Movie: Super Size Me!

[Orlando_87GN]

www.SuperSizeMe.com

GO SEE THIS MOVIE! This guy gained 24lbs in 30 days from eating McDonalds alone. Learn about how kids are targeted from a young age to be addicted to junk food for life. Normal citizens on the street can't recite the Pledge of Allegiance but can sing the BigMac song no problem! There are 84 McDonalds in Manhattan alone!

I have to admit I will not be eating at a McDonalds ANY time soon. It's a smaller independent film right now that is being shown in some regular theaters. Catch it if you can!

Here is some cut and paste from their website:

Why are Americans so fat? Find out in Super Size Me, a tongue in-cheek - and burger in hand -- look at the legal, financial and physical costs of America's hunger for fast food.

Ominously, 37% of American children and adolescents are carrying too much fat and 2 out of every three adults are overweight or obese. Is it our fault for lacking self-control, or are the fast-food corporations to blame?

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock hit the road and interviewed experts in 20 U.S. cities, including Houston, the "Fattest City" in America. From Surgeon Generals to gym teachers, cooks to kids, lawmakers to legislators, these authorities shared their research, opinions and "gut feelings" on our ever-expanding girth.

During the journey, Spurlock also put his own body on the line, living on nothing but McDonald's for an entire month with three simple rules:

1) No options: he could only eat what was available over the counter (water included!)
2) No supersizing unless offered
3) No excuses: he had to eat every item on the menu at least once

It all adds up to a fat food bill, harrowing visits to the doctor, and compelling viewing for anyone who's ever wondered if man could live on fast food alone.

The film explores the horror of school lunch programs, declining health and physical education classes, food addictions and the extreme measures people take to lose weight and regain their health.

Super Size Me is a satirical jab in the stomach, overstuffed with fat and facts about the billion-dollar industry besieged by doctors, lawyers and nutritionists alike. "Would you like fries with that?" will never sound the same!

[salvageV6]

And just how different would that be from eating in a Pizza joint for 30 days, or a Deli shop, or an Italian restaurant, or a Chinese joint, Steak and Ribs place, or even a seafood joint for that matter?

A little more common sense in living and in film-making is surely needed.

No more Mikey Moores please...

Anyone that eats fast food every day deserves to look like Zap. ;)

[Orlando_87GN]

I will not spoil the movie for you. Go see it to find out the answers to your very good questions.......

[motorhead]

I haven't had McDs in over a month. And the only reason I ate it was because I was on a road trip to Michigan, and stopped on the highway. It was either eat there or drink gas... I think I should have had the gas.

I am glad my bro threw out my burger before I got a chance to eat it.

[NOCOOLER]

I ate @ McDonalds' almost everyday (sometimes 3 meals!) from age 16-20. I never gained a pound - I weighted about 130 back then. Some people are just meant to be fat

[TTA89]

I eat there maybe once a week as well, its close to the house. I actually like there food and Im not overweight either.

[motorhead]

Originally posted by TTA89
I eat there maybe once a week as well, its close to the house. I actually like there food and Im not overweight either.

And you aren't handsome either... I wonder if there is a connection?!

[Just a Six??]

I eat there 1 time each year & everytime I get upset stomach & Nasty Farts!! Notice how an hour after you eat it the taste comes back real strong & the stomach starts churning? Thats what I get but once a year just for the torture I do it! Why? Who knows??

[TTA89]

Originally posted by mOtOrHeAd MiKe
And you aren't handsome either... I wonder if there is a connection?!

At least I'm not Canadian

[Gothmog]

yeah but McDonalds Tastes GOOD!!!!!!!!!!





P.S. I'm not fat either...........or canadian

[Zap]

Originally posted by TTA89
I eat there maybe once a week as well, its close to the house. I actually like there food and Im not overweight either.

Whatever you say, fatboy.

[Lucien]

The only thing I can stomache from McDonald's are their new chicken nuggets, and that's only after degreasing them with sheets of paper nugget gunk (paper towels). Their burgers are the worst out of all the major fast food chains, their salads are rarely fresh, their chicken and fish sandwiches taste like moist, limp cardboard, their breakfast items are insanely greasy and the kid in the drive-thru window has an annoyingly nasal voice. Every other Saturday late at night I go through the drive-thru and order 200 nuggets, then my friends and I sit in the car and count them all, and they're always short a bunch. They really hate us, probably as much as we hate them.

[TTA89]

Originally posted by Zap
Whatever you say, fatboy.

Stop making fun of me! I'm never coming back!!










Oh wait... I have the power to ban you. YOUR never coming back!!

[Zap]

I thought fat people were supposed to be jolly?

[salvageV6]

Those Egg McMuffin things are great.

I eat there probably 2-3 times a month.

Gained 5 pounds in the last 20 years.

I can't picture anyone eating there even once a day let alone all their meals for 30 days there.

Hope the movie shows up on cable someday. ;)