Sadly Over-hyped

Purely Joyful Movie!

Perfect cast and a good story

best movie i've ever seen.

This is a rip off Super Size Me. Hysterics. But in a sick way, good news. It means that men start to care about their own health. The bad news is that it goes the same way as the general direction for women: depression and eating disorders labeled as "I take care of my body".And if you take a moment to think it's all the S&M Christianity has ever offered: exercise is a way to punish the body. Even the producer says "we have to take him away from any temptation". Like with the anti vaccines nuts, the nutrition nuts do not have much science to back them, but they do have guilt in seemingly unlimited quantities. And the same way, as the diseases we vaccinate for are hard to notice, the same way famine is hard to notice. So food is bad. Pleasure is bad. The alternative is not happiness, the alternative is a dark place which will lead you to some sort of invisible paradise.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2010) *** (out of 4)Good documentary in the same line as SUPER SIZE ME but this one here focusing on the importance of juicing. The film starts off as Joe Cross heads to America where he plans on eating nothing for sixty-days and instead of fast food it's all juicing. After this story we meet a truck truck weighting close to four-hundred pounds and then we see his journey as he tries to save his life. There are so many "health" documentaries out there that as a film fan you must go through at least half a dozen before you're going to find a winner. There's no question that this one here is a winner as it's quite inspirational and I'm sure that was the main goal of the film. Yes, some will complain that it's a sells ad for juicing and perhaps it is but the film doesn't get preachy and it never gets to the point where it's just bashing the viewer over the head with its own views. I think the film did a pretty good job at showing what juicing could do for someone if they're willing to do it and if they actually need to do it. I enjoyed the various interviews with people as they discuss their eating habits and I especially enjoyed those people who just refuse to juice even if it does mean helping their health. Cross, who co-wrote and co-directed the picture, makes for a strong lead and someone who can enjoy spending this journey with. The real breakthrough is with Phil Staples, the truck driver whose story is quite shocking in how well it goes. FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD is a good little gem that gets its point across while being entertaining as well.

The only way to convince people who are science savvy is to provide them with empirical data to back up the claims made. In this documentary the assertion that drinking vegetables and fruits cleanses the body. Why wasn't benchmarks to qualify the cleanse was actually working? Feeling better and healthier are subjective and ambiguous. When individuals are obese weight loss can serve as a benchmark but for non-obese people losing weight isn't necessarily a good thing and in most cases it is bad, especially if more than 1 pound per week.Beyond this Mr. Cross described his lifestyle as one of excess. Drinking too much, smoking cigars, not resting well, overworking. These are HUGE factors in one's health and they were barely mentioned in the film.The fundamental problems here are 2 things.1. Excess. Binge drinking alcohol, neglecting sleep & exercise and frequently eating fast food.2. Balance. Drinking liquid anything long term is bad because its not balanced. Metabolism will be slowed down tremendously and when you return to actual food the weight will mostly likely return.The 2 characters in the movie are not at all relatable to most people. Not many people are or meet millionaires who can take months off work to juice fast in another continent.I'm also curious to what his diet was like after the juice fast ended.

The movie pace is strange, seems like 2 movies in one,mixed in with some Osmosis Jones (Chris Rock cartoon) type animation. It is very educational and uplifting. Honest and not condescending at all but light hearted and humorous despite the serious subject matter. The interviews with Americans is straight to the point and gets them "you and me" to ask some important questions of ourselves and how we value our life and health. It almost seems like an advertisement for Juicer's but never names a brand specifically that I caught. I went to Macy's today and they had 2 left. The sales clerk mentioned that they were flying off the shelf due to a movie about them. I was tickled to tell her about the movie, and that I was one of "those people". We did not buy from Macy's but just wanted to get hands on. I highly recommend you check it out, and hope you enjoy. P.S. I watched it free on Hulu, and got the Juicer for cheaper directly from the manufacturer (an Australian brand). Cheers.