Nervous about seeing a film [21]Comments on:

By: kilax

kilax — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:48:27 +0000

Jen512 – Your dad and step-mom would probably enjoy the film, even though the focus isn’t on becoming vegan or vegetarian. It’s more about being aware of where your food comes from. That is interesting that the meat there is Halal. Is that a religious thing?

martymankins – I agree – we should all seek the truth, no matter what our food choices are. Jeez, I really need to write this review. I wonder if I started a draft of it somewhere…

By: martymankins

martymankins — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:06:28 +0000

My co-worker has talked about seeing this film and I am open to seeing it, as well, even if I knew the main idea behind the film was to show the horrible conditions of how some foods, mainly meat products, get produced.

I’m all for better production of food – I think it’s something that everyone – meat eaters, vegetarians and vegans – should unite behind.

I’m curious to see your review of this film.

By: Jen512

Jen512 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:28:47 +0000

I should tell my dad about this. He and my step-mom are vegan, or at least try to be. I think my dad still eats organic yogurt.

I tried to be a vegetarian for awhile, and when I was a kid and lived with them I didn’t really have a choice. But when I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia, the doctor told me a no meat diet was a bad bad idea for me. My body doesn’t do well with soy either, so I have to get meat protein.

On thing that makes me feel a little better now is that over here in Turkey, all meat is Halal, which is really similar to Kosher, an idea I can get behind.

By: kilax

kilax — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:48:49 +0000

Hotch Potchery – I haven’t seen King Corn. But I just read the imdb synopsis and it sounds like something I would be interested in. I think I should put it in my netflix queue.

Alice – I don’t like to be reminded of how our food is produced either. It creeps me out. You don’t have to change though. This movie wasn’t really promoting vegetarianism, just organic farming. (But, it did make me feel so happy I made the decision to go vegan.)

Jo – That’s what we all have to do – just the best we can. It’s all we can do! I would love to have my own farm with my own fresh produce. Heck… even a garden would be nice…

Denise – Lisa probably feels like people think she is a freak for making that decision, and knows that those videos will bring up compassionate feelings for animals and help you relate to her. But I bet you’ve always been supportive

Susan – It is all the buzz! I am going to try and write a review for Saturday.

Hilly – Me too. It’s so personal, you don’t want to know the truth!

Julia – Beware of Skinny Bitch. It is intense. This movie was not that intense for me, but maybe because it was a bunch of information I already knew. It just left me perplexed. It would be very easy to become obsessive about it though.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:17:02 +0000

I’ve given some thought to this movie…mostly to the idea of seeing it, and feel somewhat similarly to you, where I am nervous to see something that would make me sick and make me feel the way I think this movie would about some foods. While I do want to be a conscious consumer I don’t want to spend all of my time thinking about my food and where it came from. I tend to be very black and white about things, and I feel like this movie could throw me into a sort of obsessive mindset about food that I don’t want to have.
Just my thoughts on the movie…kind of the same reasons why I haven’t read Skinny Bitch.
And remember if you have to leave because it is upsetting, do what is best for you!

By: Hilly

Hilly — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:15:14 +0000

I’m really bad about seeing movies like this one because they make me sick to my stomach too. I’m not usually one to hide away from the reality of things but sometimes when it comes to food, I totally do.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:19:02 +0000

I’m interested to hear what you think about the film…it seems to be quite the buzz on the food blogs these days!

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:06:11 +0000

Larry’s daughter Lisa belongs to PETA and is vegan. She sent us 3 YouTube videos about factory farming. She asked us if we would watch them if she sent them to us. We said “yes” but have not had the “guts” to watch them yet. I don’t want to watch them right before I go to bed. I have enough trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep. That may be CS on my part but that’s just my “deal”. We will watch them eventually. Just not ready yet, I guess. She said she wanted us to watch them so we would understand why she is the way she is. Not sure why she thinks we don’t understand, but whatever.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:56:18 +0000

I agree with Diane and your response to her. The truth is somewhere in the middle. I would opt out of the movie. I may watch it if it hits HBO or Showtime, but I would watch it with an open mind.

I know there’s a lot of bad in it all–but I can’t buy a farm and do my own food production, either. Living in a small town, I don’t have a lot of oranic stuff to choose from and what’s here is so overpriced I can’t afford it. I just have to do the best with what I’ve got and try not to worry.

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:40:13 +0000

oy… i don’t actually want to see that movie. the thing is, i KNOW what goes on. i KNOW how awful most of the process is, and how unhealthy, and how profit driven, and how unsanitary, etc etc etc etc. but i don’t have the willpower to go 100% vegan / local / farm raised / etc. and i accept this about myself. i’m trying to improve, but seeing those images and having those points drilled into me over and over will just make me miserable, because i know myself well enough to know i can’t just stop eating all meat and all processed food immediately.