Doesn't anyone else see this film as OVERKILL?

I can't think of any other filmmaker who has crammed more gaudiness or trashiness into one film. If the director is trying to make a comment on consumerism, sexuality, religion, etc. in our culture, why do it so heavy-handedly? Most of the people who watch this already know how ridiculous our society has become and that it could get worse. Why would Jodorowsky want to shove our faces in feces, blood, piss, and vomit 100 times? Alright, so his head might have been doused in acid while this was being made, but for people to call it a thought-provoking, avant-garde masterpiece???!! There's nothing masterly about it...everything seems overly contrived, and unfocused....even the acting is terrible.