• azuth@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    It’s due to easier accessibility to porn. It both reduces demand for the relatively timid sex scenes in films and also reduces their edginess/shock value.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, but I think sex scenes don’t need any shock value or compete with porn. They can depict the many ways sex influences people irl.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Shock value being non-zero desensitizes the public. I mean, this is a problem with everything today from action movies to software, so not sure if I can even find an example showing that this is a bad idea.

      But they could, you know, go for subtlety and artful cinematography and acting, lights and colors, sounds and shadows.

      But would be strange to expect that from sex when they don’t do that with central parts. Movies like “Blade Runner” and “Total Recall” are something unthinkable today.

    • General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I also think this is it. Sex scenes in movies used to have an effect on people. Now they just tune out and go get a snack and a drink or something until it’s over. Boooriiing. I will say, though, some filmmakers have been forced to get creative. That scene in Bladerunner 2049 was pretty hot. It didn’t even need to include anything gratuitous.