1/20/2019 1 Comment The Founder (2016)So, when The Founder arrived on Netflix, I added it to my list and had the intention to watch it. I always pushed it back because it wasn’t something that I wanted to watch in my free time. It wasn't until Mr. Murray HEAVILY encouraged me to watch The Founder. So, I did and enjoyed it. I was so engrossed with what was happening that I missed dinner with a friend because I couldn’t pause the movie. The Founder starts with Ray Kroc trying to sell a five spindle milkshake machine to diners all around the country. The viewer begins to see him as a failure until he gets an order for six milkshake makers in San Bernardino, California. Kroc is so fascinated by the quantity of this order that he grabs a map and takes a trip to visit this diner. Once he arrives, he loves it! It was a new concept that he believed would be revolutionary. Kroc proposes to franchise the restaurant, but Mac and Dick McDonald (founders) do not want that because they think the quality of McDonald's would decrease (I definitely laughed out loud during this part). Kroc finally talks the brothers into letting him grow the business but Kroc losses the original vision of the restaurant and prioritizes profit over quality, leading to many disputes between the brothers and Kroc which leads Kroc to buy out the business and remodel it.
While watching The Founder, I saw a man who was persistent and would not give turn into a sleazy businessperson, and it was awful (the acting was good though). I was so excited that Ray was a fantastic person with a vision, but it turns out that he isn’t. It was very disappointing. I thought that all of the actors did a phenomenal job portraying the real-life people. I also really liked how the movie inserted pictures from back when McDonald's opened. Overall, I thought the film was stunning, It used angles, space, and color, to remarkably bring out the essential themes in the movie. *I was so excited by this movie that I made my whole family watch it the next night (haha).
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