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can someone describe the intimate love scenes?

posted 19 years ago by SpielbergTemp
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i've read from Afterelton that there is no explicit sex scenes in this movie.So I'm a bitt curious? what do they show? do they show the leads kiss at least?

[–] thomasdosborneii 19 years ago

I'm probably not the best person to answer, since I saw this film last July at Outfest and don't really REMEMBER any sex scene in the movie. Maybe, just maybe, there is a scene of both guys lying next to each other in the same bed...if that. The film lets you know that they had sex, but doesn't show it. I don't remember a kiss, although there might have been one.

[–] namyah1 19 years ago

The film is VERY pulled back, and to great effect. There are exactly zero sex scenes in the movie. There is one man-on-man kiss, but it's seen from a distance. Then they cut to the guys lying in bed after having sex.

Again, the film deals with everything gently. Very moving, but not what you want to see for cheap voyeuristic thrills. Not that there's anything wrong with cheap voyeuristic thrills, mind you.

[–] SpielbergTemp 19 years ago

i don't think seeing to men in love kiss is voyeristic.I could care less about the sex.but the lack of a visible kiss is sad.Michael kelly is hot!

[–] layyze 19 years ago

There is a visible kiss in one scene, but as said it is brief and cuts to two men lying in bed next to eachother. Although, this isn't really the type of movie where "hotness" matters.

[–] bjorkpluto 19 years ago

I don't think the other poster was being "cheap" for asking about same sex kissing scenes...There is nothing wrong with two men kissing..and I quite frankly find it annoying that they claim a movie has "gay people" in it yet we see ONE same sex kiss from a DISTANCE...That sounds like the filmmakers were trying to hard not to "upset" certain viewers....No one is saying the movie has to be "explicit" but I do believe that if a movie has "gay characters" in it and since Hollywood...has been so strangely "quiet" about gay sex scenes there should had been more...Simple as that....

[–] ComtessaLaRue 16 years ago

I think sex would have ruined it (and this is coming from someone who LOVES to watch all kinds of the gay sex). It was the perfect film, everything was detached to just the right degree, it was serious and dramatic, but not melodramatic or trying too hard, and it had excellent character development.

[–] clogteachr-1 18 years ago

There is none as this movie has nothing to do about sex. It is not a "coming out" movie -- it is a movie about three lives and how they relate to each other, even from a distance ...

[–] ohioriver 18 years ago

It's interesting that bjorkpluto thinks more visible evidence of sex is needed for it to be to be considered a gay film... It kind of explains how films and the culture have changed. There was a time when sex was hinted at, but never shown. Movies might indicate that sex had had happened, but never showed it... but everyone still knew...

I'm not saying which way is better, but I'm just saying that sex can be implied without showing it. I haven't yet had the opportunity to see Loggerheads, but definitely am looking forward to seeing it when the movie is shown in my town. Perhaps, the filmmakers thought that showing the actual love-making might detract from the message they were trying to get across. Yet, they still got across the fact of two men in love with each... and also told the story of the movie.

I'm looking forward to seeing the movie myself so I can better comment about the movie. Still, I will respond that one does not necessarily have to show sex in a movie to convey love. In fact, love is truly expressed in the way a couple responds and interacts with each other in everyday life. Sex is just one of many ways that romantic love can be expressed between two people.

[–] Erinlizbeth 17 years ago

Remember the day that Pregnant was allowed to be said on TV? On The I love Lucy show they weren't allowed to say the word "Pregnant" and had to say a subsitute, forget what it was now.

Oh and not everyone (I guess) wants to see a guy laying on his belly while another guy does the backyard deed.

[–] cliffordsax 15 years ago

As much as I would have liked to have seen Michael Kelly naked, anything more explicit would have not been in keeping with the characters. The development was gentle,the two gay characters were gentle, both had a beautiful sensitivity that would have been completely skewed had we seen anything more explicit.

The simple kiss / hug under the pier and the scene in bed were well balanced within the context of the film and characters involved.

I wonder who was top?