I rented this on DVD when it was released and I found it very similar to you. It enforced the annoyance I have against companies such as McDonalds filling youngsters full of crap.

Damn it - missed it and wanted to see it as well…

As for cheese, I jack up daily and should no doubt be whisked off to the nearest Rehab Clinc. Besides, the cheese in Mcdonalds isn’t real, its steam rolled cows lips. :D

I could be wrong, but I think the film is somewhat in response to the lawsuits out there from people who “wake up fat one day” because they didn’t know McDonald’s was hurting them. Yeah...they’re out there. Also, McDonald’s actually promotes some of their menu items as “healthy options”...and this film clearly dispels that myth.

For most of the world, those who are intelligent enough to realize the stuff is candy, not a meal, it’s not much of a surprise.

I have to disagree with your take on the film Mark.

At no point was it suggested it was surprising that eating McDonald’s 3 times a day makes you ill and fat, of course it does.

I think rather that this was the “hook” to make you watch the film, which was instead about the pervasive nature of junk food (and other companies than McDonald’s were included in the film).

The fact that children eat this cr*p from an early age, the fact that much of it is addictive, the fact that McDonald’s is so pervasive with advertising and other more underhanded methods that children don’t really have a fair “choice”. The film made all of these valid points and more.

Although I don’t agree with people bringing court cases against McDonald’s for making them fat, I do think that people are indoctrinated that this is acceptable food, and fail to realise the full extent to which this kind of cr*p can damage your health.

I don’t really eat McDonald’s anyway, but it certainly put me off from eating it at all - just the size of everybody in the film was enough of a warning....

I hugely against “the culture of fear” that is pervasive, especially here in the U.S. I don’t watch the local news or any of those “news magazine” shows because that’s all they are about. And then there’s those weapons of mass distraction. Though I can understand where you’re coming from, I think that Supersize Me was not just towing the fear line. It offered a lot of really good information. I don’t think Spurlock’s point was to prove that if you eat junk you’ll get sick. I think he was trying to show that it is junk in the first place.  In our other cultures - “more is better” and “gotta have it now” - some of us don’t even accept that fast food is really bad for you.

I saw it a while ago on DVD and came out of it thinking it was a poor Michael Moore imitation.

BTW liking the new icon treatment. Any plans for users to be able to select an appropriate icon when they join a discussion (sort of like smilies)???

I knew about Avatars but didn’t know about Gravatars *shame on me* . Anyway I now have one pending approval which is the mirror image of the ipod my kind boss bought all of of us here at SJ for our hard work in April. What a nice man - have to say that as he’s behind me :) ooo errrr back to work?

If anyone else like me doesn’t know have a Gravatar or know what one is then all you should need to do is go to:
http://www.gravatar.com

It’s FREE

Description of a Gravatar:
A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an 80?80 pixel avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites. Avatars help identify your posts on web forums, so go on get one!

wahoo my gravatar has been approved, but have you altered the settings? no way is that 80x80???

anyway doesn’t matter, have good weekend off in 6 hours by train to watch the mighty Cardiff City obliterate Gillingham, c’mon you Bluebirds:
http://munibluebirds.fotopic.net

Rest easy, following this I’m going to place the UK’s cheese supply under citizen’s address ASAP. Such behaviour is quite unacceptable; I’ll let you know if they’re up for a plea bargain.