Film Analysis: Super Size Me

In more recent times society has began to turn their backs from older, more traditional ideas of what it means to be a family, and has instead encouraged and made us embrace their ideals. Big companies idea of a good family is much more divided and secluded than more traditional families. Some parents lack the motivation to raise their children, so instead they let external forces guide their children's mindset and control them as evident by one scene in particular. In this scene young children were shown a picture of a famous figure and were asked who it was. They did not know who Jesus or George Washington were, but knew who Ronald McDonald and the Wendy's girl were. While it may be extreme to say companies control us Super Size Me proves that this may not be far off. Super Size Me not only gives people an excellent reason to shy away from fast food, but it also leads an attack on big corporate businesses that successfully control people through advertising and monopolies. In many of the interviews that separate scenes in Super Size Me we meet corporate leaders that try their absolute best to willfully ignore and lie their way around their involvance in trying to control people. In addition it often referenced that
Morgan Spurlock has strong negative feelings about fast food, not only that but he really just doesn't like the business world as a whole. He entire purpose of making the movie was to draw attention to how companies were controlling us and not just that fast food is bad for you. Many times through the movie his feelings are made excessively clear. Between every scene he is able to present how much control companies have. One of the most interesting scenes is when we find out what some schools are serving for lunch and how they really don't care that they are serving it. His feelings become our feelings quickly once we start seeing what he is trying to call