The Founder by Robert Siegler - 8 out of 10 for ethical reasons, otherwise, it would 10 out of 10

 

The Founder by Robert Siegler

8 out of 10 for ethical reasons, otherwise, it would 10 out of 10

 

 

We have here an outré beano, this motion picture is both inspiring, damn good, brilliantly acted (Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, Laura Dern, John Carroll Lynch, Patrick Wilson and the rest of the cast deserve praise) and at the same time, it sings hymns (not really, I am just having fun) to a rather objectionable multinational

 

Let me conclude by saying that I both admire the film and say that the corporation in it does not deserve such a fabulous movie…having said that, let me introduce the spoiler alert and say that you must not read this, it is not a good enough note for you, and that should cover everything, I mean duty done, let us move on

Without you here, bow I can rant and misbehave, moving off topic – there has been one comment recently, complaining to yours truly, and if that was infuriating, given that it was on my YouTube channel, which does not really have an audience, well, for some reason, there has been an explosion, as in there are now over one hundred clicks for one story, and thus it looks like kicking a dead horse, why kick me, when my impact is zero?

 

On the other hand, let us put a gratitude poem in these lines, for the man was there, proof that it is not really talking to oneself, and furthermore, he even watched…to moan about it, right, but still, it is a good start, in about one hundred years, and the cover of The Economist last week says that we will soon live to 120, regularly, never mind that I will be sixty in just a few months, I will be so resplendent that the audience will double

Getting back to The Founder, Michael Keaton portrays Ray Kroc, and that is right, he is The One, notwithstanding his name, which is not McDonald, but he runs into this restaurant, at the start of the narrative, where he is flabbergasted by the, well, everything: he has to wait in a rather long queue, for starters

 

Once arrived at the window, he is asked what he wants, from a rather limited menu – later, the McDonald brothers will explain how they have worked on their operation, coming to the conclusion that if you give to wide a choice, you will end up rising costs, they have looked at other operations, eliminated waitresses, cutlery, dishes, introduced single use paper cups and eliminated the drive-in concept

Quite a few of those aspects have changed with Kroc, and then back, for instance, the creative, innovative Ray Kroc would introduce milk shakes without the milk – to the fury of Dick McDonald aka impressive

Nick Offerman, who always insisted on keeping things unchanged, rejecting all the novelties suggested – but with time, milk shakes have been added ice-cream, again, just like we now have drive-throughs, large menus

 

Ray Kroc is baffled, overwhelmed by the smooth operation, the brothers that own this fantastic restaurant have created a new system, I think it was called Speed or something similar, working relentlessly, with chalk and drawings on the pavement, looking at different configurations, making their team simulate the making of the burgers, French fries and shakes, without those, just to see where there would be bottlenecks

The outsider saw the success and said they need to spread this throughout America – ‘America deserves this, you have to give it to the country’, or something along those lines – but the McDonald brothers have already tried it, and their franchises had not worked, because the franchisees would not respect the rules

 

The quality was not good, kitchens were filthy, they would add to the menu, and the employee that was supposed to verify did not rise to the expectations, only Kroc insists that this would work, pushes for a contract, and he gets it, after which he does have clients, meeting with the same problem, novelties in the menu, dirty kitchens, and worse, even once the operation becomes successful, the money only cover expenses

He tries to get the brothers to change the conditions, but they are inflexible throughout, anticipating, which we can do, for remember, if you are still around, you are without insurance, I warned you about the Acts of God which are to follow, as in only god knows where this frenzy is taking me…they will end up fighting each other in court, because Krock is sick and tired of hearing no, to all his proposals…

 

There is even some sort of line ‘contracts are made to be broken, just like hearts’ only I may have made this up, the first part is there, in the film, logically, because The Founder will break his connection with the brothers, to assume almost full control – he also says to Dick ‘your control over matters is within the restaurant, below the floor, outside the door, you have no say’ with the same caveat, it is to that effect, not an exact rendering

Now for the gruesome part, if this is a captivating story, there is the torture and killing of billions of animals that have been sacrificed for the success of this god damn Founder, and that is something that future generations (if they have a planet that is) will despise, when they look at their ancestors, unless of course there is another outcome

 

They could well move into the Trump, Putin, Lula, Bolsanaro, Xi and other ghouls camp, and then they will see us and the ones preceding as softies, they will take pleasure in cruelty…a better prognosis you will find in the magical Homo Deus – A Brief History of Tomorrow http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/homo-deus-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by.html by fabulous Yuval Harari

 

 

Now for a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/unique-in-world.html?q=unique+in+the+world  – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se

 

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html  

 

From To The Heritage:

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

‚parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’

“the Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special. Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”