What did we learn from the film? Well for starters we
learned a whole a lot about McDonald's and the type of food that they are serving
their customers. But before we go into that lets start from the beginning we
learned that a man set out to make a point and that was to prove that McDonald's is in fact a bad choice when it comes to ordering food at fast food restaurants.
We also learned about the many effects of eating at McDonald's every single day
which was completely horrible (no brainier right?). Another huge point that we learned about was
that not only does it have effects on your body but as well as your emotions
and how you even think!
Now I do not know what exactly would shock you, but the fact
that he become excited/happy when he was about
eat again at McDonald's and right after eating he become. Now what is so
shocking about that you might ask? Why should a company be able to serve food
that has the ability to control if a person becomes happy or sad? Doesn't that
bring up the concerning question “what exactly is in these burgers?” How can a
plain burger have such a huge effect on our emotions? Or even how we think?
Does that even sound right to you? Because it sure doesn't to me so one last
question is what IS THE SECRET? If it truly is just a plain burger that is.
What problematic concepts do I see in the Film? Well just
like my response to what questions/what shocked me was how can a simple burger
have such a huge effect one someone’s emotions? Why should a product that we feed our self’s,
our families and our friends have the ability to do this? It is very clear that
there is something inside the food that makes people come to this point. Another
concept that I think of is even with major profits that the company manages to
bring in shouldn't the government be doing something about this? Why can we not
stop eating there? For my last two concepts which are probably my most
concerning ones are if I was the CEO would I do something about it and do the
effects that McDonald's has on the U.S match the effects that it has on other
countries? I ask these huge concepts and will continue to research about them because
did our government make a deal with McDonald's? Does stricter countries like
China allow McDonald's to have the same chemicals/ingredients in their burgers?
I think that the whole movie all together has caused me to raise
huge concerns on what they are doing and what we as a country can do. I do not believe
that we will ever see results any time soon but I do in fact believe that one
day we will come to the conclusion that McDonald's has to serve food products
that are not modified to the point that it has these horrible effects on us. I
have always been the type of person who stops and thinks about a topic from the
other side and with that being said McDonald's is a company just like Microsoft,
Walmart and even Star bucks and they are out to make a profit. In order to make
a profit off a .99 cent burger what does McDonald’s have to do to achieve this?
If you were expecting to get a healthy meal off the dollar menu that only took
3 minutes too cook isn't there something wrong with you?
Sadly, I agree with your opinion when you say that we most likely will not see any changes with the popularity of McDonald's any time soon. It's almost impossible to get more bang for your buck than a .99 cent burger. It's just sad to see that Morgan did this experiment without getting significant changes from the habits of the rest of the world. I really believe the government needs to significantly increase the taxes on these unhealthy foods. I don't see any other way. If Morgan did this crazy experiment many years ago and it has not negatively impacted the reputation of McDonald's, I don't have any faith that this problem will be fixed unless something is done.
ReplyDeleteI can honestly say I really enjoyed reading your opinions on this documentary. After watching this I believe a lot of people assume that McDonalds is to blame, but that's not necessarily the case. Like you said they're a company trying to make money, and if the food is going to be cheap then we can't always assume it's going to be healthy. People need to realize that it's also important to watch what they take in and not always blame it on the company. On the other hand, I also believe that McDonald's food products can be very hazardous to our health when eaten too much. I like how you asked a bunch of rhetorical questions because it honestly leaves me stumped at a few of them. I really like a lot of the points you made and I like the turn you took while explaining your opinions about this issue. As you mentioned above, they are similar to Walmart and Starbucks because they're everywhere and their main goal is to make a profit off of their products. I also agree with your opinion that we won't see much of a change in the popularity of McDonald's anytime soon. Anyways, I really enjoyed reading your ideas about this film!
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