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At recommendations from a number of people I finally watched it.
This is an absolutely garbage "documetary"

absolutely the most Cherry Picked "data" I've ever seen.

It's funny because I wanted to like this film as I agree with the message of lowering the amount of processed foods in the diet.
I also wanted to like it as it takes the stand against the factory farm production of meat however then it goes on to make outlandish claims about any animal products at all being just as dangerous.

Obviously the American diet needs help but this is a straight up vegan propaganda film.


The filmmaker calls the front desk of multiple organizations asking loaded questions and expecting the desk clerk to have the answer.

Questions like "why are you recommending unhealthy Foods on your website" is worth asking but he's entirely disingenuous about expecting to receive an answer and then acts "stunned" when the answering service doesn't have a prepared statement for him.


He even does the same thing walking into an office with the cameras going expecting someone to have a conversation.

His big kicker DUN DUN DUN many health organizations take money in conflict of interest situations.

The one thing it does get right as the over-prescription of medications.
As well as prescribing medications to treat side effects

I primarily eat a vegetable based diet but this film is the " what the bleep do we know"/ "zeitgeist" of 2017.
 
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JesasaurusRex

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is that the one where it pretty much tells you to stop eating meat entirely without telling you to stop eating meat?

if so, ya, i didn't finish it. so fuckign bad
 

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The filmmaker calls the front desk of multiple organizations asking loaded questions and expecting the desk clerk to have the answer.

Questions like "why are you recommending unhealthy Foods on your website" is worth asking but he's entirely disingenuous about expecting to receive an answer and then acts "stunned" when the answering service doesn't have a prepared statement for him.


He even does the same thing walking into an office with the cameras going expecting someone to have a conversation.

Sounds like a Michael Moore type of production
 
Dang near every documentary I've watched clearly has an agenda. The movie would probably be pretty boring if it was fair and balanced.

Folks some to embrace documentaries when they fall in line with their beliefs and refute them when they don't.

I think the only documentary I've enjoyed in a few years was one where my company was prominitley featured in the last 20 minutes. The enjoyment was that involvement, and not the message overall, though it was an interesting message.
 

wally

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As far as food documentaries go, I thought "Cooked" was pretty good.
(Also on Netflix)
 

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Dang near every documentary I've watched clearly has an agenda. The movie would probably be pretty boring if it was fair and balanced.

Folks some to embrace documentaries when they fall in line with their beliefs and refute them when they don't.

I think the only documentary I've enjoyed in a few years was one where my company was prominitley featured in the last 20 minutes. The enjoyment was that involvement, and not the message overall, though it was an interesting message.
I agree for the most part. However this last five years seem to have spawned a deluge of really bad documentaries. these are being produced at the quality of TLC or some other bottom barrel cable network.

what's really upsetting is that BBC has started faking much of the nature documentaries too. Straight up CG sequences.
 

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Shit documentaries have always been produced as well as good ones. Its not like production of all has suddenly been outsourced to China.
 

TylerW

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I know a number of vegans and they keep in good health, but there's plenty of ways to get good nutrition. To my mind there's one good rationale for veganism, and that's environmental sustainability.
 

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