I’m not a prude but I’ve never understood sex scenes in movies. I don’t want to watch that with my friends and family, nor do I want to watch that with strangers in a theatre. If I want to watch people fuck, I can just watch porn, thanks.
Sex scenes are going out of favour with the current generation, but there’s value in having a platform for showing sex in a “normal” contexts as part of a whole charachter. Otherwise the only portrayal of sex is left to porn.
I just think they’re weird and unnecessary. I’ve never seen a sex scene that was important for the plot. They seem to just be added because they’re sexy and I don’t need to be turned on when I’m hanging out with friends and family, so what’s the point?
interestingly, they said this about “The Kiss,” an 18-second long early cinema piece (and the first cinema kiss) in which a man combs his mustache and then briefly pecks a woman on the lips.
A contemporary Critic wrote: “beastly enough in life size on the stage, but magnified to gargantuan proportions and repeated three times over, it is absolutely disgusting.”
I think there are several exceptions to this. Sex scenes in general follow “show, don’t tell:” having a character simply do X is usually preferable to having a character say “I did X.”
Some examples off the top of my head:
The Terminator - It shows how the main character becomes pregnant with minimal exposition
Shoot ‘Em Up - It highlights the absurdity of the film, equates sex with gratuitous violence, and tells you about the characters
Sausage Party - it is an illustration of The Absurd in the wake of an existential crisis
Team America: World Police - It functions as shock humor that also satirizes other gratuitous sex scenes
Irreversible- There is simply no amount of dialogue that could illustrate the amount of horror and violence the scene conveys and bring about the proper emotional response from the audience
Jackie Brown - It shows how pathetic the main characters are
Tomcats - It creates a comedic moment when the timid librarian turns out to be a dominatrix
Trainspotting - The film compares the high from heroin to an orgasm, and the sex scene extends that metaphor and helps the audience empathize with the main character’s struggle
Requiem for a Dream - Shows how Jennifer Connelly’s character has hit rock bottom
I’m not a prude but I’ve never understood sex scenes in movies. I don’t want to watch that with my friends and family, nor do I want to watch that with strangers in a theatre. If I want to watch people fuck, I can just watch porn, thanks.
Sex scenes are going out of favour with the current generation, but there’s value in having a platform for showing sex in a “normal” contexts as part of a whole charachter. Otherwise the only portrayal of sex is left to porn.
(As stated by a Wisecrack video on the matter which is well worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW4wf63PhI8)
I’m not a prude except for that I am.
I just think they’re weird and unnecessary. I’ve never seen a sex scene that was important for the plot. They seem to just be added because they’re sexy and I don’t need to be turned on when I’m hanging out with friends and family, so what’s the point?
I have no issue with nudity, by the way.
interestingly, they said this about “The Kiss,” an 18-second long early cinema piece (and the first cinema kiss) in which a man combs his mustache and then briefly pecks a woman on the lips.
A contemporary Critic wrote: “beastly enough in life size on the stage, but magnified to gargantuan proportions and repeated three times over, it is absolutely disgusting.”
I think there are several exceptions to this. Sex scenes in general follow “show, don’t tell:” having a character simply do X is usually preferable to having a character say “I did X.”
Some examples off the top of my head:
So, you’re saying the Terminator is not the main character in The Terminator? 🤔
Correct, just like the alien is not the main character in Alien and Predator is not the main character in Predator.
If you look at Terminator from this POV, the movie become a tragedy.