Morgan Spurlocks documentary effectively identifies the obesity epidemic in America. It made people realize that fast food is not a healthy diet option and that over-eating McDonald's and other fast food restaurants can lead to higher cholesterol, weight gain, damage to your liver, and other dangerous ailments. Most the items in the menu have over 300 calories including the filet-o-fish, McChicken, large fry, McDouble and other popular menu items. At the end of the documentary he offers part of his solution, which is to eliminate the Super Size portion from the menu. Spurlock was successful even though McDonald’s denied that he was the reason they got rid of it. His technique is similar to Michael Moore’s because they both use music very well. However, Spurlock presents more of a biased argument then Moore. The most effective part of the movie I thought was when he showed how much weight he actually gained from the experiment.
I enjoyed watching Super Size Me in class. I thought it was very informative and Morgan Spurlock did a good job accurately documenting the effects and the major toll all the Mcdonalds food took on his body. He was very organized by having 2 different doctors and a nutritionalist keeping track of his health. He showed how this processed food is made and how it's not good for you. He gave America evidence, and the solution is very obvious. Americans themselves need to stop eating Mcdonalds, because the company isn't going to offer any healthy alternatives, or stop producing this bad food altogether. They're in it for the money, and Americans need to be smart enough to stop eating fast food unless they want to develop health problems, and possibly die. But atleast Spurlock got one thing done. He got Mcdonalds to take the "supersize me" option from their menu. Spurlock & Micheal Moore have similar film-making techniques. They both add dramtic and sometimes funny music to their films to draw the attention of the viewer. They also use random and attention grabbing visuals as well.
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