Super Size Me - Everyone needs to see this

Just saw it today at an arthouse theater in NYC. Great movie. It's a documentary about basically, fast food, and how it has made America the fattest country in the entire world.

The filmmaker eats nothing but McDonald's, 3 times a day, for 30 days straight and we find out how it effects his body.

It's crazy shit. Really funny and entertaining. Probably really hard to find anywhere in your shitty town unless you live in New York or LA, so tough shit. Check it out when it comes out on DVD though.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/cinemashowtimes - Check if it's playing anywhere near you.

[Scarface]

Originally Posted by Triple A http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/cinemashowtimes - Check if it's playing anywhere near you.

ok.

I heard today that it takes 2 hours of solid dancing to work off one cheeseburger. That guy's gonna have to do a lot of dancing.

edit: Im not American so I can't check on there. Although I'd like to see this.

[The Mackem]

He must have been sick of it after 30 days. I was reading some of the comments and some people were arguing over who invented McDonalds.

Yeah, and he gained like 27 lbs or something. He gained like 10 lbs in the first week. DIVIDE BY 2.2 FOR kg. DICK.

And his liver was going to die or some shit.

[The Mackem]

He was eating 5 000 calories a day?

[The Mackem]

http://www.techcentralstation.com/supersizecon.html

[The Mackem]

Funded by McDonalds

Originally Posted by The Mackem http://www.techcentralstation.com/supersizecon.html

LOL that is ridiculous. The movie is pretty straight forward in what it's saying, really.

The US is the fattest country in the world, and the amount of obese people has doubled since the 80s or something.

BTW, six weeks after the movie came out, McDonald's announced that they were getting rid of their Super Size choice.

Also, they announced a new Adult Happy Meal, which is a salad and a bottle of water.

[Sephiroth]

I already saw it, Mc Donalds is bad shit.

[The Mask]

hmm.. it comes out in september here. i'm sure i'd seen it on a directors chair dealio or something though.

[MrMeJW]

Might have to get into boston this week and check it out

I really want to see it, it's been mentioned on commercials and CNN as of late. I think it might be a great documentary.

Does he only eat McDonalds, or is it other fast food too?

... I know you say McDonalds, but I just want to clarify that you weren't being generalistic?

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Triple A Yeah, and he gained like 27 lbs or something. He gained like 10 lbs in the first week. DIVIDE BY 2.2 FOR kg. DICK. And his liver was going to die or some shit.

multiply.

One pound is 2.2 kg...

[DaveWadding]

No, he eats McDonald's exclusively.

[el fregadero]

Originally Posted by The Mackem He must have been sick of it after 30 days. I was reading some of the comments and some people were arguing over who invented McDonalds.

Yeah, I saw that. Pretty sad.

[da_king]

yeah i'll probably be checking it out, didn't he have to say yes everytime they offered to supersize his meal? his doctors must've been begging him to stop. wonder what more McDonald's might do to curb the negative publicity.

Yeah he couldn't eat anything if it wasn't on the McDonald's menu and he had to say yes any time he was asked to super size.

His doctors were like amazed at what it was doing to his body.

And his girlfriend was a vegan dietician or some crap like that, so that was funny.

[The Mackem]

haha

"Where we go for dinner tonight darling?"

"Ummm...well...

[John la Rock]

ya I heard about that documentry. It looks interesting. I really want to see it.

[loopydate]

It's misleading. Yes, eating nothing but fast food three times a day for a month will make you sick, but...who the **** does that? He's not exposing anything anyone doesn't already know, but the film is being made out (at least in the couple of reviews/whatever I've seen/read/heard) to be this big revealing tell-all kind of "Look at what McDonald's has done to Americans."

I appreciate what he's trying to say, but this is certainly not the way to bring that point into relief. He's endangering his own safety and using extremes to make a point about the everyday.

I'm sure it's well made, but I don't really have any desire to see it.

[KleptoKlown]

people already know mcdonalds makes you fat. It just doesnt stop them from eating there.

[KleptoKlown]

its kinda like smoking....if you're a smoker, and see those anti smoking comercials, is it going to make you stop smokinng?

generally speaking...no

I don't see how you can say it's misleading. He has a theory, he tests it, he provides the results. How is that misleading?

If it's because "no one does that", well that's your theory. Test it and provide the results. Until then you're the one being misleading by simply suggesting that.

If you're saying it's because everyone already knows it, then it's not misleading because you are already conceeding it's a known quantity.

Watch it before you judge it.

