Analysis Of The Film 'Super Size Me'

     Morgan Spurlock decided to make this documentary to investigate the fast food companies, and the effects of certain fast food chains products, particularly McDonalds, on the health of society. This Documentary explores the United States growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes as well. Morgan decides to eat nothing but McDonald's food for thirty days. He must eat one of everything on the menu at least once, and when asked to super size his meal he must do so. Another stipulation of Morgan's experiment is that he can only take 5,000 steps a day to replicate the exercise that most average Americans get on a daily basis. He must also eat three meals a day, no exceptions and if McDonalds doesn't serve it

No one, with all the information available today, could blame the fast food corporations for their own obesity if they choose to eat fast food every day for every meal. The movie, Super Size Me starring Morgan Spurlock, is very realistic in portraying how someone's health will respond to binge eating fast food. This documentary explores the consequences of eating only McDonalds for a month. No intelligent individual could possibly be surprised by the outcome: gaining weight and raising his body mass index (BMI). Although his health problems were extreme, including near-catastrophic liver damage, his course of action was extreme as well. This movie shows that the people who develop serious health problems from eating fast food are those who are completely oblivious to health and insist on eating greasy fast food for every meal. In fact, Scott Caswell provides a different, more realistic perspective in his movie, Bowling for Morgan, where he eats more sensible meals, losing twenty pounds and lowering his cholesterol. Caswell claims, "You don't get fat by eating McDonald's. You get fat by overeating while making documentaries about getting fat." If you try to make yourself become fat or are irresponsible enough to not make good decisions, then you will get fat. However, people who want to spoil themselves at certain times should not be deprived of the apparent difference of taste more

In the documentary film SuperSize Me, Morgan Spurlock's objective is to see what happens to his health after thirty days of eating only food from McDonald's.

McDonald’s only had nutrition facts in less than half of their stores, Doesn't that ring a bell? What is there to hide? McDonald's says there isn’t anything, but there must be. Also According to Spurlock’s doctors he was starting to get severe liver failure. But somehow this is “ healthy”. Now after looking at food facts in class, and the majority of the food Spurlock ate, I have new insight on what food to order if by chance I do eat at a fast-food restaurant. In the movie it also showed it showed weight gains (and losses) on Spurlock. The effects on a weekly basis were atrocious, gaining ten pounds in one week is nearly impossible which only shows that McDonald’s and little exercise is severely dangerous to your health. Now when eating if you eat smart, and exercise it is possible that it will sit fine with you and there should not be any problems. Lastly the movie showed how little school systems are actually trying to prepare a healthy diet for schools. Most schools used packaged food from the USDA, and rarely make “home cooked meals”. Thus only proving that schools are just doing the standard, and not making an attempt toward a healthy lifestyle. Schools have

The viewers were able to witness the pain that he was going through and the emotional toll the challenge had on him. Spurlock told Newsweek when the film was released, “My body just basically falls apart over the course of this diet.” (Lambert, 2004). It was also effectively shown in the documentary how Spurlock’s relationship and sexual intimacy with his girlfriend was affected by the challenge, so again, the viewers were able to feel the emotion that he was feeling. As if these were not enough, the documentary also showed how being overweight can have such a big impact on people’s lives as there are around 400,000 deaths associated with obesity illnesses annually (Spurlock, 2004). Spurlock was effective in appealing to viewers when he stated that diabetes is now more common in children every year as a result of fast food and the numbers will just keep rising if nothing is done to stop

The purpose of Mr. Spurlock’s experiment was to see how eating McDonald's each day affected the daily lives of the American people and see how eating fast food contributed to the obesity. He travelled and investigated nutritionists to see what they recommended on how much fast food a person should eat and he used himself as a test subject. He went and asked people’s opinions of fast food and he saw that many eat it as convenience.

Now, what justification does Mr. Spurlock get for going on a McDonald’s diet for a month? Well before we get to that let's talk about the story that started his McDiet. Two girls sued McDonald's because they felt it was McDonald's fault that they were obese. Ashley Pelman was the young 14-year-old girl who was 4 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed about 170 pounds. Well the other girl, Jazlyn Bradley was 19 years old, 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighed about 264 pounds. Multiple courts had all said that the claimants would win the case if the somehow proved that McDonald's is dangerous if eaten on daily basis. After Mr. Spurlock heard about their story he was intrigued, and being a starved director wanting more than 10 minutes of fame he orchestrated an experiment in which he found out first hand how McDonald's would affect the average American if eaten every day for the next 30 days straight.

