tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post3523394746238892292..comments2024-03-13T06:28:44.715-04:00Comments on And So It Begins...: Top 10 Most Necessary Sex ScenesAlex Withrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-63579187848740481592016-02-07T19:01:01.330-05:002016-02-07T19:01:01.330-05:00Oh I forgot about that one. Yeah, I suppose I thin...Oh I forgot about that one. Yeah, I suppose I think it's about as unnecessary as most sex scenes.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-27377495283484965012016-02-07T18:59:54.433-05:002016-02-07T18:59:54.433-05:00Whew, some tough ones in that film. But I agree, t...Whew, some tough ones in that film. But I agree, they are necessary for that specific story.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-60719635334046098142016-02-07T18:35:02.506-05:002016-02-07T18:35:02.506-05:00I always skip the sex scene in the otherwise excel...I always skip the sex scene in the otherwise excellent "After Dark, My Sweet." Truly distasteful and unnecessary.<br /><br />Thanks.<br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-52788654550928223242016-02-07T18:25:53.388-05:002016-02-07T18:25:53.388-05:00Most of Von Trier's sex scenes e.g. in "A...Most of Von Trier's sex scenes e.g. in "AntiChrist" are usually necessary. <br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-31977931771254649692015-12-20T18:22:01.941-05:002015-12-20T18:22:01.941-05:00For the most part, I agree that sex scenes are unn...For the most part, I agree that sex scenes are unnecessary in movies. They're often so gratuitous (for the sake of being gratuitous) and add nothing to the plot. The examples I listed, however, are 10 such rare exceptions.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-86701900804407730862015-12-19T00:48:27.151-05:002015-12-19T00:48:27.151-05:00This list helped me understand why sex scenes may ...This list helped me understand why sex scenes may sometimes be necessary and add to the plot. I personally would still rather not see them, it's more impact full and meaningful when its just a kiss or an intense hold or even implied. I've always felt that sec scenes where absolutely useless and really a waste if time in a film. I find myself saying 'are you kidding me.... why...' and becoming negative afterwards towards a film for a few min. That is just me though, like I said there are well done scenes that add to plot I just rather view the plot without the sex. Kahenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16529488780983340524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-12193041580578819592015-12-19T00:43:15.868-05:002015-12-19T00:43:15.868-05:00This list helped me understand why sex scenes may ...This list helped me understand why sex scenes may sometimes be necessary and add to the plot. I personally would still rather not see them, it's more impact full and meaningful when its just a kiss or an intense hold or even implied. I've always felt that sec scenes where absolutely useless and really a waste if time in a film. I find myself saying 'are you kidding me.... why...' and becoming negative afterwards towards a film for a few min. That is just me though, like I said there are well done scenes that add to plot I just rather view the plot without the sex. Kahenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16529488780983340524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-79047621103030519472015-07-22T15:13:33.545-04:002015-07-22T15:13:33.545-04:00I do think Girls and OitNB have used sex in a nece...I do think Girls and OitNB have used sex in a necessary way before (haven't seen Sense8), but I agree that their use of sex has become excessive. Just tell the story, you know?Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-16394155485918579082015-07-21T12:33:38.219-04:002015-07-21T12:33:38.219-04:00A number of TV producers for networks like Netflix...A number of TV producers for networks like Netflix and HBO need lessons on when sex is actually necessary to the plot and when it's just a distraction or changes a series from whatever genre it's intended to be (crime, fantasy, sci-fi) into erotica. If you want to create erotica, that's fine, but shows like Girls, Orange is the New Black and Sense8 are supposed to be about something more than erotica. Yet that's what they have become. Filmmakers seem to have a better grasp (usually) on when you really actually need to show sex than people on cable and streaming TV who seem to act like a kid with a new toy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-60486603367625079112014-03-04T12:14:35.107-05:002014-03-04T12:14:35.107-05:00I had some issues with the execution of the film a...I had some issues with the execution of the film as a whole, but that central theme is really quite compelling. I wish the flick had fleshed it out a little more, actually.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-7343836586190366962014-03-02T02:45:01.928-05:002014-03-02T02:45:01.928-05:00Hmm ... interesting. I definitely want to see Don ...Hmm ... interesting. I definitely want to see Don Jon soon. momof3feistykidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622239947336967007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-76577467460094712842014-03-01T20:17:06.674-05:002014-03-01T20:17:06.674-05:00Hey Steph! Thanks for the great comment. I don'...Hey Steph! Thanks for the great comment. I don't know if you saw Don Jon, but that movie was essentially about what I was talking about with that quote. Porn is as destructive for young men as romcoms are for young women. I think there's a lot of validity to that argument, and that sex=love trend in romcoms is definitely a pet peeve of mine as well. <br /><br />You MUST see A Clockwork Orange. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that one!Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-59625874780888977112014-03-01T18:55:54.897-05:002014-03-01T18:55:54.897-05:00Great post! Shame definitely featured the most joy...Great post! Shame definitely featured the most joyless, non-erotic sex scenes I've ever seen in a movie. They were both brilliant and extremely depressing. I've neither seen nor read A Clockwork Orange, and I can't figure out what the hell is going on in that screenshot. ;-)<br /><br />I''m glad you made this point: "In romance films (particularly romantic comedies), sex between people for the first time often implies that those two people are now in love, which is rarely the case outside of PG-13 romcom fantasyland." As a counselor/educator, this has always been one of my pet peeves -- I think the implied message is harmful to teens. When movies portray sex between 2 people who barely know each other, I wish they'd let things play out the way they normally would in the real world. momof3feistykidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622239947336967007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-72684230708044860862014-02-25T23:20:20.887-05:002014-02-25T23:20:20.887-05:00Thanks buddy! Really happy to hear you value that ...Thanks buddy! Really happy to hear you value that scene from The Silence. Such an important moment from that film.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-24817026944264776302014-02-24T22:45:01.389-05:002014-02-24T22:45:01.389-05:00Amazing work man! A History of Violence and Shame ...Amazing work man! A History of Violence and Shame would be at the top of my list. Double bonus points for including The Silence. I probably would've overlooked that one, but it couldn't be more appropriate.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-38700131236779072562014-02-22T15:04:17.322-05:002014-02-22T15:04:17.322-05:00Nice man, love seeing more praise for that Atoneme...Nice man, love seeing more praise for that Atonement scene. One of the new films that really got sex right.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-52128960579705059052014-02-22T09:58:13.121-05:002014-02-22T09:58:13.121-05:00For me, like Fisti, it's ATONEMENT for may rea...For me, like Fisti, it's ATONEMENT for may reasons (some of aesthetic, it really is well shot) but in a movie that's basically all subtext it's ingenious how the lone moment of physical gratification is happening in a library against a stack of books considering how the written word is the basis of the film's tragedy.<br /><br />(Excellent call on the one in A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE.)Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-89316800993564936392014-02-21T20:25:33.532-05:002014-02-21T20:25:33.532-05:00It is indeed. I just haven't seen it in so lon...It is indeed. I just haven't seen it in so long. Needs a rewatch.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-76614839341244597732014-02-21T20:24:41.785-05:002014-02-21T20:24:41.785-05:00Thanks! That Atonement sex scene call. Very import...Thanks! That Atonement sex scene call. Very important, and very well executed. The way it cuts to a master shot from Briony's POV is ingenious (and oddly hilarious).Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-29005682302749668842014-02-21T10:32:59.896-05:002014-02-21T10:32:59.896-05:00Brilliant collection of necessary sex! I'd al...Brilliant collection of necessary sex! I'd also add Atonement to this, for I think it brilliantly sets up the whole arc of the film, and without it the story wouldn't have been as impactful. It's also probably the best choreographed sex scene I've ever seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-38528696762940839682014-02-19T00:30:30.584-05:002014-02-19T00:30:30.584-05:00Great question, but a tad difficult for me to answ...Great question, but a tad difficult for me to answer, only because I don't get around to watching much TV. Of the shows I currently watch (House of Cards and True Detective), I don't think sex plays a very big role in them. In the first season of House of Cards, I thought the sex was an essential component to Kevin Spacey's deception. But of what I've seen of Season 2, sex has been mostly absent, and I don't think there's anything lacking from the show at all.<br /><br />The Wire, The Shield, Mad Men, and True Detective are other shows I've watched in recent years that use sex intermittently and effectively. Girls, The Sopranos and Deadwood contain(ed) quite a bit of sex, and I almost always thought it was necessary in all of them.<br /><br />So, I suppose my thoughts on sex and TV is the same as sex and movies: if it serves a purpose, then I'm all for it. But really, I don't make for a very expansive TV critic. Most of my time is spent on films. Still, that was a great question and I really appreciate you stopping by and commenting.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-43775915052895568282014-02-18T20:35:56.391-05:002014-02-18T20:35:56.391-05:00It seems to me, though, that some of the better st...It seems to me, though, that some of the better story-telling is taking place on TV and, almost simultaneous to the rise of good TV series, are storytellers who are using sex a great deal (pretty much anything on HBO comes to mind, but also something like Boss which, I think, was on Stars). One could make the argument that while the sex shown does not add anything particularly meaningful in the way of narrative development, it does reflect simply one more thing that people actually do. So ... what are your thoughts on sex and television?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-53931649148260466972014-02-18T17:15:38.790-05:002014-02-18T17:15:38.790-05:00That Fish Tank scene is so rough, BECAUSE it's...That Fish Tank scene is so rough, BECAUSE it's so realistic. Truly haunting shit. Fassbender is so damn good in that movie.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-574033632370969302014-02-17T13:55:07.875-05:002014-02-17T13:55:07.875-05:00The sex scene in A History of Violence is a fantas...The sex scene in A History of Violence is a fantastic choice for this list! Another Fassbender choice I thought of when reading your intro is in Fish Tank. When they finally have sex in that movie it's done in an almost brutally uncomfortable and realistic way. It really affected me. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015323238572496175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-76317437471817052162014-02-16T23:00:18.867-05:002014-02-16T23:00:18.867-05:00Yeah that scene led Groucho Marx to make this joke...Yeah that scene led Groucho Marx to make this joke, "Well I'm not interested in that. I don't care what they are doing in the sack, if I am not doing it, why should I sit in the theater and watch it?" <br /><br />I'm actually really glad to hear that you've seen the film. It really is an under appreciated gem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com