# Worst/most awkward sex scene in a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162 "2002-04-23T16:01:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/61 "2002-04-26T04:05:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qwertyasdfg \* > \*\*In **Enemy at the Gates** Jude Law and some woman have sex in a crowded barracks in Stalingrad, right next to other soldiers who are ostensibly asleep. The whole thing is about 45 secs. (no pun intended.) \*\* That’s what I thought right when I saw this thread. I agree completely. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Maximino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mighty\_Maximino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Maximino)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/62 "2002-04-26T04:44:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qwertyasdfg \* > \*\*In **Enemy at the Gates** Jude Law and some woman have sex in a crowded barracks in Stalingrad, right next to other soldiers who are ostensibly asleep. The whole thing is about 45 secs. (no pun intended.) \*\* Saw that with my roommate – he turned to me and said, “I guess snipers shoot quickly.” I had real trouble focusing on the movie past that point, which was too bad, because it was pretty interesting. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/63 "2002-04-26T04:52:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TPWombat \* > \*\* > > I think that that movie might possibly have been Luc Besson’s **Joan of Arc** \*\* If you’re talking about the movie starring Milla Jovovich, it was originally going to be called that but was apparently changed to The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc right before its release. I have to agree with the previous three posters, the scene in Enemy at the Gates was the most repugnant I have seen in recent years. (And thank you so much for dredging it out of my memory. 😛 ) It also has my vote for the worst. I don’t know how they ever imagined that it could pass for even vaguely attractive- a quick screw under a ratty blanket in the middle of a crowd?? Surely there was SOMEWHERE they could slip away to for the minute that it took to complete the deed…or as my SO said: “Why couldn’t they have gotten bombed right then?” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/64 "2002-04-26T05:08:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TPWombat \* > \*\*The most disturbing, repugnant, sex scene **ever** must surely be the (imaginary) scene in [Office Space](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0151804) where Bill Lumbergh humps Jennifer Aniston’s character, pausing in mid-stroke to take a swill of coffee??? > \*\* Uh-uh. That’s the _funniest_ sex scene ever. “Hello, Peter.” ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/65 "2002-04-26T19:38:20Z")
The “Love Scene” in _Terminator I_ is damned uncomfortable to watch. Linda Hamilton looks like she is in **pain**. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/66 "2002-04-26T20:38:30Z")
Uh, I thought the scene in **Enemy at the Gates** was incredibly hot…there’s no accounting for taste I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Amidar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Amidar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amidar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/67 "2002-04-26T20:59:54Z")
Three more: First: I can’t believe no one’s yet mentioned **Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom** by Pasolini. Each sex scene in that movie outdoes the one before in terms of horror and putrescence. I will never understand how Pasolini can still be considered a respected director after filming that abonimation… thank Jah he never had a chance to top it. Second: **Muriel’s Wedding** has that scene with the title character and a younger man trying, unsuccessfully, to have sex. It’s so awkward, it’s brutal. Third: The remake of **The Getaway** with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger has one really horrible sex scene. A veterinarian and his wife have been kidnapped, and the kidnapper has sex with the wife constantly in a motel room, while the vet is tied up in a corner and has to listen. She obviously enjoys the experience–he ends up hanging himself. I still can’t erase that one from my mind… ---
**Author:** ![ScriptAnalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@ScriptAnalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScriptAnalyst)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/68 "2002-04-26T21:08:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amidar \* > **First: I can’t believe no one’s yet mentioned Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom by Pasolini. Each sex scene in that movie outdoes the one before in terms of horror and putrescence. I will never understand how Pasolini can still be considered a respected director after filming that abonimation… thank Jah he never had a chance to top it.** In some perverse way, the putrescence of the film is considered a badge of honor by some critics: Passoline proved how courageous he was by refusing to flinch from the ugliness he was portraying. [www.thescriptanalyst.com](http://www.thescriptanalyst.com) ---
**Author:** ![Amidar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Amidar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amidar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/69 "2002-04-26T21:36:40Z")
And of course I meant "abo **min** ation… > [@](#): > > ScriptAnalyst said: > **In some perverse way, the putrescence of the film is considered a badge of honor by some critics: Passoline proved how courageous he was by refusing to flinch from the ugliness he was portraying.** I know… A former housemate of mine felt the same way–that Pasolini was the boldest of directors for such an uncompromising assault on fascism. Of course, my housemate was in most respects a total nutjob, so this opinion from him didn’t surprise me much. 😃 Anyway, I wonder how many of Pasolini’s fans could sit through the “Circle of Blood” or the “Circle of S\*\*t” sections of the movie. They’re pretty nasty… ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/70 "2002-04-27T12:55:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fairblue \* > If you’re talking about the movie starring Milla Jovovich, it was originally going to be called that but was apparently changed to The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc right before its release. Oh, ok, my bad. Screened as “Joan of Arc” on cable over here in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/71 "2002-04-27T16:48:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cat Fight \* > \*\*Pretty much anything while your parents are in the room. Any sex scene in Oz springs to mind. \*\* So true. I saw _Eyes Wide Shut_ with my boyfriend and my mom, after she horned her way in on our date. _shudder_ Luckily that was the last time she tried that. I wouldn’t say the sex scene in _Enemy at the Gates_ was one of the worst on film, but it was definitely awkward. I understand the circumstances for it, but my reaction was “Now, how much is she really enjoying that?” ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/72 "2002-04-28T01:14:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\* > > You cannot possibly be referring to the infamous “diddle” scene. :eek: I can think of few scenes in movies which I have found MORE erotic than that one! > > \*\* _Diddle_ scene? Okay, I’m interested. What exactly is this, I haven’t seen the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Fouccalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fouccalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fouccalt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/73 "2002-04-28T03:00:51Z")
My vote goes to crying game…nothing like a hetero sex scene where you find out the female is really a male…_shiver_ ---
**Author:** ![Avumede](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/avumede/32/7235_2.png) [@Avumede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avumede)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/74 "2002-04-28T17:03:52Z")
What, no mention of Tetsuo: The Iron Man? Any sex scene in which the male’s appendage transforms into a massive drill with predictable results has got to be pretty bad. I have thankfully forgotten the details. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Frink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mr.Frink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Frink)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/75 "2002-04-29T04:03:30Z")
This is easy…Jack Nicholson & Sally Struthers _\_ in **Five Easy Pieces** ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/76 "2002-04-29T05:25:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xanadu \* > \*\*_Diddle_ scene? Okay, I’m interested. What exactly is this, I haven’t seen the movie. \*\* Is this the scene where Ellen Barkin says, “I haven’t had much luck with sex,” and Dennis Quaid responds, “Your luck’s about to change.” Oh. Yeah. _Baby._ ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/77 "2002-04-29T05:33:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TPWombat \* > \*\*Oh, ok, my bad. Screened as “Joan of Arc” on cable over here in the UK. \*\* Final word, from the DVD liner notes: “The extended international release of this feature is titled _Joan of Arc_. The U.S. domestic version is titled _The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc_.” Same movie, two titles, no I don’t know why they bothered. So that this isn’t a total hijack: Roger Moore and Grace Jones in _A View To A Kill_. Just…plain…WRONG. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162/78 "2002-04-29T05:42:46Z")
Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider in _Last Tango in Paris_. The **concept** of Brando having sex is fine. The visual reality is something else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162.md?page=3)