Pink Flamngos - John Waters (1972)

Right......

First of all, I need to fess up that I didn't watch the entire movie. (This is only the second one out of over 65, so I don't feel bad...okay, maybe a little bit.) I'm sorry...I tried....I really did.

I am hesitant to say this movie is awful or a piece of crap. Although some could argue that it is. (Roger Ebert for example, was not a fan of this movie.)

My impression of this movie is that John Waters got a bunch of his friends together, got hold of a movie camera and said "Hey, let's make a movie and try and put every taboo subject in it, use every word that is unacceptable and this will get us noticed." Because of this, I found it to be pretty unwatchable. I would like to think I am pretty open minded and not a prude, but this was beyond what I could tolerate in a movie. I bailed after about 45 minutes.

I won't get into the details about what made this movie unwatchable. (If you want to know, rent it yourself....but don't say I didn't try and warn you!) The question remains, why is this movie on the list.

Wellllll......

This is a pretty 'famous' movie (or maybe notorious is a better word). It's pure camp and it's completely unlike anything made before (or after, thank goodness). I think it's probably become a cult classic. So I kinda sorta get why it's on the list. Am I going to suggest this movie to anyone.....noooooooo.

One word to describe 'Pink Flamingos': Icky.