The documentary about a 30-day McDonald's diet made $22 million, earned an Oscar nomination and put Spurlock on the map. He later retreated from Hollywood after admitting to sexual misconduct.
Damn, I liked his documentaries. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the premise behind Super Size Me, he was excellent at his craft. And he seemed like a good guy.
Spurlock’s film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003, during which he claimed to only consume McDonald’s food, although he later disclosed he was also drinking heavily.
Exactly. I prefer documentaries from people who don’t go out of their way to lie to make a point. He’s right on par with that Disney documentary that threw a bunch of lemmings off a cliff
He also talks about how he was vegan early in the documentary, not long before the iconic ‘getting a burger for the first time and throwing up in the parking lot’ scene.
I always attributed that to the obvious “his vegan body can’t handle eating all that meat at once” explanation, but him being an alcoholic would also explain that
Oh, man. I remember coming into awareness of his movie a bit late, and while I think I watched it, I don’t think I paid attention to it. But catching bits and pieces of Super-Size Me prompted me to watch both Food, Inc, and Fast Food Nation within about a two-week span of each other, and since I saw those videos (early 2009), I’ve not eaten a burger from a fast food place, since.
Heck, my wife decided not to eat beef a few years ago, and it was really easy to just write it off, since I’d already been removing dubious meat sources from my life. (Or trying to, anyway.)
Not singularly life changing for me, but definitely added some weight behind decisions.
Damn, I liked his documentaries. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the premise behind Super Size Me, he was excellent at his craft.
And he seemed like a good guy.The dude was completely full of shit lol
That could skew the results.
A doctor commented on how alarming it was that he suffered liver damage from the project - it was on a level they only saw in people drining heavily.
Exactly. I prefer documentaries from people who don’t go out of their way to lie to make a point. He’s right on par with that Disney documentary that threw a bunch of lemmings off a cliff
They did what now?
The whole ‘lemmings running off a cliff’ thing is total bullshit. It came from a Disney documentary and they chucked/chased them off the cliff.
why
The mouse demands blood
How am I just learning this 20 years later…?
At least you learned it one hour before me!
… and two hours before me.
And here I am, three hours later, learning something new
He also talks about how he was vegan early in the documentary, not long before the iconic ‘getting a burger for the first time and throwing up in the parking lot’ scene.
I always attributed that to the obvious “his vegan body can’t handle eating all that meat at once” explanation, but him being an alcoholic would also explain that
But he was excellent at being completely full of shit.
Fair
eat that much garbage and there’s sure to be some buildups
Oh, man. I remember coming into awareness of his movie a bit late, and while I think I watched it, I don’t think I paid attention to it. But catching bits and pieces of Super-Size Me prompted me to watch both Food, Inc, and Fast Food Nation within about a two-week span of each other, and since I saw those videos (early 2009), I’ve not eaten a burger from a fast food place, since.
Heck, my wife decided not to eat beef a few years ago, and it was really easy to just write it off, since I’d already been removing dubious meat sources from my life. (Or trying to, anyway.)
Not singularly life changing for me, but definitely added some weight behind decisions.
I’m into using strikethrough instead of edits
You think the alcoholic rapist was a good guy?
Hmm, didn’t know about the rape allegations.