Forks Over Knives

Forks Over Knives

This was a very powerful documentary.  I learned a great deal about the controversy of which foods are truly healthy for you and which foods aren't healthy for you even though you may think they are.  What surprised me most from the film was learning that many food companies that say on the box of their product that it's healthy and important for your daily diet are twisting their words and deceiving many people.  I felt that the director of the film was ethical and effective in sharing this message because it wasn't biased.  There were significant inputs from both professionals that believe meat and dairy is bad and professionals that believe the opposite.  The usage of simple animated statistics and graphs also made it not confusing and easy to understand the message of the film. 

The director managed me to make me care but since the whole film was filled with shots of food it also made me hungry and I may have eaten multiple snacks during the coarse of the movie.  Regardless of my poor eating habits I felt bad about eating what I did and I feel motivated to improve my diet but I wouldn't say I'm going to drastically change what I eat because of the film.  

The tools that the director used to present the message of the film were testimonials from individuals that experienced both the good and bad, interviews with doctors and professionals, animated graphs and statistics and also the director himself went through the process of changing his diet to gain a personal experience with the message of the film.  The fact that the director was willing to undergo a dramatic lifestyle change for the making of the film gained my respect and helped convince me of the truthfulness of the message of the film.