book

Critical Analysis of Super Size Me

21 Pages 706 Words 1557 Views

The documentary "Super Size Me," written and directed by Morgan Spurlock, took me by surprise in so many ways. They say, "if you can't find anyone else use yourself," and that is exactly what Morgan did to make this documentary more relatable to his audience. This documentary was first shown at the Sundance film festival in 2006, the release of the movie encouraged McDonalds to discontinue its " super size " promotions as a whole. Why was McDonalds so moved by this film? The only possible answer to the question is because the film had no room for error and by Morgan showing the truth made McDonalds lose money. In the documentary Morgan decides to eat three meals a day at McDonald's for a one month. In the beginning of the movie he is examined by three different doctors a Cardiologist, Gastroentrologist, Hepatologist, and General Practioner that all tells him that he is healthy and not over weight. He gets check ups regularly throughout the film and gains a massive amount of weight every time he goes for his check up. He soon develops chest pains, depression, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, acne, and gets heavy symptoms of toxic shock to his liver. All of the doctors suggest to him that he quit eating Mcdonalds before it causes permanent damage to his body. But he refuses to stop. Sometimes you have to do things that may cause pain in order to see change. Spurlock shows us that by all the different ratios, statics, research, and studies that are provided in the film. He did a great job with making this film relatable to everyone. From having kids identify what was on the picture and they only two people which were George Washington, and of course Ronald McDonald the face of the fast food restaurant McDonalds; to adults not knowing the nutrition fact and McDonalds not supplying them. Morgan wanted to open everyones eyes after the lawsuit that was made towards McDonalds because of two girls that were 14 and over weight. Spurlock us

Read Full Essay