That’s what I thought right when I saw this thread. I agree completely.
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.
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?”
Uh-uh. That’s the funniest sex scene ever. “Hello, Peter.”
The “Love Scene” in Terminator I is damned uncomfortable to watch. Linda Hamilton looks like she is in pain.
Uh, I thought the scene in Enemy at the Gates was incredibly hot…there’s no accounting for taste I guess…
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…
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.
And of course I meant "abomination…
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…
Oh, ok, my bad. Screened as “Joan of Arc” on cable over here in the UK.
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?”
Diddle scene? Okay, I’m interested. What exactly is this, I haven’t seen the movie.
My vote goes to crying game…nothing like a hetero sex scene where you find out the female is really a male…shiver
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.
This is easy…Jack Nicholson & Sally Struthers <shudder> in Five Easy Pieces
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.
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.
Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider in Last Tango in Paris.
The concept of Brando having sex is fine. The visual reality is something else.