Basically, I almost threw up on the plane.
I don't know what made me watch this film. Okay, I know exactly what governed my choice: all of the other movies were total crap except for Casino Royale, and I just couldn't watch the delicious Daniel Craig get whacked in the sack with chains again.
Speaking of, what in the world is happening here? The Silver Fox and His Deliciousness? Together? TALKING? The hotness overwhelms!
Excuse me for a moment.Okay, now that that's taken care of... the matter at hand!
Fast Food Nation follows the lives of people who are all connected to Mickey's, a McDonald's/Burger King/Whatever clone. Greg Kinnear plays an advertising exec, new to Mickey's, who travels to Colorado to discover why their meat has been getting poorly reviewed by the FDA.
Raul and Sylvia (Wilmer Valderrama and Catalina Sandino Moreno) are illegal Mexican immigrants who find work in the slaughterhouse that supplies area Mickey's restaurants. The unbelievable desire to live in the United States is enough for them to ignore the horrific nature of their low-paying jobs.
Ashley Johnson, who you may remember as Chrissy Seaver, is a diligent high school student working at Mickey's to earn money for college.
Small turns by Ethan Hawke, Bruce Willis, Patricia Arquette, and Kris Kristofferson just showcase the amazing casting job and enhance the film. The main characters have vastly differing storylines so they don't interact with each other, but as a whole, these stories relate to form a comprehensive, if sometimes slow-moving, story.
Now. I don't want to give anything away, especially since there really isn't much of a traditional Hollywood "ending," but I will say that I have not eaten fast food since.
(Kind of like when I stopped eating meat in the dorms because my coworker saw boxes unloaded at East Quad with "GRADE D BEEF: SUITABLE FOR DORMITORY AND PRISON USE ONLY" stamped on them. Thanks, most expensive public university in the country! I'll just have cereal for dinner).
I'm not the best example, though, as I rarely eat fast food. Perhaps the filmmakers took several liberties with the facts, perhaps they elaborated, perhaps they made some guesses... but I don't think so. Considering the film was based on a book of the same name, I think that their information was fairly credible.
And if even one SHRED of it was true... well... UGH.
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Deliciousness, thy name most CERTAINLY is Daniel Craig!
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Fast food is, and always will be, synonymous with my idea of hell. Much like the super high unreachable cupcake table.
Turk: Now how do I tell these people they should let their son go?
J.D.: Just try and imagine what they're going through. I mean, sometimes I think about what it's gonna be like when you die.
Turk: Because you think I'm going first due to my Diabetes.
J.D.: Right. And where do we meet up in heaven?
Turk: At the milkshake pool on the lesbian cloud!
J.D.: I'll see you there playa! I love religion. The point is Turk, if someone tried to pull the plug on you without being totally honest with me, you know where they'd end up?
Turk: In hell watching 'The View'!
J.D.: Next to the Super High Unreachable Cupcake Table.
Slaughterhouse huh? Maybe I shouldn't watch this then?
Laurel - I'm not sure what to tell you. I think that it's a damn fine film, and though it has its faults, it's worth watching. However, you of all people don't need a film to tell you to NOT eat meat - especially from a fast food joint.
So I guess... if you're squeamish about cows getting put through the ringer (though it is far from anything you saw in Pan's Labyrinth), skip it. It's just going to validate what you already believe.
Please tell me you've read the book. I stopped eating fast food after I read it. Can't wait to see the movie.
Negative on the book, Megan. But I was talking about it with old roommate Jenny last night, and she thought that the book was pretty good. She definitely wants to see the film now.
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