Has anyone seen this? Is it worth watching or is it stupid like that McDonalds diet film from a few years back? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/835313616/cereal-killers-the-movie It's free to view for the next few days here: http://vimeo.com/94976653
You thought Super Size Me was stupid? I thought it was pretty entertaining and it spurred a lot of public awareness and change as it related to fast food health.
I thought Supersize Me was a fairly smart film. I loved it - it really opened a lot of eyes to what people are doing to their bodies. but of course, these days people actually think "The Fast and The Furious" movies are good, or that Michael Bay makes good films.
I haven't heard of this, but put me down as someone who thought Supersize Me was fabulous. It came at a time when there wasn't a whole lot of education on the negative effects fast food could actually have on you, and it also gave you insight on just how BAD eating non-nutritional chemically-laden food can be for you.
Exactly more and more people are becoming aware. Takes the stigma away from eating healthy as a weird thing.
The dude that ate fast food for a few weeks and then stopped? No that was dumb. The take away msg was we don't need huge drinks with fast food. I don't drink soft drinks but it still ticked me off. I can't believe you fell for that part of the movie. Also I totally disagree about the education part. Lipitor was already the worlds best selling drug of all time.
Morgan Spurlock is very entertaining and knows how to make that type of movie. I found the movie enjoyable, anything beyond that is a big stretch. His mantra of what we "need" was really off putting. Cereal Killers looks less entertaining but at least the guy has done some research and isn't a bloater.
I agree. There was a slew of books and films released in the 00s which made people aware of food in general. Now most people I know shop at Whole Foods, Central Market, or Trader Joe's. They follow various diets, excercise religiously, and look great. For instance, Fast Food Nation - the book - and Super Size Me were introduced to me about 11 years ago. I never saw fast food, meat production, daily nutrition, organic, government policy/lobbying, and so on the same way again.
Most of the people you know are probably well off and educated. Being a foodie is now trendy but I don't think being health conscious was the genesis.
What that eating nothing but large quantities of fast food is bad for you? No s**t, even stupid poor people know this. Next he needs to make a ground breaking documentary on the negative effects of drinking nothing but alcohol in place of water. That movie was nothing but liberal d-baggery. I will say yes everytime they ask if i want it supersized, because it is of course impossible to say no, and I must eat every bite. I'm getting mad just talking about that agenda driven piece of garbage
I watched the movie on free viewing. His entire premise is that fats are better for you than grain. Talks a bunch about saturated fats and it shows him eating bacon, butter etc. His actual diet was loaded with omega 3 fats (he ate kilos of nuts) and not once did they mention trans fats which are very bad for you.
Fat head was more informative than super size me and the guy didn't make you feel guilty for eating fast food.
Fell for what part? The part where fast food is terrible for you? And isn't the fact that Lipitor is so widely used exactly the point?? Instead of attacking the root of the problem (unhealthy food high in sodium, sugar, and fat), we're just medicating ourselves so we can continue living irresponsibly. I'm not saying it was Earth shattering for me, but I guarantee it was for other people.
On the "proof" that his 30 days had an ill effect. He radically changed his diet and instantly went with a sedentary lifestyle. He also gained weight. Wow. The guy in Cereal Killer went with a keto diet and started High-intensity interval training. He lost body fat. Wow.
I just think Spurlock's a good voice-over guy and a potentially great documentarian if he can get on PBS or premium cable, or get good enough ratings to stay on another network long enough. Plus I'm really starting to miss the mid-00's, just a weird enough time in history to get some really great documentaries.