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The 50 Worst Sex Scenes in Cinema
By Matt Singer
on 06/06/2008
Last year, IFC.com and Nerve.com teamed up to count the 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema history. But that was mere foreplay compared to our latest collaboration, the 50 Worst Sex Scenes in Cinema.
Good sex is satisfying. Bad sex is not. Same goes for sex scenes, but that doesn't necessarily mean movies earned a spot on our list because they weren't erotic. Sex scenes can do many things besides titillate: they can disturb or enlighten, provoke or repulse, amuse or confuse. They can attempt any (or, in rare and poorly considered circumstances, all of) those things, but when they aim for one and get another, that's where an onscreen booty call flips from good to bad. The films contained herein, from different eras and different directors, in different styles with different agendas, all share one thing in common: a disconnect between intent and content. Also, they're icky, pretty much right across the board.
So why dwell on the negative? Well, for one, that's what the Internet was invented for. But more importantly, we can learn from these filmmakers' mistakes. Or at least laugh at them a little. Either way, it goes a long way toward making up for having to watch these fifty mini-monstrosities in the first place.
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Wow, you really did pick some winners!
You forgot "Spanking the Monkey" where he gives his mom a length.
Basically an article by someone who thinks all involvements of sexual activities in movies should be sensual, consensual, and passionate.
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sex ismy dream
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You missed I [heart] huckabees and the clearly awful Watchmen's sex scene.. but it was a pleasure to read you though.
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Are you serious? How did Cronenberg's Crash not make this list. Sometimes I can't even look at James Spader thanks to that movie. Its a movie that offends on all levels.