DuracellEnergizer said:

This may be harkening back to the dead and retired conversation on the whole 50 Shades of Grey discussion, but I've got a serious question for darth_ender and others who share similar views on sexuality in films.

Is it alright to portray graphic sex in a film if it's portrayed in a bad light -- ie. as immoral and/or damaging to the people who partake it in? Not to glorify promiscuity/adultery/etc., but to show its ugly side?

No, because it would be pointless. I wouldn't want to see a movie that had really explicit gory scenes either. I don't need to see every detail in order to understand an idea, which could be conveyed through dialogue, or hinting at sex/gore. I don't think it's always wrong for two people to be shown on screen in the act, so long as it isn't sexually arousing. Once it's sexually arousing, it becomes porn, and I believe that porn is very wrong.