Anybody see Fast Food Nation?

[Barbossa]

Anybody see Fast Food Nation? I just watched it. It's quite the eye-opening movie. Don't know if I'll eat at another fast-food joint again.

[Coheteboy]

Anybody see Fast Food Nation? I just watched it. It's quite the eye-opening movie. Don't know if I'll eat at another fast-food joint again.

Yah, I saw it but I didn't like the film AT ALL. I read the book and fully enjoyed it. I recommend the book because there's a whole lot more history about the fast food chains that really details the social decline and how fast food is a part of it.

The movie... dramatized version of the truth you read from the book. Just doesn't add up for me.


But i'm a weird one too because I wanted some mcdonald's fries after reading the book. (they got a whole chapter on the fries).

[stinkerbell]

I read the book and would like to see the movie, because I'm so curious how it plays out on film. And I heart Greg Kinnear.

I no longer eat at fast food or chain restaurants. My six year old has only been to McDonald's once in her life. You'd have thought she was at Disneyland, she was so excited.

[PanTheMan]

I saw it, and didn't much care for it either. Some parts of the story were great, but the dramatization of the facts got a bit lost at times.

[millionairegirl]

I no longer eat at fast food or chain restaurants.

Some might consider Starbucks to be fast food .

[Coheteboy]

I gave up fast food this year too.

Well... only the fast food that is the mcdonalds, taco bell, kfc type. I've done El Pollo Loco, Boston Market, Subway and stuff still but those are a different kind of fast food.

[Tui]

Some might consider Starbucks to be fast food .

Don't go there. Stinkerbell will kill you.

[PEZZ Lightyear]

I saw it the other night and enjoyed it - somewhat.

The Greg Kinnear character just sort of fades away and it becomes more an indictment of illegal immigrant hiring practices than about fast food.

So it just seemed kind of schizophrenic.

One thing I will say is that they got some killer cameo appearances by big name actors (and Avril Lavigne). The end with the slaughterhouse footage was very disturbing and should be mandatory viewing for carnivores - like me!

[TikiRoomLiz]

I haven't seen the movie, but I just finished reading the book. Like has been stated, it is rather eye-opening ... and amazing at all the bad things behind the burger you eat.

The thing that got to me is the fact that the fast food industry can get good meat, but bad meat is left for everybody else - not saying bad as inedible ... but the quality of it is really bad. Just the statement made that you should treat all meat you buy at the store as a biohazard sent chills through me. Not only that, but that plants with low quality meat sell this stuff to schools for children's lunches!

It really opened my eyes to the fact that they have so many lobbies that they aren't regulated as much as toy manufacturers. And don't get me started on them pushing for irradiation of the meat ...

Since reading this particular book I am really turned off to eating at fast food places, not like I ate there that much to begin with ... but I never imagined how much of a global effect they had before ... and it isn't in a good way.

[thejoshualee]

Some might consider Starbucks to be fast food .

It is a chain...

[Soulquarian]

Honestly, you can die from pretty much anything you eat. It seems like everyday I hear some news article stating that chocolate cures cancer, followed by coco beans cause heart problems...

I eat a little of everything, get a little exercise, and call it a day.