Fast Food Nation

i usually like films by richard linklater, even though they may not be the greatest of films. i read the book this film is based on and it was amazing. i couldn't of been more excited to see this film. i saw it and i couldn't be more disappointed. it was boring, it was uninteresting, it was nothing at all like the book. they should of made a documentary, it would of been more affective. why make a fiction film based on a non-fiction book? why give it a story? why make it so boring? it's a competently made film but i don't recommend it to anyone. sorry linklater... 53/100 read more

2-minute review: as an american, i've taken an intense interest in how the food industry has changed as i've grown up, for example how mcdonalds' hot applie pies had chunks of apple and dutch exteriors when i was a kid, but are now a kind of sweetly generic apple pie tube. how did we get to where we settle for the mass-produced food industry as it is? and did things really used to be better or are we looking at the past through rose-colored glasses? the book fast food nation tackled all of this in a well-researched way with shocking answers. however, just doing a rote documentary wasn't read more