Does the documentary "Supersize Me" show animal abuse?

[Butterflies]

I want to watch it, but I'm imagining scenes of cows being butchered and other awful images. I'm tender-hearted so if those things are in it I'll skip the movie.

[LeftyMom]

1. no

It's all about the health aspect of fast food. The only really nasty bit is when he throws up. Oh, and some sort of rectal exam, but that's fuzzed out.

I don't know is there's anything like that in the special features (I didn't watch them) but there isn't in the main feature.

[RubyDuby in GA]

5. The best special feature was of the experiment with the various burgers

The fries, man, the fries.

It will make you want to never eat at a McDonald's again. And actually, I haven't since I saw this last year. Good work Supersize Dudeman....my arteries thank you. :thumbsup:

[BlueEyedSon]

2. Only if you consider the (human) protagonist an animal.

[BigBearJohn]

3. There's nothing like that. But you will never eat at McDonald's again

[Butterflies]

7. I can easily stop eating at McDonald's, so that's good

Someone mentioned that in the movie there's a conversation about meat in one hamburger possibly coming from many many cows, so I imagined them going further with the explanation (to the slaughterhouse.)

Thanks for the info :-)

[fairfaxvadem]

4. I watched a good bit last night.

Fell asleep, but saw about 1/2, no sign of animal cruelty up to that point.

I admit, I was starting to feel a little pukey watching him eat all that junk. Ick.

[seg4527]

6. i work at wendy's during the summer

in a very conservative area of pennsylvana, by a large hunting store, cabelas. we get lots of bush supporters, and i kind of feel like i'm going my part to help wipe them out. :-P

oh the stories i could tell...

i don't know why people get so outraged over things like smoking (which we used to do in the breakroom after the dining room is closed and it's drive-thru only, which is not far from where we make the food)but they will stuff themselves with stuff like that. i would munch a little at the fries and nuggets, because I normally worked from 5 pm to 2 am, and most days didn't eat till i got home. but some of the food is almost scary. ever see a triple? 3/4 pounds of beef, swimming in grease. yuck.

[AllegroRondo]

8. The parts that talk about where the food comes from

are all animated. "where do chicken nuggets come from?"

[UdoKier]

9. Not really.

Although there was one cartoon scene lampooning "chicken nuggets" that showed a chicken being dismembered and chopped up. But that was a cartoon, and very, very brief.

[CrispyQ]

10. I saw it last night.

Every American should see it. I don't have children so I was stunned what passes for the school lunch program in most schools these days! Yikes!

The only gruesome scene is a stomach stapling procedure they perform on some obese guy.