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There is a difference between eating McDonald's at every meal and eating 5,000 or so calories a day.

You COULD eat at McDonald's for every meal and not eat 5,000 calories a day. Quite easily. The fact that he was eating so much he was vomiting in the parking lot shows that what he was doing has no basis in reality. And boo hoo, he only supersized when they asked? Is he insinuating that you can't tell a salesperson no? That's moronic.

Yes, people could eat anything they want. Thanks for clarifying that.

The McD's eating binge was the gimmick to base the story on. The meat and potatoes of the movie was everything else that you apparently missed or didn't find interesting. If you couldn't see that personal responsibility and corporate indifference were the two main points of this movie then you should stay away from documentaries as the audience was spoon fed during this one.

 

[Deeko]

Yes, people could eat anything they want. Thanks for clarifying that.

The McD's eating binge was the gimmick to base the story on. The meat and potatoes of the movie was everything else that you apparently missed or didn't find interesting. If you couldn't see that personal responsibility and corporate indifference were the two main points of this movie then you should stay away from documentaries as the audience was spoon fed during this one.

Corporate indifference....right, I guess we need surgeon general's warnings on EVERY FOOD ITEM in America then. Because if you eat 5,000 calories of brussell sprouts every day, you're still gonna get fat. Those goddamn insensitive farmers, why can't they care more about the people they're killing????

And who woulda thought a guy that goes from a largely Vegan diet to gorging himself on fast food will have adverse reactions....that's just crazy talk!

 

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Corporate indifference....right, I guess we need surgeon general's warnings on EVERY FOOD ITEM in America then. Because if you eat 5,000 calories of brussell sprouts every day, you're still gonna get fat. Those goddamn insensitive farmers, why can't they care more about the people they're killing????

You have a knack at missing things, such as where I wrote "personal responsibility" just before corporate indifference. I didn't say anything other than they were points of the movie. I can't tell what you're getting your panties in a twist over. Perhaps you should write Spurlock a letter and get it all off your chest.

 

[Deeko]

You have a knack at missing things, such as where I wrote "personal responsibility" just before corporate indifference. I didn't say anything other than they were points of the movie. I can't tell what you're getting your panties in a twist over. Perhaps you should write Spurlock a letter and get it all off your chest.

Well no shit shirlock, don't eat like a fatass and you won't get fat. Except YOU are ignoring all the stuff you yourself said - such as corporate indifference, him trying to refute McDonald's saying they offered healthy food, etc. Or my counter points that it has nothing to do with McDonald's and everything to do with him drastically changing his diet and then gorging on said new diet in a manner that can't be healthy no matter where he's eating.

You're lying to yourself if you think the movie was all about personal responsibility. Of course that's an aspect of it, but do you think it was out of coincidence that he chose all McDonald's? Of course not.

Why should I write him a letter? He made a movie that pulled in $20 mil on a $65k budget by tricking gullible saps like yourself. In that regard, he's a genius.

 

[0roo0roo]

I think you missed the first 10 minutes of the movie because everything is explained so clearly that a 7 year old with an IQ of 65 could follow it.

He ate 3 meals a day from McDonald's because... McDonald's said their food was healthy and provided everything needed for a well balanced diet.

He did super-size his meals when they asked him, but I doubt that made much of a difference in the end.

as explained earlier, he took it to the ridiculous extreme, supersize? always a value meal? give me a break. he ate when he wasn't hungry until he barfed, he stuffed himself like a fois gras duck then claimed it was mcdonalds fault? you could do that on take out chinese if you wanted to slam chinese food. he did nothing more than a david blain stunt and then tried to claim he was educating people.

in fact later studies and copied attempts at his regimen revealed that he was a weak specimen. many saw almost no ill effects even, never mind the disasterous ones spurlocks health.

 

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as explained earlier, he took it to the ridiculous extreme, supersize? always a value meal? give me a break. he ate when he wasn't hungry until he barfed, he stuffed himself like a fois gras duck then claimed it was mcdonalds fault? you could do that on take out chinese if you wanted to slam chinese food. he did nothing more than a david blain stunt and then tried to claim he was educating people.

in fact later studies and copied attempts at his regimen revealed that he was a weak specimen. many saw almost no ill effects even, never mind the disasterous ones spurlocks health.

I'm wondering if you either of you even saw the movie. He all but said it is NOT McDonlads fault after showing that the fat pigs who were trying to sue them didn't really believe it and were only in it for the money. You're basically agreeing with him while claiming you hate the movie because you can't see past gimmick of him eating lots of McD's. Guess it was a "deeper" movie than I thought.

 

[Deeko]

I'm wondering if you either of you even saw the movie. He all but said it is NOT McDonlads fault after showing that the fat pigs who were trying to sue them didn't really believe it and were only in it for the money. You're basically agreeing with him while claiming you hate the movie because you can't see past gimmick of him eating lots of McD's. Guess it was a "deeper" movie than I thought.

Yes, I've seen the movie. The plaintiffs in that lawsuit lost because they couldn't prove it was McDonald's that made them fat, not because they were in it for the money. You really are easily duped, exactly the market for a movie like this. He was interviewing their LAWYER, and he asked what his motivation was, other than money. They lawyer said "Other than money?" and the scene cut off. It was sleazy documenting to make it look like that was all he said.

There's no "gimmick" here - he was taking direct aim at McDonald's and similar fast food type places the entire movie. Hell, the movie ends with him saying "Who do you want to go first, you or them" with a picture of Ronald McDonald's tombstone. The nutritionist pointed out several times in the movie that he was eating about 5,000 calories a day. If you watch throughout the movie, when he didn't Supersize, he still got a large, often with a desert or two, sometimes multiple drinks. And even with his obnoxious, atypical diet, in his final blood test his numbers all started to improve as his former veganesque body started adapting to the new diet (which is what one of the doctors said would happen in the beginning). Also, the court documents he shows from McDonald's clearly state that McDonald's acknowledges that their food is not the healthiest.

In other words, YOU are the one that either did not watch the movie or didn't really pay attention. He duped millions of idiots like you, and became rich off of it. Bravo, Morgan Spurloch. Bravo.

 

[biggestmuff]

The documentary spends an substantial amount of time researching past regulations that led to the current crisis.

For instance ... did you know that we have a Corn surplus ? Well, that might not be jarring. But what about the fact that the Government actually pays the farmers to grow more corn ?

How about the fact that the original Corn was rich in protein ... but what we get now is tasteless starch (pre-sugar?).

If you are a parent to young kids ... you ought to watch it.

The corn they were discussing was the strain specifically grown for further production and refinement and NOT for direct human consumption.

 

[idiotekniQues]

I'm wondering if you either of you even saw the movie. He all but said it is NOT McDonlads fault after showing that the fat pigs who were trying to sue them didn't really believe it and were only in it for the money. You're basically agreeing with him while claiming you hate the movie because you can't see past gimmick of him eating lots of McD's. Guess it was a "deeper" movie than I thought.

it went over that fellas head, clearly.