Rate the last movie you saw

[Kevinicus]

Can you explain the portion in bold? Such as ____ ? And what was one-sided about it?

What was one sided about it?? The fact that they only presented one point of view and people on one side of the issue. Pretty straightforward.

As for an example: The film pointed out that the number of plants went from so many thousand to a pretty small number. Later they made a big deal that the government used to do so many inspections per year, but now they only did a fraction of that number. Which, of course, if you have a fraction of the facilities, you're not going to have nearly as many inspections.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

American Pie 2 -- 15/10

Waayyyy funnier than the 1st. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

Stiffler: "You dip****! Take how many guys a girl says she slept with and multiply it by 3. It's the rule of 3. Didn't any of you learn anything in college?!"

 

[CowboyWay]

Just watched a couple documentaries

"Who killed the electric car". 8/10 Very interesting. Usual suspects killed it. Automakers, big oil, and the Bush administration had their hand in it too. No shockers really.

and "The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib". 7/10. Some slow points, but still very informative.

 

[TheCount]

American Pie 2 -- 15/10

Waayyyy funnier than the 1st. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

Stiffler: "You dip****! Take how many guys a girl says she slept with and multiply it by 3. It's the rule of 3. Didn't any of you learn anything in college?!"

Yup, figured that was your kind of humor. :laugh2:

 

[Thatkidbob]

And as for what I thought was relevant of the movie, during the first 45-50 minutes, the only point they made that I would even care about is the safety factor.

The safety factor is the main point!

The vast majority of the chemicals in food are untested (and a great many are bioactive). Which is alarming. Rather than allow any chemical which is not known to be harmful, why not switch to allowing only chemicals which are known NOT to be harmful? Oh yeahhh... that would hurt profit margins.

The food industry doesn't give a F about producing safe food, they care about money. This is evidenced by the preponderance of hydrogenated oils, preservatives, artificial colors, enriched flours (which might as well be pure sugar), artificial sweeteners, high-fructose corn syrup (which only exists as a product due to wasteful corn subsidies), etc...

I haven't seen the movie, but I'm struck by the remembrance of an NPR interview I heard with the guy behind Food, Inc.

He related a story about the extremely high levels of E. Coli in our dairy herds, how it results in infections and deaths in those that eat it, and how it is caused by the diet they were feeding the cows. Research showed that by intermittently feeding them grass, the E. Coli levels would be drastically reduced. Instead, the food industry began researching other means of killing the E. Coli, and were considering adding ammonia to the cow's feed.

Why introduce another complicating factor when you could just use the safe, natural solution (grass)? Would it hurt their profit margin that badly?

 

[ajk23az]

The Prestige --- 8/10

Pretty interesting movie if you ask me. Bale and Jackman did a great job.

 

[Thatkidbob]

The Prestige --- 8/10

Pretty interesting movie if you ask me. Bale and Jackman did a great job.

Great movie...

You'd probably like The Illusionist with Edward Norton too, if you haven't seen it already.

 

[daschoo]

I recently watched Food, Inc. and also thought it was pretty good. I wouldn't give it a 10/10, but I did think that it tackled some important issues. It seems like a lot of people are under the impression that, if it's allowed to be marketed and sold, then it's fine to eat. That's just not the case.

While I don't have any background in chemical food additives, pesticides, hormones, etc. I do have a couple of roommates who are connected to nutrition, health and the effects of chemicals on the human body. One is a PhD student in toxicology and the other is a med. student. Their daily conversations really changed the way that I shop for food and the movie touched on a number of the same issues.

i watched a bbc documentary over here a while ago about food standards. one thing that shocked me was a loophole manufacturers were exploiting in the naming of their product. over here the most common nickname for a sausage is a banger. there is legislation in place which sets a minimum meat content for any sausage sold in the uk so these companies rather than complying were simply branding their product as bangers and selling them to the puplic who were largely unaware of what they were actually eating. they also exposed a company who were selling apple tarts that were basically wallpaper paste with colourings and flavourings added. was pretty interesting if a little frightening

anyway back to films i went to see up in the air last week and have to say i enjoyed it a lot more than i thought i would.

 

[ajk23az]

Great movie...

You'd probably like The Illusionist with Edward Norton too, if you haven't seen it already.

Yup I've seen both. Illusionist is more of a love story but good nonetheless. They both came out around the same time.

 

[daschoo]

The safety factor is the main point!

The vast majority of the chemicals in food are untested (and a great many are bioactive). Which is alarming. Rather than allow any chemical which is not known to be harmful, why not switch to allowing only chemicals which are known NOT to be harmful? Oh yeahhh... that would hurt profit margins.

