Fast Food Nation .. The Movie .. Opens Nov 17

[ttdriver]

For those of you who have read this awesome book, the film opens today! Here's a link that provides a clip! I am definitely gonna see this one!

Since I read the book a year ago, I haven't gone anywhere near fast food and, coincidentally, have never felt better!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/174013011

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/fastfoodnation/


Betty

[julirama723]

Ooh tt, I loved this book--so graphic and disgusting! I can't wait to see the movie...
have you ever seen Super Size Me?

[ttdriver]

Originally Posted by julirama723

Ooh tt, I loved this book--so graphic and disgusting! I can't wait to see the movie...
have you ever seen Super Size Me?

Yes, I've seen Super Size Me .. ugh .. haven't darkened the door of a McDonalds since .. (except to go pee!)

DH and DD and I will be seeing this movie tomorrow. I am hoping once DD sees it, she'll QUIT eating that garbage once and for all!

Betty

[sallyseachange]

Now I'm curious to read the book and see the film. Super Size Me whet my appetite for more..... quite an eye opener

[staziaw]

Super-Size Me scared me enough, but then I read Fast Food Nation . . . yipes! As much as I love my In-N-Out Burgers, I definitely stay away from Mickey D's and Burger King. Super Yikes!

[Chasin2Kids]

Super Size Me was so nasty. I haven't read fast food nation, but now that there is a movie coming out, sounds like a good thing to go see. hopefully its showing somewhere around me...small town, hard to get those kind of films.

[ttdriver]

Saw the movie today and was disappointed. I loved the book .. but the movie was pathetic .. don't waste your money!

Betty

[Miss Phode]

Thanks for the update Betty. The first time I read Fast Food Nation, it scared me into being a vegetarian. That was in highschool. When I met hubby I started eating meat again. LOL

[julirama723]

Miss Phode, the book had a similar effect on me--I didn't eat red meat for about a year after reading it...ewwwww. But now, apparently all is forgotten, since I eat red meat a few times a week...but I still DO NOT eat "mystery meat" at restaurants/cafeterias/eateries. Very rarely do I order ground beef anywhere--I like to buy it from a small local meatmarket and cook it myself.

[gazaleh]

Originally Posted by julirama723

Miss Phode, the book had a similar effect on me--I didn't eat red meat for about a year after reading it...ewwwww. But now, apparently all is forgotten, since I eat red meat a few times a week...but I still DO NOT eat "mystery meat" at restaurants/cafeterias/eateries. Very rarely do I order ground beef anywhere--I like to buy it from a small local meatmarket and cook it myself.

If the book/movie has a discussion on red meat or meats in general, I 'd rather not read or watch it. haha. I am seriously a big red meat eater and my iron malabsorption actually requires me to consume red meat regularly. I'd literally die without it. lol. In some cases, ignorance is bliss. I eat organic anyway. I choose not to watch this movie. Supersize me was awesome though. I've never been able to eat fast food because I am allergic to some additive they use but it was definately an eye-opener. I can't eat at restaurants due to my allergy so they can't get me with their mystery meats.