Very Cool!!!

i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

I have to admit I didn't read the book. However I don't really feel I had to as this screenplay was so sloppy in its attempt to create a story around the social commentary of the book, its characters seemed hollow, and plugged in, to fit an overarching theme that came out loud and clear - and much more loud, than clear.I have to admit I was disappointed in feeling like I was being force-fed a political commentary about illegal immigration, corporate corruption, and the lot. I always believed movies/stories were about carefully constructing an interesting tale, that is artfully created in a way that leaves you pondering the subject matter at its core. This big hot mess never came even remotely close to doing that.

The movie is 10 years old at this point and very dated. Better to watch a documentary about the meatpacking industry and/or entering the country illegally. This movie was all over the place. I frankly have not much sympathy for anyone entering the United States illegally and hope that with Trump elected and the building of the wall, it will stop. Better young Mexicans actually stay in Mexico and fight to make their native country better. And if I want to eat meat, I will realistically take my chances where I eat it in America. You can most certainly get sick eating organically raised meat or plants also, for pity sake.

Fast food chains have become a big part of our culture in the last several decades, and fast food industries have become of the biggest running companies in America, with every state populated with thousands of fast food restaurants on seemingly every corner. Many fast food joints however, have been targets of criticism by not only their poor nutrition but most importantly their unsanitary work environment, McDonald's as a prime example. The global influence of the fast food industry and the controversy surrounding the work environments are best demonstrated in Eric Schlosser's novel 'Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of An American Meal'. Directed by Richard Linklater, this film based on the novel of the same name paints an average, but clear on the action inside the world of fast food making. This ensemble piece follows multiple interconnected story lines and characters' experience with the fast food industry. Greg Kinnear plays Don Henderson, a marketing director of a popular burger point Mickey's, home of one of their most popular hamburgers on the menu known as the "Big One". When he receives reports from the health department about cow fecal matter being discovered in the party of the hamburgers, Don takes a trip to Colorodo to investigate the health status of the company that provides the burger joint with the hamburger meat. There, he meets a young college girl Amber (played by Ashley Johnson) who happens to work at a Mickey's restaurant and is unaware of the repulsive practice that goes on in the meat factory where the parties are made. Meanwhile, Mexican family crosses over the border of Mexico and moves to Colorodo where husband Raul (played by Wilmer Valderrama) gets a job at the meat factory, only to witness the horrifying truth of the backbone behind the fast food industry.This film is written with a somewhat similar story structure to Richard Linklater's other works which often revolve around the social interactions of characters and personal relationships. Linklater takes a slightly different approach in this film by taking the characters and drawing them into some thought-provoking subject matter dealing the issues that still go on in our culture today. The movie tries to retain a documentary type feel and it sometimes works, but others times tends to steer off focus. From the mildly solid screenplay, the film paints a fairly realistic picture on the atrocities that occur in the fast food industry and the repulsiveness of the poorly maintained work environment that many citizens on the outside are not aware of. Many scenes set in the meat factory feature some of the most gruesome depictions of the work that is involved, including the slaughtering of cows and the dangers of the unprotected environment that are severely taken for granted. The worst consequence is best demonstrated in one particularly graphic scene. And yes, it is disgusting to watch and provokes many thoughts in your head how citizens have already unhealthy eating products tainted with foreign matter inside and how the industries have been putting the health of many consumers at risk. But the main problem comes from the occasional inconsistencies in the writing. Some scenes tend to spend a little too much time focused on the relationships between the characters, and the result fogs over the main point, mainly during some scenes with Ethan Hawke and Bruce Willis for an example, who don't seem to serve much for he story. Linklater's style of writing doesn't quite work as well here as it does in his other films, but luckily it manages to get its crucial message out that could have viewers thinking twice before making another trip to a fast food restaurant.Fast Food Nation is a fine movie with some fine performances by a solid cast and fine writing despite its flaws in direction. This is a thought-provoking movie with an important message about fast food companies and something to at least, spark some interest. This may not be one of Richard Linklater's most memorable and never quite comes to close to being such, but it is somewhat effective and could have viewers sprawling with second thoughts about fast food or finding employment at fast food joint.

Fast food chains are going to be upset about this film cause the message in this film seems to be a bit too forced, heck it was really forced. As a matter of fact if Michael Moore made a film with real actors and actresses and not make it real time I imagine it to be something like this, not that I think that every Micheal Moore film is not staged what so ever. I would also like to add that a few stars make a cameo in this film which was actually somewhat decent but sort of also seem like a distraction. The movie sort of made me avoid fast food not just cause of the forced message in this film but because as we get older we have to start watching out for the stuff we eat, cause junk foods tend to clog up your blood vessel and may cause other problems. Anyways this movie isn't another "Super Size Me" besides it showing how unhealthy the food is and what goes down in the fast food industry. I didn't really enjoy watching this film, it sort of did it's job of giving a forced message about the fast food industry. I was disappointed by the barely interconnected stories that jumps around constantly and it feels like you just don't gain anything out of a depressing film as this or being informed of anything new. I was expecting something in the level of like "Thank You For Smoking" or at least somewhat close but was left disappointed.6/10