast food is for the human body. “This Sundance Film Festival Award winner examines not only what fast food…
Fast food seems to be one of the main issues when talking about diabetes and heart disease caused by obesity. Looking at yet another documentary that in my opinion should be shown to every school in the country is called “Super-size me”. This documentary was filmed and played by a man named Morgan Spurlock. His adventure began by his curiosity about two girls who tried to sue McDonalds for their health issues and obesity. The two girls of course lost their case against this fast food restaurant.…