Ain’t It Cool: No, Morgan Spurlock didn’t find Osama. Also, his movie reeks
posted at 3:22 pm on January 23, 2008 by Allahpundit
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He spent the past two months milking buzz from the rumor that not only did he go looking for Bin Laden, he actually found him, a scenario particularly tantalizing to the left not so much because it might mean Osama’s imminent capture but because it would humiliate the Real Terrorist in the White House. Confidentiality agreements, cryptic statements about having got “the holy grail,” and for what? According to Ain’t It Cool, for a “why do you hate America?” travelogue through the Middle East intercut with 10th-grade biology class footage of the miracle of birth. Read it and thrill to the author’s palpable disappointment.
Fortunately we’re now informed that not finding Osama is the whole point, so look for this very important metaphor coming soon to a theater near you.
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bin laden doesn’t exist. he’s a metaphor created by bushitler to steal the world’s oil supply
/ron paul supporter
lorien1973 on January 23, 2008 at 3:24 PM
As someone who saw Super Size Me as nothing more than ego fodder, I can’t even imagine how bad this snoozer has to be.
NeoconNews.com on January 23, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Isn’t this the same guy who figured out by eating McDonald’s all the time that it’s really really unhealthy? To which normal people say “Duh.”
It would have been cooler if he and a bunch of Marines found Osama and well, you know.
mjk on January 23, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Hmm I voted for Paul and I disagree strongly with that.
offroadaz on January 23, 2008 at 3:29 PM
You’re wrong Lorien.
bin Laden does exist. He’s being held at a secret location known only to rovebushitlerhalicheney for reasons known only to rovebushitlerhalicheney.
CliffHanger on January 23, 2008 at 3:29 PM
So when you think about it, Bin Laden is a lot like Fiat Currency…
Keljeck on January 23, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Wait…So some Lefty 38-year-old documentary “filmmaker” couldn’t find the world’s most wanted terrorist, as the world’s most powerful militaries scour the Afghanistan/Pakistan border searching for him?
amerpundit on January 23, 2008 at 3:32 PM
I liked Super Size Me. It was a lot less preachy than I thought it would be.
And the segment about school lunches should be mandatory viewing for parents.
tlynch001 on January 23, 2008 at 3:33 PM
His transmission falls out on the highway?
Frozen Tex on January 23, 2008 at 3:35 PM
you should watch Chef Jamie Oliver’s Foodnetwork shows about school lunches in England; nasty stuff!
Frozen Tex on January 23, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Money Quote:
“It’s just one big 98 minute Morgan Spurlock ego-fart.”
mistermike on January 23, 2008 at 3:44 PM
He’ll prolly win an oscar for best doc….
Never mind that the best documentaries are about subject matter, rather than a giant ego wank for the guy making them.
Canadian Imperialist Running Dog on January 23, 2008 at 3:48 PM
People really care about this tool? Sad.
Vote Sauron 08 on January 23, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Isn’t this the guy that used to pay homeless people to eat poop on MTV? And someone actually married him?
robblefarian on January 23, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Well, if I don’t have to watch him puke in a parking lot, it can’t be worse than Super Size Me
JetBoy on January 23, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Morgan Spurlock? Isn’t that the guy that didn’t know McDonald’s makes salads even though he ate there every day for a month? Who the hell is bankrolling this smarmy creep?
Enrique on January 23, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Did he at least find Bert?
Frozen Tex on January 23, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Super Size Me was moronic. He wanted to prove that McDonald’s is the factor in poor health. He was a healthy guy and fit. So what does he do? Does he keep every part of his lifestyle the same, and just switch to eating McDonald’s, to show how it and it alone is the scourge of our nation?
Nope.
He stops taking vitamins. He walks as little as possible a day. He avoids exercise at all costs. He turns his entire life upside down.
Then he’s surprised that he’s unhealthy, and he blames McDonald’s.
The guy is a moron.
MadisonConservative on January 23, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Isn’t all that what McDonald’s corporate goals are?
Rick on January 23, 2008 at 4:09 PM
I concur
Buttercup on January 23, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Bert’s also a myth.
Rick on January 23, 2008 at 4:10 PM
LOL
Sir Loin on January 23, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Brokeback Tora Bora?
Sorry, Heath Ledger’s demease has me in a morbid mood…
kiltedscotsman5 on January 23, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Yes Virginia, there is a bin Laden. He lives in a cave in Pakafghanistan and eats roach droppings. One day, we will catch him and export him to America where he can have the full benefit of American jurisprudence, be declared innocent, and one day run for congress as a democrat.
whitetop on January 23, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Well I guess we should be happy that Cloverfield was somewhat metaphorless.
BohicaTwentyTwo on January 23, 2008 at 4:25 PM
The guy is a joke
A cheap knock off of Mike Moore, where is that fat ass Moore anyway?
TroubledMonkey on January 23, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Spurlock has all of Big Mikey Moore’s old crew with him now. Producers, promoters, pr folks: all the TV Nation rejects are now attached to Spurlock’s little market niche.
I like how the Weinsteins bought the rights after only seeing 15 minutes.
The fact that AIC thinks it sucks isn’t very good for Spurlock.
gabriel sutherland on January 23, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Well that bushitler fellow better get cracking. These outrageous gasoline prices are cutting into my on-line porn subscriptions.
scatbug on January 23, 2008 at 5:12 PM
This is a man who can’t even figure out why a french fry that is served only after being showered with a healthy dose of one of the worlds oldest and most powerful preservatives (salt) last longer than one that doesn’t.
It only took me about 10 minutes into Supersize Me to be 100% sure this guy was a Michael Moore clone, more interested in self promotion than searching for any truths.
Bic667 on January 23, 2008 at 5:12 PM
He did a bong with Bin Laden’s groovy son. That was as close as he got.
“Like Bush is the real terrorist. Like he won’t even meet and talk, man”.
Hening on January 23, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Super Size Me was a pile of crap. How many people did you know while you were going to college, perhaps yourself, that lived off crap food from the snack bar, or ate off the dollar menu of the closest fast food place pretty much every day?
And on top of that got hardly any sleep and drank way too much on the weekends.
How did any of us survive?
Asher on January 23, 2008 at 5:19 PM
You’re pretty foolish if you think exercise and vitamin supplements would have made much of a difference. The “food” itself was killing him.
2Brave2Bscared on January 23, 2008 at 7:44 PM
nah, he’s on MARS
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324800,00.html
johnnyU on January 23, 2008 at 8:19 PM
For his next movie he’s going to eat nothing but Skittles and Starburst and not brush his teeth for a whole year to prove what effect candy has on tooth decay.
Buttercup on January 23, 2008 at 8:59 PM
hmm. Never heard of this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention?
Reaps on January 23, 2008 at 10:42 PM
So, if you go looking for someone and can’t find them, that proves that someone else looking for them isn’t really looking.
Follow-up question: If you believe that, can you still tie your shoes?
Another follow-up question to drive certain people mad: Why do I hear so many Paulites talking about Super Size Me? And will we hear them gushing about this turd as well?
Merovign on January 23, 2008 at 10:47 PM
It’s worse than that. He ate 5000 calories a day, not all of which came from McDonalds. CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo hammered him in an interview over this.
Bill Ramey on January 24, 2008 at 10:28 AM
This is also the same guy who created the leftist documentary series 30 days. One of the episodes was a truly disturbing whitewash of Islam.
SpencerFan on January 25, 2008 at 9:59 AM
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