Do you find most movies today have nudity or sex scenes in them....just because?

In other words, have audiences become so feeble minded, or horny, that we can't enjoy a film unless there are lady boobs or man ass on display?

Discuss.

Yes.

I do find that!! Sometimes Im watching a show and I say.. 'was that really necessary for this scene" then I find myself feeling like an old lady saying it, so I shut up..

But really... I agree

^ How did this happen? Some of the best films I've enjoyed, many of them classics, have next to no nudity in them.

A History Of Violence is a good gangster film but damn the scene with Maria Bello and Viggo fuckin' on the staircase and damn the scene where she comes out of the bathroom just to reveal her bush. The carpet did not match the drapes either. I sat there like the hell is this for?

HotGritz said:

^ How did this happen? Some of the best films I've enjoyed, many of them classics, have next to no nudity in them.

because actors had to actually be good back in the day, not just show themselves nude...

It must be our telepathy HotGritz, becuase I was thinking just today about sex scenes are movies and tv: Are they ever REALLY necessary? What were some awful ones (Tany's Island, Vanity getting humped by the ape ) What are some decent ones, if any? ( )

IMO they are almost always gratuitous and not needed... Just my .02

What was the movie with Richard gere and Diane lane, they were married... Unfaithful??, that one had some decent sex scenes... Not alot of nudity but I felt the scenes were "kinda" necessary to the movie to put you in her "state of mind"

I am finding lately that the nudity is not some hot woman's boobs, but some hideous man's ass.

Gratuitous sex scenes kinda get on my nerves sometimes to be honest with you....& I love nudity!

It beats having to come up with a cohesive entertaining storyline. Hey, you get to see so and so's tits, and whats his name's butt that's worth the cost of production alone, isn't it? The demographics speak for themselves, it's what the people want.

NDRU said:

I am finding lately that the nudity is not some hot woman's boobs, but some hideous man's ass.

The worse man ass I ever saw on screen was Pierce Brosnan. Ooh lord it was traumatizing.

I must say though, there is hardly the same amount of male nudity in film as there is female nudity. Men are nowhere nearly as objectified. A woman's boobs, ass and frontal twat are often just thrown out there for no good reason.

If eye watch a film eye dont want 2 c gratuitous sex.....when u watch porn like eye do u dont realy want 2 get it thrown in ur face willy nilly when trying 2 enjoy a movie..But they say sex sells so sex in the movies will always b there 2 cause Controversy...But eye wish they wouldnt do it so much.

Adisa said:

It must be our telepathy HotGritz, becuase I was thinking just today about sex scenes are movies and tv: Are they ever REALLY necessary? What were some awful ones (Tany's Island, Vanity getting humped by the ape ) What are some decent ones, if any? ( )

IMO they are almost always gratuitous and not needed... Just my .02

Ghost?

I feel nudity improves most fillms, if it is gratuitous then it is an added bonus to the film

I have seen some wonderful films especially older ones with no nudity, but wouldn't it have been great to see those women naked.

What really bothers me is when a film needs sex for the storyline and they still have no nudity: woman lying in bed after being sure to cover herself.

Maing love, making love, making love...1934

http://www.youtube.com/wa...LYgkB4na00

HotGritz said:

NDRU said:

I am finding lately that the nudity is not some hot woman's boobs, but some hideous man's ass.

The worse man ass I ever saw on screen was Pierce Brosnan. Ooh lord it was traumatizing.

I must say though, there is hardly the same amount of male nudity in film as there is female nudity. Men are nowhere nearly as objectified. A woman's boobs, ass and frontal twat are often just thrown out there for no good reason.

no, mens' asses are used probably more for comedy than for sex. I think for sex you are right that women are more objectified. Sometimes that is not true. I watched Nip Tuck a few times, and it was nothing but thrusting mens' asses.

But in these sophomoric sex comedies where we used to see boobs, now we're seeing Will Ferrel and Zack Galfaninakannanas butts

I admit, though, I am biased. Perhaps I don't notice the good as much as the bad

paintsprayer said:

I feel nudity improves most fillms, if it is gratuitous then it is an added bonus to the film

I have seen some wonderful films especially older ones with no nudity, but wouldn't it have been great to see those women naked.

What really bothers me is when a film needs sex for the storyline and they still have no nudity: woman lying in bed after being sure to cover herself.

When people have sex with their clothes on. That's weird to me.

To your first point, I don't feel that nudity improves most films but I do agree that sometimes, emphasis on sometimes, its an added bonus to the film. I didn't get the next to opening scene in 28 Days Later where a nude Cilliam Murphy is laying in his hospital bed, full frontal, but I appreciated it only because I find him extremely hot. Bonus!

Well, it's horror movie season. And horror movies are worst at doing this

From the 80's to current, there is a gratious naked chick or 10 for no reason other then for TNA

And is a guys naked it is usuallyf or comedy purposes.... which is lame. Especially as mentioned if they show an ass.

Does anyone know whether or not its' true that if you show a penis on screen for more than 60 seconds the film automatically gets an NC 17/X rating? Or is it an erect penis only?

Am I just a minority here in thinking that there's a lot less gratuitous nudity and sex scenes in mainstream movies troday than there was back in the late 1970's and early 1980's? I remember back in the 70's when you had movies like Last Tango In Paris, Looking For Mr. Goodbar, Taxi Driver, Pretty Baby, and the like, where there were not only lots of nudity but some pretty graphic sex scenes and some upfront shots of women's genitalia. And you had the really raunchy teen sex comedies that derived from Animal House, which itself had a lot of nudity, which led to movies like Porky's, Revenge of the Nerds, The Last American Virgin, My Tutor, and Class, which was a teen MILF comedy where Andrew McCarthy (pre-brat pack) had a sexual relationship with Rob Lowe's mother. In fact, The Last Amerian Virgin even had a scene that featured a penis measuring contest which featured a lot of visible boners behind tighty whitey underwear. And of course, all of the popular horror movies of the time (Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street) had a bunch of very horny teenagers just waiting to be slashed up by Michael Myers, Jason Voorhies, and Freddy Kreuger the minute they took their clothes off.

