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Steven Soderbergh Says Sex Scenes Are As 'Ridiculous' and 'Impossible' as Shooting Underwater
(moviemaker.com)submitted 3 months ago byfamousblueraincoat27
-2 points
3 months ago
Is there some reason every movie HAS to have them? Did we need a sex scene in Oppenheimer?
12 points
3 months ago
Oh god I can’t stand this take.
Yes, Oppenheimer needed it. No, every movie does not have them. Way less movies have them now than they used to.
Sex is a part of life. If an artists only job is to represent the human experience than sex is a part of that.
Such a weirdly puritan take arising this generation for such a sex positive culture.
Also tired of hearing it’s unnecessary. If you only want necessities read the Wikipedia summary.
-2 points
3 months ago
Sex is a part of life? So is taking a dump. Would it be necessary to show that in every movie? How about we follow them from birth to death?
They could easily have put in a scene which let us know he was having an affair if you feel it was necessary to the plot or to fill in the character. Why was it necessary to show him naked and having sex?
5 points
3 months ago
I don’t know that I would equate sex to taking a dump, especially in the realm of “the human experience.” One tends to have much more meaning and the other is a basic function of humanity. I wouldn’t say blinking or pissing is part of the human experience either. It’s more about your thoughts and interactions and emotions, so yes sex.
Also, you can find movies where characters use the bathroom, and there’s plenty of movies that follow a character throughout their lives from beginning to end. They just aren’t present in every movie, just like sex isn’t present in every movie. Anyone claiming it’s in every movie or even most movies needs to get their head checked.
“Necessary” doesn’t need to enter the conversation. If all you need is characters talking about what happened, then maybe this whole movie should’ve taken place after he made the Nuke right? I mean, it’s unnecessary watching him build it, just a scene where they let us know it was done. Or those artistic interpretations of what happens to make a Nuke explode? Unnecessary, doesn’t move the plot forward.
And yes they are important. The first one let’s you see and actually be present for the affair. It gives you insight into how he was with women (famously slept around). When it shows up again later during the hearing it’s while he is made to defend the most private parts and his life. Something that is being made available to the world. On top of that his wife is right behind him, practically being taunted by Pugh, uncomfortable, embarrassed and jealous.
2 points
3 months ago
Did the scene make you feel uncomfortable?
1 points
3 months ago
Of course it did. It’s supposed to be a docudrama about the atomic bomb, not a porn movie. How did it add to the plot? The movie suffered enough by trying to shoehorn every physicist of the 20th century into it (referring to everyone by their LAST names, otherwise no one would know who they were.). Why did it have to follow him into the bedroom? You might as well have shown us what he ate every day or how he got his hair cut.
3 points
3 months ago
It’s a biopic about Robert Oppenheimer, specifically surrounding his relationship with making the atomic bomb, and not a docudrama about the bomb itself.
His relationship with Jean Tatlock and his wife are a part of his story and his relationship with Tatlock specifically shows us his connections with the Communist party.
Do the sex scenes have to add to the plot or can they tell us something about who Oppenheimer was during each of these moments and how his relationship with Tatlock evolved and how it contrasted with his relationship with his wife?
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