Fast Food Nation

One of life's eternal disasters: Fast food and the hamburger.

We've all seen 'Super Size Me' and really wish he wouldn't. Or that he was referring to some other, more alluring part of our anatomy. So when a friend (from the cinema group) invited me accompany him to an advanced screening of the new film 'Fast Food Nation', I went more for the company and the fact that it was an advanced screening, as opposed to a normal screening which most common people (and also me far too often) are used to.

So, he was late, but it was interesting to see the turn out of media and film junkies, ticket in hand, as they filled the cinema to its brim.

The film, as you may be aware, is based on the non fiction book. What's interesting is the directors choice of ficitonalising the novel. Consequently I felt the film was far more gripping than it might have otherwise been.

The slaughter scene at the end I was unable to watch, but other than that, this account of the huge all consuming fast food business is gripping, it's consequences far reaching, and hamburgers, as we are made aware, might contain an awful lot of cow dung.

For those of you who enjoy fast food and await, with anticipation, the next hamburger you'll consume: Shame on you. Watch this film.

For those of you who enjoy thought provoking cinema and generally enjoy salads with full fat dressing: go and watch it too.