Bigger, Stronger, Fast: Film Analysis

English 1020
10 March 2014
Bigger, Stronger, Faster The documentary, Bigger, Stronger, Faster was made in 2008 and directed by Christopher Bell. The documentary focuses on how Christopher and his brothers all idolized remarkable athletes and wanted to become just like them. As they got older they realized that all of their stars were on anabolic steroids. This caused his brothers to try steroids to better their performance. Christopher tried them at one point but realized it was wrong. Steroids are known as an illegal drug if not used for medical use. This documentary shows that steroids are an illegal performance enhancer for athletes. The documentary tries to persuade athletes and teenagers to not misuse steroids and not to use them as performance enhancers. This documentary tries to explain how anabolic steroids is the easy way to get to where you want to be but is also illegal for professional athletes. I came to find out that athletes abused steroids because they wanted a boost. These athletes were unsatisfied with where they were. The use of steroids is used by many athletes and body builders even though it is illegal. Many of the athletes just explained that they felt like they
This is a way to lure many athletes into using this drug to help boost their performance in their activities. In this documentary they show how many of these athletes and body builders have been caught using steroids. They claim they would only use them to help them get big enough to be able to compete with their competition. Most of these athletes, who have taken steroids, have been given awards. These athletes would later be stripped of these awards for the use of performance enhancers. Sometimes these athletes would be fined for using steroids. The use of steroids by so many athletes has convinced many of them the drug will only help them a little but in reality it will help them