This is not a well made film. It isn't a poorly made film either; it is obviously lower budget though.
This film misses the point; it essentially is a red herring because Super Size me wasn't about gaining or losing weight. It was about what happens when you eat only at McDonald's for a month. It wasn't deductive reasoning wherein the conclusion was in the premise; it did have an obvious conclusion that left little room for debate. I would say this is an experiential pseudo-scientific experiment. The review that gave this a perfect score says he didn't "agree" with the "science" in Super Size Me. That's funny, because I didn't see much science in Super Size Me to agree or disagree with. There was certainly an a priori notion that something negative was going to result from eating nothing but McDonalds; yet it was, mainly, and entertainment piece with an obvious agenda.
This film is full of ridicule, scorn, and vitriol towards Spurlock by setting up a straw man that results in a red herring. No first year health or biology student would miss the real fact that the amount you eat is directly related to the amount you store. The danger of this film is in the direct implication that all food is equal or that food should be thought of as in fundamental elements; blatantly ignoring the importance of quality. This is dogmatic, condescending smoke screen containing just enough basic facts about the fundamentals of food and the human body to keep it from sinking into the rotten pit of arrogant assertions.
This film misses the point; it essentially is a red herring because Super Size me wasn't about gaining or losing weight. It was about what happens when you eat only at McDonald's for a month. It wasn't deductive reasoning wherein the conclusion was in the premise; it did have an obvious conclusion that left little room for debate. I would say this is an experiential pseudo-scientific experiment. The review that gave this a perfect score says he didn't "agree" with the "science" in Super Size Me. That's funny, because I didn't see much science in Super Size Me to agree or disagree with. There was certainly an a priori notion that something negative was going to result from eating nothing but McDonalds; yet it was, mainly, and entertainment piece with an obvious agenda.
This film is full of ridicule, scorn, and vitriol towards Spurlock by setting up a straw man that results in a red herring. No first year health or biology student would miss the real fact that the amount you eat is directly related to the amount you store. The danger of this film is in the direct implication that all food is equal or that food should be thought of as in fundamental elements; blatantly ignoring the importance of quality. This is dogmatic, condescending smoke screen containing just enough basic facts about the fundamentals of food and the human body to keep it from sinking into the rotten pit of arrogant assertions.