I took Supersize Me with a grain of salt, because in the class I watched it in we went over the history and Spurlock's lifestyle before the experiment: apparently he was a super-strict vegan, which means that if he even switched to a carnivorous but mostly healthy diet he'd have had problems? I still think it's a good point that he's making though and even if it shows an extreme version of that diet I would still say it's done some good just by making people think about it.
both Clive Owen and Naomi Watts have starred in much more memorable films recently--Inside Man for him and Eastern Promises for her i c what you did thar james. i really want to see these two films eventually!
Another thing I really liked was that Spurlock didn't really seem like he had an agenda. Movies like An Inconvenient Truth and Michael Moore's works come across like they are arguing a point so that by the end of the film, the audience will be in full agreement with and support of that point. I think that
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12 Rounds was a fun ride. I first saw it earlier this year when I watched the horror that was The Tooth Fairy (still mad at The Rock for that one, although I don't feel guilty watching that one online) and I just so happened to watch Cena's film on TV afterward since I hadn't seen it when it hit theaters. In comparison to Tooth Fairy, this was a masterpiece. :-P
12 Rounds was a much better vehicle for Cena than The Marine, though, and I loved the plot and intense situations his character was put through. Aidan Gillen was brilliant too.
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I took Supersize Me with a grain of salt, because in the class I watched it in we went over the history and Spurlock's lifestyle before the experiment: apparently he was a super-strict vegan, which means that if he even switched to a carnivorous but mostly healthy diet he'd have had problems? I still think it's a good point that he's making though and even if it shows an extreme version of that diet I would still say it's done some good just by making people think about it.
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both Clive Owen and Naomi Watts have starred in much more memorable films recently--Inside Man for him and Eastern Promises for her
i c what you did thar james. i really want to see these two films eventually!
Another thing I really liked was that Spurlock didn't really seem like he had an agenda. Movies like An Inconvenient Truth and Michael Moore's works come across like they are arguing a point so that by the end of the film, the audience will be in full agreement with and support of that point. I think that ( ... )
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12 Rounds was a much better vehicle for Cena than The Marine, though, and I loved the plot and intense situations his character was put through. Aidan Gillen was brilliant too.
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