The Greatest Movie Ever Sold details
| Format: | 12 DVD |
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| Starring: | Peter Berg, Noam Chomsky, Morgan Spurlock, Paul Brennan |
| Director: | Morgan Spurlock |
| Genre: | Documentary - General |
| Studio: | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Greatest Movie Ever Sold |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 28 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Main languages: | English |
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I am not sold on this product
By Platospupil (203 reviews) , 28 Jul 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
A great wave broke for this kind of movie .. This shows signs of being on the other side of the wave - water is receding and with it the power of a central story. The need for distraction from the main message in the form of the engaging Mr Spurlock himself comes centre stage. Michael Moore is, of course, the star of his shows but Morgan takes it to another whole level. My worry is, I am not sure if he is not mocking his audience even as he mocks and ponders his adversaries. A game is in play and I am not sure I care enough about the game. I care a lot about product placement and what this tells us about the venal nature of 21st century capitalism - it's the vehicle of the presentation of this kind of film that is starting to annoy me in various ways.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(4)Marmite film.
By MzBizkitz (67 reviews) , 01 Apr 2013A concept film which you'll either love or hate. Personally I liked it as it's a subject I'm interested in. I thought it was put together well, I really enjoy Morgan's style and ideas with his films so this for me was spot on.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Pure genius.
By Fitz42 (161 reviews) from Darwen , 29 Oct 2012If you have never seen the wonderful Super Size Me you probably don't know who Morgan Spurlock is, and you definitely won't know how his mind works. He is a genuinely funny man with an obvious underlying contempt of much of society. The Greatest Movie Ever Sold is a highly enjoyable documentary, tongue-in-cheek at times, but with a serious and worrying irony at others. This time Spurlock points his accusatory finger at the world of advertising, the result of which is an in-depth exploration into the extensive use of product placement and company advertisements, funded entirely by the use of product placement and advertising. You can't help but smirk along with Spurlock as he mocks the very people paying for his project. After all, he's not selling out - he's buying in...- Was this review helpful to you?
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I am not sold on this product
By Platospupil (203 reviews) , 28 Jul 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
A great wave broke for this kind of movie .. This shows signs of being on the other side of the wave - water is receding and with it the power of a central story. The need for distraction from the main message in the form of the engaging Mr Spurlock himself comes centre stage. Michael Moore is, of course, the star of his shows but Morgan takes it to another whole level. My worry is, I am not sure if he is not mocking his audience even as he mocks and ponders his adversaries. A game is in play and I am not sure I care enough about the game. I care a lot about product placement and what this tells us about the venal nature of 21st century capitalism - it's the vehicle of the presentation of this kind of film that is starting to annoy me in various ways.- Was this review helpful to you?
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It's not a movie
By RedValleyJohn (136 reviews) from Biggleswade , 17 Sep 2011Morgon Spurlock is the director famous for the documentary about McDonalds . This time he tackles the issue of product placement in the movies. By doing so he get's companies to pay for the making of this film by cramming it with their own product placement brands.
The problem i have is that this is not a film at all. It's not even a documentary really. It compromises itself from the start and therefore it has absolutely no cutting edge.
Sure , it gives you some insight into what goes on with companies and how much they are willing to pay to get their products on screen but that is not enough to keep an audience engaged.
Spurlock has a likeable air about him but I'm not convinced he is movie maker at all. The title should be reported to the trade descriptions people as it's not great and it's not a movie and i certainly never bought into it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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