IFC and Nerve have come together to pronounce "The 50 Worst Sex Scenes in Cinema." That's a lot of bad sex. Some choices I agree with, and some I don't. I don't get why "Irréversible" is #3. Harrowing? Maybe. Bad? No. "9 Songs" is #16. Since the actors were really having sex, does that make it a bad sex scene--or just bad sex? "Savage Grace" is #33. I haven't yet seen this movie, about the incestuous relationship between Barbara Daly Baekeland and her son, but just reading about it is stomach-turning: "No amount of prayers to the God of Timely Editing will cut short the squirmy agony, and when Barbara finally finishes, she's upset to learn that poor Tony didn't orgasm, so she beats him off until he does." And "Hollow Man" is #42. But it should be higher. Invisible man rapes woman. 'Nuff said.
