supersize me the review

                                                     
                                              supersize me: the supersize review


When i first found out about this documentary i got really excited to watch it as it had a very fascinating idea around it. The thought of someone eating mcdonalds every day for a week is dangerous,stupid but kind of needs to be done. In 2004 Morgan Spurlock decided to under take a experiment to see what the effects of living on a diet completely of mcdonalds would be. This film does a good job in helping you to understand how dangerous this can be with having professionals give there opinions on this plan.

The film does have a few moments throughout that make you feel uncomfortable such as the sick scene and the visual presentations of potential health issues. Overall the presenter does a pretty good job of holding this film together with his funny wit and loveable personality. The film does a good job in giving the peoples views as well using a few scenes to let viewers explain there thoughts on mcdonalds and how much they like it.

There is some sad moments too such as having accounts from people who have been effected by the mcdonalds boom. My big problem with this film though is that it fails to show mcdonalds point of view i would of like to have seen mcdonalds be able to explain themselves more. This did feel like one big constructive hate campaign on mcdonalds not even giving them a chance to give a explanation.

Overall the film is a solid outing giving really good facts and the presenter is does a good job in taking you for a ride showing you in detail why you should no exclusively eat mcdonalds. Sadly the running time and the fact that mcdonalds didn't get enough time to explain themselves kinda took away from the experience which i feel really dragged on but i am glad that they didn't hold back good film overall.


 

good 1. good presenter
         2. well directed
         3. hard hitting

bad: 1. too long
        2. not a 2 sided argument