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Why can't people just enjoy sex scenes in movies?

posted 11 years ago by lazarillo
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The big rap against this movie is it has some sex in it, therefore it's "porn", and therefore it sucks. Well, porn movies suck not because they have sex in them, but because they're ALL sex, they're made for no money, and no one in front of or behind the camera has even a smidgen of talent. Obviously, none of these things applies to this movie.

I'm not about to complain about the hot sex scene between Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfreid, but if that was all the movie had going for it I would have saved 90 minutes and just watched that scene on You Tube or Daily Motion or something. I like salt in my food sometimes. I like sex in my movies sometimes. That doesn't mean I want to eat a big bowl of salt and it doesn't mean I want to watch a porn movie instead of a real movie. It's not that complicated--if people want to watch porn they're probably NOT going to waste they're time with something like this. But if they want to watch a dramatic thriller from an interesting director that also happens to have some hot sex scenes, why accuse them of really wanting to watch porn?

[–] sarizonana 11 years ago

It's not that people can't enjoy those scenes.
When they are tastefully done they are very sexy but the problem Is when a film Is more sex scenes than a good story.

The perfect example of it is Basic Instinct, when I first saw I thought it was a masterpiece but with time I realized how third film Is just sex scenes with some plot to make an excuse to bring it in theaters.

I think Chloe doesn't fit here, actually was a very smart thriller with great performances by the cast but it's bothering when they do tool much, it's distracting and I can't take them seriously enough.

Some other examples when producers go overboard with those scenes are with cable historical series like The Tudors and Spartacus blood and sand.

I enjoyed the Tudors but i felt many of their love scenes were un necessary or looked like they came from porn.

Those type of scenes are delicate.
Examples of when I think were well done, sexy and didn't pull me away of the story: the English patient, The Last of the Mohicansand The notebook come to my mind.

I didn't find them exactly hit but at least felt were good part of the story: the duchess, this one(Chloe) and fatal attraction.

[–] hema6662003 10 years ago

because some people do not like to watch sex scenes in movies.

i went to see INCEPTION 5 times... !!!