Fast Food Nation (2006)

Posted : 1 month ago at Oct 20 14:07

Ok. I have no idea how to review this thing. Regular mediums I use might not work here. But I'll still give it a go. First of all, in my opinion this thing is marketed as if it was a comedy of some kind. I warn you, it is not a comedy. It is an extremely dark drama, with very little, if any, dark humour in it. If you go into this expecting a comedy, you will be shocked. That is what happened to me. I try to keep my expectations as low as possible on all movies, but here I didn't quite succeed. Perhaps that worked to the movie's benefit, who knows. Anyhow, what should I comment on... The directing was pretty weird for a change. Fast Food Nation propably has the steadiest pace in a movie I've seen in ages, it movies extremely smoothly on it's blood and fat stained tracks like the midnight ex...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Oct 23 1:26

[PORTUGUESE] Não gosto de filmes que excedem em personagens e tramas, mas o que me interessou nesse longa foi sua forma política misturada com um toque de humor negro para argumentar sobre o que há de verdade atrás dos deliciosos hamburgueres de fast-food que pessoas de vários países consumem todos os dias. Confesso que faltou muito pouco para eu me tornar um vegetariano após assití-lo (a cena do abatedouro é realmente chocante). O pontos negativos no filme foram principalmente as aparições de atores, como Ethan Hawke, sem necessidade no longa, nos obrigando a termos que aguentar alguns diálogos chatos e desnecessários.

Rating : 7/10

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago at Aug 20 1:50

Fast Food Nation takes a look at how the fast food industry affects people's lives and by doing so examines fast food culture, corporate america and illegal immigration. It is based on Eric Schlosser's non-fiction book of the same title. I don't know why I got the impression this movie was a comedy because it's not. It's a DRAMA about how corporations control our lives and the lengths that they will go to in order to maintain their profit margin. Richard Linklater capably directs an ensemble cast, letting you follow each one, almost like a documentary. Sometimes funny, at other times ironic or tragic, Fast Food Nation is ultimately quite depressing. Even though each character's life is changed by the end of the movie - some for good, others for bad, there is this feeling of hopelessn...Read more

Rating : 7/10