‘Super Size Me’ is a 2004 documentary of social commentary which follows Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker who ate only McDonald’s food for 30 days. The film documents this lifestyle’s dramatic effect on Spurlock’s physical and mental well-being, while exploring the fast food industry’s corporate influence and contribution to the American obesity epidemic. ‘Super Size Me’ aims to inform its audience about America’s obesity crisis and to convince them that fast food chains should be liable for this epidemic issue.

With Several legal suits have been brought against McDonald's Restaurants that they are knowingly selling food that is unhealthy. Some of the court decisions have stated that the plaintiffs would have a claim if they could prove that eating the food every day for every meal is dangerous. Taking a social experiment in fast-food Morgan Spurlock sees himself in attempting to endure uniquely foods from the fast food chain known as McDonald’s. In the process he has to eat three meals a day from McDonald’s (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for thirty days. Thought the process Spurlock health starts to react to the terrifying side effects. In Super-Size Me film maker and producer Morgan Spurlock wants to reach young people and its contribution to America`s

I agree with Jasmine about the film Super Size Me and it’s explorative position of Morgan’s documentary film. It is a truly a realistic film that will help viewers see what McDonalds and bad food choices will do to our bodies. Morgan showed the audience every step he had taken to make us see how bad McDonalds is for us and how obesity is one of the biggest problem in not only America, but all over the world. Morgan not only gave us the facts, but he gave us the results of his visit with the doctors before and after. Not once did he try to make us believe his views, instead he made us decide for ourselves by really watching the outcome of his 30 day McDonalds experiment. As much as the doctors tried to stop Morgan from continuing his experiment

Research has shown that people who consume fast food more than twice a week increase the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic problems. In 2004, Morgan Spurlock released the movie called, Super Size Me. He was the director of the movie and starred in it as well. Moreover, Spurlock dedicated himself to a 30-day plan of only eating McDonald’s food three times a day. Not to mention, he had to consume all of the food items on the menu at least once over a 30 day period. This experiment had taken its toll on Spurlock’s body both physically and psychologically. As a result, he gained 24 ½ lbs. His body mass increased by 13% also increasing his cholesterol to 230 mg/dl. Spurlock experienced fat accumulation in his liver,

The way in which Spurlock presents himself to the audience has also deliberately been altered to position the audience to coincide with the attitudes he’s presenting throughout the documentary. Spurlock intentionally wore relaxed clothing and spoke directly to the audience in order to position the audience to feel comfortable accepting Spurlock’s attitudes towards America’s obesity crisis. (INCLUDE FOOTAGE HERE) To further position and help the audience connect with Spulock, he has introduced them to his fiancé who’s a vegan chef which will be in juxtaposition to the unhealthy food served by most fast food restaurants. These inclusions have positioned the audience to feel close and trusting of Spurlock so that his opinions could be accepted.

In 2004, a movie called Supersize Me was a documentary that came out to show the effects of eating fast food consecutively for 30 days. Morgan Spurlock decided to record and document his experience of eating Mcdonalds for every meal for 30 days to show the world what eating fast-food frequently could do to a person's health and body. So, for 30 days he ate Mcdonald's greasy sodium and sugar filled food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, which at the end of the 30 days he had gained weight, damaged his liver, developed depression, and lost sexual function. Spurlock had concluded that living off of nothing but fast-food can be detrimental to a person's health both physically and mentally and supports my point that fast-food can be unhealthy if eaten frequently, but also rewarding with the right food choices and if eaten in moderation.

There were two main reasons why Morgan Spurlock decided to participate in such a dangerous experiment. The first reason that Morgan chose to eat McDonald’s for thirty straight days was to see how a “McDiet” would affect his health. This diet was a little bit over exaggerated as to how people eat on a day-to-day basis, however, it’s not that far off as over 60% of all US adults are obese, and one in four American visits a fast food restaurant daily. Another reason Morgan decided to go on the “McDiet” was because, two overweight girls at the ages of fourteen and nineteen sued McDonald's, claiming that the fast food chain was the reason that the girls gained so much weight. Therefore, Morgan decided to investigate by observing the effects on him

In the movie “Super Size Me” Morgan Spurlock performed an experiment where he ate McDonald's food for a month. This meant eating three meals a day of only food on the McDonald’s menu. If the worker asked him if he wanted to supersize, he had to say yes. Morgan’s goal was to find out if fast food is truly the cause of obesity and health problems. In the beginning, Morgan was in excellent health.