[The Mackem]

When you think about it though if you are a kid that's eating school dinners that are similar to McDonalds, he is making a point about that as well.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

The guy's whole point was that McDonald's was misleading, because in response to criticisms over the shitness of their food, they produced an advertising campaign that highlighted the nutrition value and high quality of their food.

This guy decided, if McDonald's is as healthy as the advertisements say, then he would be able to live off a diet consisting of food from their menu.

I read about this film months ago, but haven't seen anything about it being released here.

McDonald's don't need people making excuses for them. They mislead the public, and some people are stupid enough to believe them. In some ways, this guy is a true artist, because he puts his own health on the line to raise awareness about a particular point.

[VonErich Lives]

I want to see it, cause if one wanted to they could live of fast food and still be healthy.

The menu has many choices, you don't have to eat the bread (no carbs), you don't have to get fries all the time etc...

Plus the other key is exercising... Heck, you could eat crap at home, worse then fast food and not exercise and gain weight and get sick.

The two places it's playing around here I wont go, but I'll get the DVD when it comes out.

[The Mackem]

Yeah but if you take stuff away, you aren't sticking to the menu really. Also it must be hard to burn of 5000+ calories a day or whatever it was.

McDonalds are doing salad here now, do they do that in the U.S?

[El Capitano Gatisto]

You couldn't eat solely fast food and be healthy. You would be eating far too much salt, refined sugar and you wouldn't get any vitamins or fresh fruit/vegetables.

It's about more than carbs. ****ing Atkins.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

What kind of dickhead would go to McDonald's for a salad, anyway?

Do they suddenly think if they get a bit of old lettuce it'll be ok?

[The Mackem]

Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto It's about more than carbs. ****ing Atkins.

It's all about carbs

[The Mackem]

Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto What kind of dickhead would go to McDonald's for a salad, anyway? Do they suddenly think if they get a bit of old lettuce it'll be ok?

The same people that go there for "meat" apparently.

[VonErich Lives]

Originally Posted by The Mackem Yeah but if you take stuff away, you aren't sticking to the menu really. Also it must be hard to burn of 5000+ calories a day or whatever it was. McDonalds are doing salad here now, do they do that in the U.S?

Who says you have to eat 5,000 calories a day? Heck, cook at home and eat 5,000 calories a day, and don't exercise and your screwed.

Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto You couldn't eat solely fast food and be healthy. You would be eating far too much salt, refined sugar and you wouldn't get any vitamins or fresh fruit/vegetables.

Yeah, you could... it's all what you choose on the menu. They have Chicken, They have Salads, I personally don't like McD's cause the way the cook the burgers, but if you were selective with what you ate, and exercised you would be ok. Not gourging on 5,000 calories... I mean, WTF did he eat to get 5,000 calories a day? The only real concern would be sodium, but that shouldn't be a major issue if you don't have high blood pressure.

Here's an old site that lists the calories and fat and sodium contents of a lot of McD's stuff.

http://www.bgsm.edu/nutrition/mcdnld.htm

This guy had to be really pigging out to get 5,000 calories.

Hey Trips or someone who saw this, can you give me what an average days meal was? Just curious.

[VonErich Lives]

Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto What kind of dickhead would go to McDonald's for a salad, anyway? Do they suddenly think if they get a bit of old lettuce it'll be ok?

Personally I don't, but why not? I mean if it's reasonable priced and quick and convient... whats the problem?

Salad, Soda and if desert if is a must maybe a cookie.

Doesn't sound like a horrible unhealthy lunch to me.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Originally Posted by VonErich Lives Yeah, you could... it's all what you choose on the menu. They have Chicken, They have Salads, I personally don't like McD's cause the way the cook the burgers, but if you were selective with what you ate, and exercised you would be ok. Not gourging on 5,000 calories... I mean, WTF did he eat to get 5,000 calories a day? The only real concern would be sodium, but that shouldn't be a major issue if you don't have high blood pressure.

The chicken is usually processed and full of salt. The batter they coat it in makes it very fatty, too.

You simply could not eat a healthy diet exclusively eating McDonald's menu food.

[The Mackem]

Well about 4 Big Mac meals would get you 5000 calories. I don't know how he did it but I'm guessing it isn't too hard.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Originally Posted by VonErich Lives Personally I don't, but why not? I mean if it's reasonable priced and quick and convient... whats the problem? Salad, Soda and if desert if is a must maybe a cookie. Doesn't sound like a horrible unhealthy lunch to me.

Why the **** would you go to McDonald's for a salad, though? It's pre-packed bullshit.

Would it be so hard to go to some local cafe or eatery and eat something prepared by someone who will be concerned with preparing food that will actually be tasty, and value for money?