I know plenty of woefully misguided parents took their kids to Team America: World Police thinking dolls=good clean fun and were treated to a few excruciating minutes of doll sex, and an (adult) friend of mine went to see A History of Violence with his parents prepared for the violence, not the sex on the stairs. What other movies “spring” sex (or graphic nude) scenes on the casual viewer (even if they’re later discussed, in detail, they’re not mentioned in every review or a basic plot summary). I’m not figuring out what to rent tonight, I’m figuring out what not to rent with the 'rents in town.
Well, this might not exactly apply since the scene is so quick, but the first thing I thought of is the dude in the dog mask blowing the other dude in The Shining. Not sure if the rents would even catch what’s going on there.
I went to see Dona Flor and her Two Husbands with my father, and was surprised by the graphic sex scene in the middle of it. There was an embarassed and touchy silence between us. Eventually he leaned over and said “Your Great Uncle was like that,” referring to the character of the philandering husband.
(Not related to the OP, but a good story – I later took him to see The Jewel of the Nile, the sequel to Romancing the Stone, which he had not seen. Halfway through he leaned over and asked me ,“So, what’s this movie about?”)
I think any parent who took their child to see Team America would have left during America, Fuck Yeah! and missed the later sex scenes.
One scene (nude not sex) that might have been a surprise was Jullianne Moore walking around with no pants on for about 20 minutes in Shortcuts. Yes the carpet matches the curtains.
Saw Shortcuts on video when I was very young… I think that’s why I think I am in lovw with Juliane Moore…
One of Peter Jackson’s early movies was Meet the Feebles; sort of an R-rated Muppet Show. The Feebles are preparing for their first nationwide TV broadcast. The host (a rabbit) will be lucky to survive the day, since he has every known venereal disease. The knife-thrower (a frog or lizard of some kind) has shaky hands because he’s strung out on heroin which he got hooked on because he was tortured by flashbacks to 'Nam. When we first see the group’s manager (a walrus) he’s being orally serviced under the desk by the star’s understudy (a cat). The star (a hippo) is married to the walrus, and in a state of emotional fragility over his infidelity she goes berzerk and eats a bakery.
All that said, I don’t remember if there are any actual, explicit sexual acts shown. It’s extremely graphic, and nearly every bodily fluid shows up at some point, but the puppets make it unreal (or surreal) enough that the absurdity barely edges out the disgust. Just don’t rent this thinking it’s going to be a cute little kids movie with puppets.
And if you’ve seen this movie, and could detect any hints that the guy who made it would go on to do The Lord of the Rings trilogy, I’d love to hear about it.
Make me feel goooooood!
Make me feeeeeel gooood!
(hey, all I can say is that Billy Bob lays down the wood when he’s simulating sex)
I guess it’s unlikely, what with the massive press, but maybe somebody out there didn’t expect to see Heath Ledger boink Jake Gylnwhatsisface in Brokeback Mountain.
In Something New when the star kicks the guy out of the house - and he immediately bursts back in, pins her against the wall atop a side table, and gives it to her right in the foyer (consensually, of course, and discreetly enough to keep the movie rated PG-13).
No, you are in love with Juliane because you are intelligent. 
THe thread title reminds me of a one liner I heard somewhere: Rape is such a bad word… let’s call it “suprise sex” instead.
I saw Starship Troopers with my parents and grandparents. Sure, we could have handled soldiers being ripped to shreds and being devoured alive by the bugs, but no one wants to see a sex scene while sitting next to grandma on the couch.
I wonder if Lion King’s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” scene made anyone feel uncomfortable. It was nowhere near graphic, but it was completely unambiguous.
Thank you!
God-damned furries have ruined almost every Disney film for me.
I’m finding it hard to belive that you hadn’t an inkling that there’d be some graphic sex from that title. It’s the first thing that comes to mind when I read it.
Of course, that’s often the first thing that comes to mind, regardless.
It’s not at all obvious – this was a serious Brazilian film starring Sonia Braga. It was the basis for the Broadway musical Sarava, which had, IIRC, no graphic sex scenes, and was remade as the Sally Field/James Caan movie Kiss Me Goodbye. One of the two husbands is dead – it’s not about polyandry. Why would I think it had graphic sex scenes?
The Name of the Rose is fairly graphic for a few moments with little indication or need.
Four words: Enemy at the Gates. Ewwwww.
“Ewwwww”???
That was one of the hottest sex scenes on film! Just so…raw…and purposeful…and…Rachel Weiss…
Hmmm…at the time, did Braga make any movies that **didn’t **have graphic sex scenes? 