A nyone who’s ever been close to an unfortunately placed mirror in a steamy moment will know that sex rarely looks good. But you would think Hollywood might be able to work its magic and make it look sensational. Actors are hot.
Smooth editing should mean no awkward position reshuffles. Cinematographers make lighting soft and flattering. But sadly, that’s not always the case.
The script can always still let you down (think of J-Lo saying “Gobble gobble” as she seduces Ben Affleck in Gigli ), and so can the props –why can’t we unsee Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes getting all twisted up in silk ropes for Killing Me Softly ? There have been many, many more offenders through the years, with audiences suffering through everything from cliched dialogue to ecstatic yelps of pleasure. So here’s a ranking of the sex scenes that will make you want to leave the room, and not just because your parents are sitting next to you on the sofa. 20.
Eternals (2021) This film was supposed to be Marvel’s first big step into meditative arthouse cinema, with Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao at the helm. Instead, viewers were put through three hours of confounding backstories about obscure characters – and didn’t get a huge amount of action. To top it off, it featured the MCU’s first-ever sex scene, which could/should have been a momentous moment but instead amounted to not much more than a clumsy fumble around in the dark between Richard Madden and Gemma Chan, showing that their su.