A documentary different from all the rest Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock. In this documentary you are not only learning about the unhealthy facts about McDonalds but thanks to Spurlock you get a first hand look at how this food can affect a healthy persons body. The challenge is 30 days of nothing but McDonalds food, if McDonalds does not sell it Morgan can not eat it. He must eat three meals a day and if the employee asks if he wants to super size his meal he must say yes and at some point he has to try every item on the menu. For 30 days we get front row access to Spurlocks journey to his declining physical, mental and emotional health. He discussed the issues he had with his stomach hurting, the only time he was happy was just after he finished eating a
McDonalds meal, and the consequences he suffered sexually all resulting from the food he was ingesting. The Documentary does shy away from the gross details, we see Morgan vomiting just a few days into the challenge after trying to finish a meal. The nutritionist is astonished at how quickly he is gaining weight and his average calorie intake is about double his needs amount to maintain his starting weight of 185 lbs. at the end of the challenge Morgans weight was 210 lbs. he gained a total of 25 lbs. in just 30 days.
The moment in the movie when Spurlock’s becomes depressed and unhappy with his life, not having intercourse with his girlfriend anymore and he is obsession with eating McDonald’s. I noticed his portions increased as the documentary went along. As he’s depression increased his consumption intake increased. This was very striking to the audience because he started off as a funny, happy, go lucky guy. To see Spurlock, go from very happy to be depressed and gaining weight was shocking to see that the food you’re eating can in return ruin your mental health. The entire movie is shocking, but it delivers the information in a way everyone can understand. Spurlock at one point in the film was interviewing people on the streets and the lack of nutritional knowledge many people have is a serious issue. Many people can not tell you what a calorie is and they say they know McDonalds is not healthy but still eat it anyways, which to me seems like they do not know just how unhealthy it truly is.
The genre of this documentary film are a mixture of drama, comedy, and shock-realism. In such a heavy film (no pun intended) there are moments of brevity because Spurlock is genuinely very funny and entertaining and that also helps the film succeed.The movie stye is conventional and the audience is able to see everything they need to see. The documentary presents the information in a comedic way to keep the audience interested. The comedy keeps you focused and adds to the illustration of the movie through imagery of McDonald’s. The imagery comes from different artists who show McDonalds in different lights through an artistic lens. The film is clear and shows how the two girls suing McDonald’s for their obesity and put it as a test of Spurlock and although Spurlock did not end up obese it was only a short 30 day trial. The film does not demonstrate that the world is good, fair, and just because at the end of the trial the girls were not favored and lost and could not prove that McDonald’s caused their obesity.