The food industry doesn't give a F about producing safe food, they care about money. This is evidenced by the preponderance of hydrogenated oils, preservatives, artificial colors, enriched flours (which might as well be pure sugar), artificial sweeteners, high-fructose corn syrup (which only exists as a product due to wasteful corn subsidies), etc...

I haven't seen the movie, but I'm struck by the remembrance of an NPR interview I heard with the guy behind Food, Inc.

He related a story about the extremely high levels of E. Coli in our dairy herds, how it results in infections and deaths in those that eat it, and how it is caused by the diet they were feeding the cows. Research showed that by intermittently feeding them grass, the E. Coli levels would be drastically reduced. Instead, the food industry began researching other means of killing the E. Coli, and were considering adding ammonia to the cow's feed.

Why introduce another complicating factor when you could just use the safe, natural solution (grass)? Would it hurt their profit margin that badly?

that for a start is illegal over on this side of the pond. i'm fairly sure thats why they had to stop selling mountain dew over here.

 

[Thatkidbob]

that for a start is illegal over on this side of the pond. i'm fairly sure thats why they had to stop selling mountain dew over here.

To be completely fair... corn syrup isn't so much the problem, as it is refined sugar products in general. Another problem is processed calorie dense food, which may not be particularly filling, but imparts substantial nutritive value. Without those two factors diabetes and obesity likely wouldn't exist as the health threats they are today.

There's other closely related topics like the thermogenic effect of food (which varies based on diet composition), metabolic partitioning (its interplay with hormone levels and effect on body composition), etc... but to include those I'd have to write a research paper

edit: Anyways, I'm off topic lol

Most recent movie I saw was Avatar...
the plot was 7.5/10 (It's very derivative, but the world that was imagined was well done)
the visuals were 10/10 (watched it multiple times, and the IMAX 3D was breathtaking)

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I haven't seen it, and will never see it, but has anyone seen Law Abiding Citizen?

It looks pretty far-fetched. Just take the dude's phone calls away. Problem solved.

 

[Kangaroo]

Great movie...

You'd probably like The Illusionist with Edward Norton too, if you haven't seen it already.

I disliked the Prestige but enjoyed the Illusionist

I also saw the New Sherlock Holmes yesterday it was solid

 

[theogt]

I disliked the Prestige but enjoyed the Illusionist

I thought they were both pretty terrible.

 

[TheCount]

I haven't seen it, and will never see it, but has anyone seen Law Abiding Citizen?

It looks pretty far-fetched. Just take the dude's phone calls away. Problem solved.

Haha, I've seen it and it's pretty terrible. It's got nothing to do with his phone privileges though. When they reveal how he's doing what he's doing, it's one of those, "Seriously?" moments that makes you dislike a movie instantly.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Haha, I've seen it and it's pretty terrible. It's got nothing to do with his phone privileges though. When they reveal how he's doing what he's doing, it's one of those, "Seriously?" moments that makes you dislike a movie instantly.

I'm never going to see it, so just PM me how.

 

[theogt]

Or just put **spoilers** in front and let me know, because I'll never watch either.

 

[MetalHead]

Zombieland was awesome.

 

[Kevinicus]

The safety factor is the main point!

The vast majority of the chemicals in food are untested (and a great many are bioactive). Which is alarming. Rather than allow any chemical which is not known to be harmful, why not switch to allowing only chemicals which are known NOT to be harmful? Oh yeahhh... that would hurt profit margins.

The food industry doesn't give a F about producing safe food, they care about money. This is evidenced by the preponderance of hydrogenated oils, preservatives, artificial colors, enriched flours (which might as well be pure sugar), artificial sweeteners, high-fructose corn syrup (which only exists as a product due to wasteful corn subsidies), etc...

I haven't seen the movie, but I'm struck by the remembrance of an NPR interview I heard with the guy behind Food, Inc.

He related a story about the extremely high levels of E. Coli in our dairy herds, how it results in infections and deaths in those that eat it, and how it is caused by the diet they were feeding the cows. Research showed that by intermittently feeding them grass, the E. Coli levels would be drastically reduced. Instead, the food industry began researching other means of killing the E. Coli, and were considering adding ammonia to the cow's feed.

Why introduce another complicating factor when you could just use the safe, natural solution (grass)? Would it hurt their profit margin that badly?

You haven't seen the movie, but yet you say it's the main point. I watched the first 45-50 minutes of the "movie" and they were just starting to touch upon safety. Hard to say it's the main point if it takes that long to get to it.

 

[ethiostar]

Amereeka --------8.5/10

About a Palestinian divorcee who moves to a small town in Illinois with her teenage son soon after 9/11. Its about the usual culture shock and attempt to rebuild their lives in a new country but with the added element of being an Arab in the post 9/11 era in the US. Very good movie.