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Uhh... What's the point?

posted 19 years ago by guarano
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Right, I think this is my first Waters movie, and so what I'm asking might be easy to answer, but here goes...

What the hell is the point? Yeah, I get the message, but why deliver it in this way? I'm not uptight, and I'm definately not conservative, but I truly fail to see the point. I had a few laughs but the movie lasted 90 minutes and I dozed off more than once. So tell me, what do you think of the movie, and what do you think the reasoning behind it is?

"I do not suffer from insanity, I enjoy every moment of it"

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[–] brendanchenowith 19 years ago

I do kind of agree with LaBianca's message (God, what a wild user-name), but I don't think you're a neuter or that you should die, or anything, but I do agree you should watch the early stuff. Thank God Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble and the rest are on DVD, easily rentable.

Most of the movie for me was a laugh a minute. This is the first Waters movie I've seen in years that didn't have to grow on me after a second viewing. I loved this one right away. The last 10 to 15 minutes or so was clever and I chuckled and all, but the real laughs were in the first hour (plus). I admire Waters for coming out and laughing about the (I guess) dark side of sex. Fetishes are usually given about 10 seconds of screen-time in a lot of sex "comedies", but this is the first one in which just about everything you can imagine is put right out there.

As much as I liked the first American Pie movie, A Dirty Shame beats it by a mile.

"GOD, BRENDA, WHAT THE F U C K !"

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[–] The_Real_Squirrel 19 years ago

I agree, you just have to know how to appreciate John Waters lol.

[–] gettingby 18 years ago

A dirty shame is the worst movie in cinematic history, people are perverted horray, so what? If anything this movie made me want to become a neuter, I literally got out the kitchen knife and contemplated cutting my genitals off, the ability to enjoy this movie to me seems the same as the ability to enjoy scat porn, or just poo in general, who would like to see a comedy about the many things you can do with poo, such as eating poo, this movie is poo, pure excremant.

[–] Alyssa-the-Critic 18 years ago

you spelled excrement wrong but ok, just to sum up your post and viewpoint in one neat word ....noob

ty gg and goodnight :)

[–] Possessed-like-a-Fish 18 years ago

I agree with the first post... What is the point. It was boring, unfunny, stupid, waste of time. GOSH!

[–] Captain_Creampuff 18 years ago

I learned that john waters belives that sex is rubbing your chest while making orgasm noises...so that must count for something!

[–] hadmatter 18 years ago

First off, you clearly have VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE with cinematic history, and I would hazard a guess that your experience with sex is rather limited as well. Another point of doubt is the idea that you sat with a knife in your hand and contemplated genital self-mutilation. You're a pathetic drama-queen is what you are, and considering that you've spent more time writing about excrement than the movie spent discussing it... well, let's just say I have a pretty good idea what your limited sexual experience is LIMITED to.

*sigh* nobody's gay for Mole Man...

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[–] guitarcato 18 years ago

I laughed throughout much of the movie simply because I grew up 5 minutes from where it was filmed. It's a very accurate depiction of the older people in the area that just won't leave. I also like how they filmed the water in the neighborhood in which it was based.

Favorite line: "There's a dildo in my bird bath!"

note: it seems like everyone in that area has a bird bath or little nonsense in their gardens