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Sexy Movies
I was writing a review for Epinions, and tried to come up with the 10 sexiest moments in movies. I still haven't managed it.
So now I'm thinking "What makes a scene erotic?" What is sexy vs. silly? Why do some movies make me damp every time, and others just make me yawn?
Let's go with what I've got:
1) The airport scene in Random Hearts.
What this is: Harrison Ford's cop character and Kristen Scott
Thomas' Congresswoman get into a clench that leads to what we used to call
"heavy petting."
Why I think it's Hot: It's sudden, urgent, unexpected, desperate.
The sheer necessity of the physical release is overwhelming.
Also interesting is the idea that she climaxes and he doesn't.
I know exactly why I think this scene is hot. It's the "Been There, Done That, Review the Memory Often" factor. Airport parking garage, my old sedan, guy I'd been interested in for a few years. Long story short, it was like my life wound up on screen several years later.
2) The cage scene in Silence of the Lambs
What this is: Clarice Starling (Jodi Foster) and Hannibal Lecter
(Anthony Hopkins) engage in verbal intercourse, climaxing in what is
vulgarly called a "mindf*ck."
Why I think it's Hot: This is a profoundly intimate scene. There is
no touching whatsoever, which only increases the intimacy. Lecter's sheer
evil makes him attractive and intense. Starling is fully aware she is
feeding him pieces of her soul. I actually climaxed twice in the theater
during this.
This scene takes a lot of people way out of their comfort zone. I was so thrilled to watch homo superior at work.
3) The Mock Press Conference from Velvet Goldmine
What this is: Brian Slade (Christian Bales) and his lover Curt Wild
(Ewan McGregor) provide images for the tabloids. It culminates in an
utterly melting kiss. "The world is changed because you are made of ivory
and gold. The curve of your lips rewrites history."
Why I think it's Hot: Beautiful boys. Kissing. With poetry. Guh!
Glam makes me inarticulate.
This just appeals to my slashy little soul. As Anne Rice puts it in one of the Beauty books "men kissing, is there anything lovelier?"
Like Queer as Folk, this bit is pure voyeurism for me.
4)Embrace of the Vampire
What this is:
Why I think it's Hot
I forgot exactly which scene, but the vampire seduces the scantily clad chick.
I just have a vampire thing. I saw this 5 years ago, and nothing about is stands out except the seduction.
5) The seduction scene in What Lies Beneath
What this is: Claire (Michelle Pfeiffer) is possessed by husand
Norman's (Harrison Ford) dead lover. She dresses and does the bedroom with
candles, and pounces when he gets home.
Why I think it's Hot: Pfeiffer is incredibly hot. Pure Succubus.
She moves in a sexy, sinuous way and looks ready to suck her husband's soul
out.
This whole movie was hot, for all the running water imagery. But Michelle in pure succubus mode was breathtaking. This is why I fell so hard for her in Into the Night. She slinks. She purrs. She pounces and rips his clothes off. All the seductive moves that we think will work on our own men, and never do, she uses. But she uses them with such aclarity and perfection it's ridiculous. (And the fact he doesn't succumb is a nice touch of reality)
And this is where my train of thought ran out of track.
Gothic was pretty hot, but I can't decide which bit of it is best: the Byron/Claire, the Mary/Percy or the Percy/Byron. If pressed, the most lasting image is one of Byron (Gabriel Byrne), who has just gone down on Claire, coming up with blood on his mouth. Disturbing, erotic and horrifying. (She claims she's pregnant) He hovers like a dark angel, a demon lover, over her, and the camera loves every plane of his face.
Devil's Advocate was sexy, but nothing disturbingly erotic. The actors were all too white-bread for anything interesting. Even the girls in the elevator was just titillation.
I think I need to think more about why things are sexy vs. why things are dull. For some reason my brain just fell asleep
So now I'm thinking "What makes a scene erotic?" What is sexy vs. silly? Why do some movies make me damp every time, and others just make me yawn?
Let's go with what I've got:
1) The airport scene in Random Hearts.
What this is: Harrison Ford's cop character and Kristen Scott
Thomas' Congresswoman get into a clench that leads to what we used to call
"heavy petting."
Why I think it's Hot: It's sudden, urgent, unexpected, desperate.
The sheer necessity of the physical release is overwhelming.
Also interesting is the idea that she climaxes and he doesn't.
I know exactly why I think this scene is hot. It's the "Been There, Done That, Review the Memory Often" factor. Airport parking garage, my old sedan, guy I'd been interested in for a few years. Long story short, it was like my life wound up on screen several years later.
2) The cage scene in Silence of the Lambs
What this is: Clarice Starling (Jodi Foster) and Hannibal Lecter
(Anthony Hopkins) engage in verbal intercourse, climaxing in what is
vulgarly called a "mindf*ck."
Why I think it's Hot: This is a profoundly intimate scene. There is
no touching whatsoever, which only increases the intimacy. Lecter's sheer
evil makes him attractive and intense. Starling is fully aware she is
feeding him pieces of her soul. I actually climaxed twice in the theater
during this.
This scene takes a lot of people way out of their comfort zone. I was so thrilled to watch homo superior at work.
3) The Mock Press Conference from Velvet Goldmine
What this is: Brian Slade (Christian Bales) and his lover Curt Wild
(Ewan McGregor) provide images for the tabloids. It culminates in an
utterly melting kiss. "The world is changed because you are made of ivory
and gold. The curve of your lips rewrites history."
Why I think it's Hot: Beautiful boys. Kissing. With poetry. Guh!
Glam makes me inarticulate.
This just appeals to my slashy little soul. As Anne Rice puts it in one of the Beauty books "men kissing, is there anything lovelier?"
Like Queer as Folk, this bit is pure voyeurism for me.
4)Embrace of the Vampire
What this is:
Why I think it's Hot
I forgot exactly which scene, but the vampire seduces the scantily clad chick.
I just have a vampire thing. I saw this 5 years ago, and nothing about is stands out except the seduction.
5) The seduction scene in What Lies Beneath
What this is: Claire (Michelle Pfeiffer) is possessed by husand
Norman's (Harrison Ford) dead lover. She dresses and does the bedroom with
candles, and pounces when he gets home.
Why I think it's Hot: Pfeiffer is incredibly hot. Pure Succubus.
She moves in a sexy, sinuous way and looks ready to suck her husband's soul
out.
This whole movie was hot, for all the running water imagery. But Michelle in pure succubus mode was breathtaking. This is why I fell so hard for her in Into the Night. She slinks. She purrs. She pounces and rips his clothes off. All the seductive moves that we think will work on our own men, and never do, she uses. But she uses them with such aclarity and perfection it's ridiculous. (And the fact he doesn't succumb is a nice touch of reality)
And this is where my train of thought ran out of track.
Gothic was pretty hot, but I can't decide which bit of it is best: the Byron/Claire, the Mary/Percy or the Percy/Byron. If pressed, the most lasting image is one of Byron (Gabriel Byrne), who has just gone down on Claire, coming up with blood on his mouth. Disturbing, erotic and horrifying. (She claims she's pregnant) He hovers like a dark angel, a demon lover, over her, and the camera loves every plane of his face.
Devil's Advocate was sexy, but nothing disturbingly erotic. The actors were all too white-bread for anything interesting. Even the girls in the elevator was just titillation.
I think I need to think more about why things are sexy vs. why things are dull. For some reason my brain just fell asleep