The nudity/sex quotient went downhill after 9-1/2 Weeks and after the John Hughes movies became really popular. Basic Instinct was scandalous for its time because no a-list actress was going commando on screen and letting the world see their private parts. Sure, there were some straight-to-video and Cinemax movies in the 90's starring various Playboy playmates and Penthouse Pets that were laden with full frontal nudity and gratuitous sex scenes, but they were not mainstream. And these days, I'd argue that there's a lot more nudity and sex on pay cable TV shows then on the big screen.

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Eye love Disclosure and Basic Instinct loads of gratuitous sex scenes but u knew what u were gonna get as those films were very much about sex......When its relevant 2 the story line gratuitous sex is fine..

how else am i supposed to see my favourite actresses in the nude?

HotGritz said:

Do you find most movies today have nudity or sex scenes in them....just because?

In other words, have audiences become so feeble minded, or horny, that we can't enjoy a film unless there are lady boobs or man ass on display?

Discuss.

It's either fucking, cussing, people and/or things being blown up: THE END.

That's what most Hollywierd movies consisit of, I don't bother.

728huey said:

Am I just a minority here in thinking that there's a lot less gratuitous nudity and sex scenes in mainstream movies troday than there was back in the late 1970's and early 1980's? I remember back in the 70's when you had movies like Last Tango In Paris, Looking For Mr. Goodbar, Taxi Driver, Pretty Baby, and the like, where there were not only lots of nudity but some pretty graphic sex scenes and some upfront shots of women's genitalia. And you had the really raunchy teen sex comedies that derived from Animal House, which itself had a lot of nudity, which led to movies like Porky's, Revenge of the Nerds, The Last American Virgin, My Tutor, and Class, which was a teen MILF comedy where Andrew McCarthy (pre-brat pack) had a sexual relationship with Rob Lowe's mother. In fact, The Last Amerian Virgin even had a scene that featured a penis measuring contest which featured a lot of visible boners behind tighty whitey underwear. And of course, all of the popular horror movies of the time (Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street) had a bunch of very horny teenagers just waiting to be slashed up by Michael Myers, Jason Voorhies, and Freddy Kreuger the minute they took their clothes off.

The nudity/sex quotient went downhill after 9-1/2 Weeks and after the John Hughes movies became really popular. Basic Instinct was scandalous for its time because no a-list actress was going commando on screen and letting the world see their private parts. Sure, there were some straight-to-video and Cinemax movies in the 90's starring various Playboy playmates and Penthouse Pets that were laden with full frontal nudity and gratuitous sex scenes, but they were not mainstream. And these days, I'd argue that there's a lot more nudity and sex on pay cable TV shows then on the big screen.

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No, you are correct. And don't forget all the grindhouse movies from back then. When I was younger I watched all those movies you mentioned and then some just FOR the nudity and the sex. No that I'm an old man of 37 ( with access to a lot of IRL nude women ) it's all just so blah...

Yes that or a bunch of clevage. However the worst is in horror movies right before they are torn to pieces. Always has been and probably always will be. Remember The Shining? I still have nightmares thinking about that naked old woman

HotGritz said:

A History Of Violence is a good gangster film but damn the scene with Maria Bello and Viggo fuckin' on the staircase and damn the scene where she comes out of the bathroom just to reveal her bush. The carpet did not match the drapes either. I sat there like the hell is this for?

The sex in that movie was not gratuitous if you got the whole point of the film.

We see a civilized, simple, meek mild nice guy who is in denial of his past until it's violently forced upon him. This is an allegory for the primal instincts of man/animal, masked by thousands of years of civilization.

Even the sex scenes reflected that. The first one being somewhat "cute" and sugarcoated to be a leisure activity as opposed to a biological necessity, the latter being strictly primal and an act of dominance.

Many movies have gratuitous sex scenes though, sure, but most of them are terrible.

tinaz said:

HotGritz said:

^ How did this happen? Some of the best films I've enjoyed, many of them classics, have next to no nudity in them.

because actors had to actually be good back in the day, not just show themselves nude...

and there you have it!

TD3 said:

HotGritz said:

Do you find most movies today have nudity or sex scenes in them....just because?

In other words, have audiences become so feeble minded, or horny, that we can't enjoy a film unless there are lady boobs or man ass on display?

Discuss.

It's either fucking, cussing, people and/or things being blown up: THE END.

That's what most Hollywierd movies consisit of, I don't bother.

I have to admit, that's why I rarely see any popular blockbuster movies. I usually kinda comb and shop around for festival films or just look for something with a specific actor or director when I'm in the mood for a movie these days.

HotGritz said:

Do you find most movies today have nudity or sex scenes in them....just because?

In other words, have audiences become so feeble minded, or horny, that we can't enjoy a film unless there are lady boobs or man ass on display?

Discuss.

i get the feeling they toss in the sex scenes when the writer run out of ideas for plot and character development. kind of like the default setting.

what i really dislike is when thje gratuitous sex is mixed in with violence so that the audience is conditioned to feel arousal in conjunction with watching violent acts. creeptastic, that.

ps when i feel like the writers or directors are trying to play me with that gratuitous sex crap i put the movie on fast forward and watch it thus. now that's amusing

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