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Sarah (7799 KP) rated Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken (2017) in Movies
Mar 23, 2020
Interesting but possibly contradictory
I loved the first Super Size Me, it may not have put me off McDonald's for life but it really made me think and really highlighted a point with how bad fast food is for you. I was intrigued to see what Morgan Spurlock had come with up next, but I found it a little lacking.
The concept behind this documentary is Morgan opening his own fast food chicken restaurant, and shows him from the beginnings of owning his own chicken farm to the restaurants grand opening. It really opene my eyes to what does into chicken farming and production (at least in the US) and it really is a disturbing watch at times. Some of the things that chicken companies are allowed to do and label food is crazy and the way they treat their chicken farmer is awful. Spurlock doesnโt shy away from showing all of these bad bits and because of this itโs an intriguing and interesting watch, even if itโs a little difficult to stomach. My problem is that by the end, whilst I can understand why Spurlock wanted to open his own chicken restaurant to highlight the major issues with this type of food and production, it seemed a little bit lacking in direction and rather pointless - regardless of his message, it almost seemed to me like he was contributing to the problem and encouraging people to eat this chicken, even if he was showing them the truth behind it at the same time. Maybe Iโm just being a biased and stuck up vegetarian, but it seemed a little contradictory to me.
The concept behind this documentary is Morgan opening his own fast food chicken restaurant, and shows him from the beginnings of owning his own chicken farm to the restaurants grand opening. It really opene my eyes to what does into chicken farming and production (at least in the US) and it really is a disturbing watch at times. Some of the things that chicken companies are allowed to do and label food is crazy and the way they treat their chicken farmer is awful. Spurlock doesnโt shy away from showing all of these bad bits and because of this itโs an intriguing and interesting watch, even if itโs a little difficult to stomach. My problem is that by the end, whilst I can understand why Spurlock wanted to open his own chicken restaurant to highlight the major issues with this type of food and production, it seemed a little bit lacking in direction and rather pointless - regardless of his message, it almost seemed to me like he was contributing to the problem and encouraging people to eat this chicken, even if he was showing them the truth behind it at the same time. Maybe Iโm just being a biased and stuck up vegetarian, but it seemed a little contradictory to me.
LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken (2017) in Movies
Sep 20, 2020
Absolutely hysterical, through sheer commitment and idiosyncrasy achieves the once impossible task of turning ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฏ๐ค. into a comedy. I do have a few gripes, one of which being that - since this is objectively more 'professionally-made' than most of his other works, it sort of lacks some of that personal quality which made a lot of Spurlock's docs so distinctive. But overall that's such a minor quibble because this is still just as eccentric. Also gets a bit deceptive towards the end, though even then the base claims it sets out to make are still objectively correct so not a huge issue. Certainly not the first film to tackle this subject and won't be the last either, but it's definitely the most enjoyable - still ripe with enlightening information (if not nearly as much as the first) and insane charisma. I find it endlessly intriguing to see Spurlock create this morbid pitch-black comedy/doc hybrid that acts as this absurd birthing video showing him help raise the monster (faux-healthy fast food hysteria) that he helped create. Also the parody restaurant he makes at the end is hilarious. For anyone else I'd say this "imagine (company)... but honest!" filmmaking is an easy target that sort of has no meaning anymore but naturally Morgan delivers the goods with his ever-watchable personality and trademark filmmaking so here it seems admittedly different. Really good. Better than Where in the ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ? and ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, not as good as ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ or the original ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ.