darth_ender said:
Briefly, seldom does sex advance the story. And I don't care how arrogant it sounds, I don't believe in sex before marriage, and I wish movies didn't show it as not only acceptable but even preferable: apparently only losers wait. This really is a common theme.
Even if sex is part of the story, or acceptable, how much do we have to see to know what is happening? Alfred Hitchcock implied sex scenes without even showing anything more than passionate kissing. Today we have to see a lot of skin for lengthy amounts of time. It doesn't matter if it arouses. It doesn't matter if actually shows the nipples or the butt cracks or whatever. It's trashy and unnecessary. We all know what sex is, but movies these days try to make it more and more risque in order to, as was said earlier, though with different intent, appeal to the lowest common denominator. Why not show a little respect for the human body and for sexual intimacy?
Were you born dressed up? The way to show respect to the human body is to throw away the stupid "moral" standards that makes it a taboo.
Now I too don't care if I sound arrogant, but there is something fundamentally wrong with a belief that showing naked human body is unacceptable or even "trashy". In fact, such notion (propagated by many religions) is downright sick. Same goes for trying to present sex as something inappropriate for general discussion/presentation.
If a film wants to shows a human body or sexual intercourse, then that is no more inappropriate than showing a human eating food or taking a dump.
Gore, physical violence and psychological violence (things seen in almost every film) are actually inappropriate compared to naked body or sex, which are not inappropriate at all. Yet a lot of people seem to find those things much more acceptable in a film than for example sex. And I think I know know what is to be blamed for this sick hypocrisy.
And my comment about "marriage before sex"; marriage is a human-made nonsense, while sex is an essential and fundamental step in human evolution.