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I've twice tried to make it through this film, but both times lost interest after having to endure the sound of the filmmaker's whining for about 45min.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
07/16/18
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It's all about the sugar.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/17/23
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3/10
this comedian is a fucking retard
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Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars
02/11/23
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I genuinely couldn't finish this movie. I kept checking to see how much more I had left. Not only is the production terrible (I'm talking lower budget than Tim and Eric great job-type stuff--bad graphics, often not filling the whole frame, bad music and random sound effects, slapstick humor, the same clip art over and over, strange skits?!, obnoxious repetitive vocabulary, the same cadence for every sentence in the V.O.), the content has a lot of issues too. There are a ton of logical fallacies--straw men, inconsistency, no true Scotsman, red herrings, etc. The movie perpetuates some myths (the only one that comes to mind is sugar rushes/crashes). The ideology gets in the way of its core message. It probably even lines up with my ideology for the most part, but the film maker is just so damn annoying, I couldn't take it. The people he debunks in the film are ass holes, but he's an ass hole too, and it doesn't make me want to keep watching.
But I stuck it out 2/3 of the way through because I really enjoyed the heart of the content--all of the science and math behind this! Those "segments" are VERY well done.
But so much could have been cut out of this. I only made it a bit less than 2/3 of the way through. This could have been really, really good if they had invested more time or review of the final product by someone who watches movies! It's just VERY difficult to watch.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
02/23/23
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(For maximum enjoyment of this brilliant review, having seen Super Size me is recommended.)
You could call Fat Head a response documentary for Super Size Me. It criticized the holes in Spurlock's arguments and exploited why Spurlock's experiment does not work. A sarcastic and straightforward documentary about the truth of fast food. Tom Naughton, a very critical and satirical person, proceeds to tell his audience why we shouldn't believe everything we told. Fat Head was definitely very amusing and very informative.
Fat Head shows a more realistic point of view on fast food chains. Naughton easily pointed out how many of the claims in Super Size Me do not work. This effectively makes the audience revise their opinion on Super Size Me and fast-food chains in restaurants. Personally, I only realized there were many factors that were conveniently not discussed in Super Size Me after watching Fat Head. Naughton also shows his audience that many of the claims in Super Size Me were greatly exaggerated.
Fat Head also explains how we truly become fat. Not only does that prove that McDonald's couldn't be blamed for obesity, but also that Super Size Me had not given its audience the full truth. It helped its audience understand why exactly fatty food, like McDonald's, is not necessarily the main cause for obesity, coronary heart disease, diabetes, etc.
Fat Head is definitely recommended to those who have any desire to learn something new about fast food, health in general and why Super Size Me is an unreliable source of information.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
01/30/23
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Fat head is an independently funded documentary by Tom Naughton. This documentary is thought to dispense the false truths perpetuated in documentaries such as 'Super Size Me' by Morgan Spurlock. If Morgan gained weight by fast food, Tom loses weight by fast food diet. Watching this film might make people think 'Fat Head' is just created to disprove 'Super Size Me' but I believe it was only half of it.
This documentary contained more information than 'Super Size Me'. If 'Super Size Me' was influenced by too much opinion and the intent was to make money, 'Fat Head' was more on present information. Not only information but well done animation included in the film was amusing (frankly I found Ton's comments and jokes funnier than Morgan's). The film was very sarcastic.
Tom claims that human are naturally feeded with animal fat, not vegetable oil, adding the subject metabolism in it (how it evolved). Tom believes it's the carbohydrates and sugar that makes you fat not the meat or protein. I loved the part where he shows animation on the difference between High Density Lipids(HDL) and Low Density Lipids(LDL). Many people have misconception that all cholesterols are bad but by introducing the role of HDL preventing plaque forming inside the blood vessels (preventing blockage in artery) gave a clear understanding on cholesterols. Tom's 30 days diet of animal fat (no carbohydrate) did prove to increase HDL, proving carbohydrate is the cause of obesity, so basically IT'S NOT HOW MUCH YOU EAT, BUT WHAT YOU EAT.
Don't misunderstand. Tom is not trying to defend those fast foods out there that they are okay to eat, but he is trying to say it's our own choice that determine how healthy we will be. Tom showed actual data and gave historical points within the documentary (can be researchable). Like Morgan gained weight, Tom lost weight (I believe losing weight is much harder than gaining one). Tom also shared his idea on children nowadays taking school bus when they can walk, causing children to be more obese, trying to encourage kids to walk.
This documentary clarifies the miss conceptions of eating fast food in an understandable way. You just need a functioning brain. Speakers in the documentary do gives point and scientifically proven facts to make people easily understand (does make the documentary slightly boring as it starts to preach on how fat is stored together with Lipid Hypothesis).
For a very low budget documentary, this satisfied me the best from all documentaries I have watched so far. Ideas and concept are arranged well in the film that grasps audience's attention. People can learn to stay healthy by exercising, reducing carbohydrate and consuming enough calories. One very engaging documentary!
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/04/23
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