It was quite preachy at times, and presented damn near everything in the movie as fact while failing to show any supporting information.
I don't remember the exact year it was made, but some of what it discusses has been brought into question as well. Specifically the ecoli and corn fed cattle argument. If I remember correctly there was a study that essentially disproved their claims that grass fed beef is any more safe than corn fed beef (depending on when the movie was made they can't be faulted for this, I believe that the studies calling this into question were done after the movie was made).
Anyways, I thought it was pretty well made, and there were some pretty interesting topics brought up, but I also thought it was shockingly devoid of real facts. They presented everything as fact, but did so by having people talk about so much of it as fact. That really bothered me, it was almost as if they either thought their watchers weren't smart enough to question what they're saying, or that they didn't have anything to back up their claims.
Seeing inside the slaughter houses, the chicken coops, and the stuff about the fillers in burgers was pretty....nauseating though.
For food documentaries I preferred The Future of Food. The whole Monsanto mess was covered very heavily in that one...it was pretty damn excellent.
I don't remember the exact year it was made, but some of what it discusses has been brought into question as well. Specifically the ecoli and corn fed cattle argument. If I remember correctly there was a study that essentially disproved their claims that grass fed beef is any more safe than corn fed beef (depending on when the movie was made they can't be faulted for this, I believe that the studies calling this into question were done after the movie was made).
Anyways, I thought it was pretty well made, and there were some pretty interesting topics brought up, but I also thought it was shockingly devoid of real facts. They presented everything as fact, but did so by having people talk about so much of it as fact. That really bothered me, it was almost as if they either thought their watchers weren't smart enough to question what they're saying, or that they didn't have anything to back up their claims.
Seeing inside the slaughter houses, the chicken coops, and the stuff about the fillers in burgers was pretty....nauseating though.
For food documentaries I preferred The Future of Food. The whole Monsanto mess was covered very heavily in that one...it was pretty damn excellent.
I thought it was pretty clear that they had a particular message they wanted to get out but I didn't feel over-preachy. That's why I would recommend people take some of it with a grain of salt. I do agree, the chicken coup piece was kind of gross.
I did kind of like the attitude presented concerning how to change the situation. The farmers, the one rep working with Wal-Mart, and even the speaker for the movie presented free market pressure as the way to change how companies produce their products. As the movie said, every purchase at the cash register is a vote for how the product gets there. I agree.
I'm working on getting my hands on the movie you mentioned too. I'll check it out.
Yeah, calling it preachy may have been a bit of an overstatement. Like you said, the agenda was clear, but they really didn't take it too far.
But yeah, I liked the fact that they talked about realistic ways to change things. If you purchase things a certain way, then companies are going to change their business to meet the way people purchase.
Food, Inc.
- 17/04/2010 04:51:27 AM
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I liked and disliked the film at the same time
- 17/04/2010 05:23:42 AM
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Re: I liked and disliked the film at the same time
- 17/04/2010 07:02:38 PM
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Check Hulu...that's where I saw it originally.
- 17/04/2010 07:21:21 PM
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Like Brian, I liked it and disliked it at the same time (but probably for different reasons).
- 19/04/2010 04:49:28 PM
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Re: Like Brian, I liked it and disliked it at the same time (but probably for different reasons).
- 20/04/2010 12:52:29 AM
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I liked the book, Omnivore's Dilema, much better than the movie, but still enjoyed the movie
- 19/04/2010 06:16:57 PM
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