Going to the movies is usually a fun event for the whole family. There’s a reason that movie theaters — filled with people talking during dialogue, overpriced food and snacks, and questionably sticky floors — have survived for so long despite all of our other entertainment options.
It’s the kind of activity you can do at any time of day, and usually with just about anybody.
Of course, there are exceptions if a movie has some more…grown-up material. Because let’s face it: depending on who you’re watching a movie with, a love scene can be awkward for a variety of reasons. Mom, dad, and grandma are sitting next to you? Forget it, you don’t even want two characters kissing for too long, let alone full-on going at it. But some love scenes transcend even circumstantial weirdness, and are so painfully awkard in and of themselves that you’d be embarrassed to watch them alone. Here’s a list of love scenes that will have you begging, “Ugh, can we go back to the graphic violence, please?”
Watchmen – Superhero Sexy Time
Second only to that blue naked guy, the weirdest thing in Watchmen just might be the big sex scene. Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) and Silk Spectre II (Malin Akerman) join forces for some dirty superhero action. It’s celebratory sex after an evening of crime-fighting (and coming right after an unsuccessful tryst where a nervous Nite Owl couldn’t, uh, perform his superhero duties). But really, it’s about two people who have to put on superhero costumes and beat bad guys to get in the mood. What’s really weird is that Nite Owl and Silk Spectre make love in Nite Owl’s “Owlship” vehicle to the strains of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” a song that’s more sad than sexy. Critic Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times called the scene “off-putting,” and you know, we have to agree.
Avatar – Love is Blue
James Cameron’s CGI world of Avatar was so different, so alien, that even the act of physical intimacy was something to behold. Of course, that doesn’t take into consideration whether or not it was something anyone actually wanted to behold. Here’s the main thing: on the planet Pandora, making love is basically just plug and play. Thanks to his Na’vi avatar, human Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) can get busy with actual Na’vi female Neytiri (Zoe Saldana). Of course, that means connecting the tendrils on the ends of their braids to fully experience one another in the most intimate of ways. And let’s not forget, this all goes down in a purple jellyfish forest.
Of course, that’s not the worst part about all this. No, the worst part is that audiences were so enamored with the planet of Pandora and all the Na’vi’s ponytail-linking love, that many people actually reported feeling depressed that they couldn’t live in the world of Avatar in real life.
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