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Sex in movies is so weird. It's hard for me to think of a movie that has a sexy (or erotic, titillating, etc.) sex scene. Like jaws, I think it is best to ramp up the tension and only show a little bit of the shark. I imagine I'm in the minority. I remember reading Roger corman's biography and his words were "move the camera and have frontal nudity." I suppose that is the paradigm.

I suppose part of it comes down to one's idea of 'good' sex, which I think you get at. As you write, good sex generally only comes out of intimacy (or at least skillfulness); maybe that is difficult (or not interesting) to show.

Now that I think about it, perhaps the movies that to me most accurately capture an intimate moment were ED prescription drug commercials (which is both hilarious and sad).

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