How do you feel about non-sexual nudity on screen?

[ed2962]

What I'm asking is the character is nude, just because. Sort of like Mystique in X-Men, but not blue.

Dr Manhattan was nude ( although blue) in many scenes in Watchmen.

What's interesting is that more non-comics fans commented on the fact you saw his dangly bits than the actual sex scenes. I believe it's just cuz you don't see as much male frontal nudity in mainstream flicks as female nudity.

[kevinjwoods]

I always tend to avoid movies or TV shows that heavily advertise the fact that they have nudity in them as I think that if that's what you think is the only reason to watch hte film then why should I waste an afternoon for something that will be on Dailymotion soon anyway. I mean Nymphomaniac might be Uma Thurmans greatest performance but why would I wade through two hours of boring nudity to watch it. And does anybody remember that movie about HAcking which didn't bother with explaining the plot but did tell how much Halle Berry got paid to show her breasts.

What I really hate is the slight nudity or faux nudity that appears in movies you know where a famous actress appears naked for a few seconds, or where they are naked at such an angle that nothing is shown, what exactly is the point of that, you persuaded an actress, presumably with extra money, to show everything to the crew but not to the audience, (for a terrible example look at Closer which based its publicity campaign around the fact that they removed Natalie POrtmans Nude scenes from the movie so only the cast and crew got to see her bits).

Sometimes it is actually neccessary to the plot, the movie Trance for example if you pay attention explains the major twist in the fact that Rosario Dawsons character is completely shaved, and would the opening scenes of Forgetting Sarah MArshall be as funny without the nudity, but too often its just space filling, when everybody is naked you get bored.

P. s. I've always made a joke about the difference between LAdy GAga and BEyonce or Cheryl Cole is that B or CC look like they have been told that their costume is sexy but LG is thinking I can make this costume sexy.

[t hedge coke]

kevinjwoods... maybe there are other reasons for nudity in a movie or a character being nude, than "to get their money's worth of nude shots"? And, there may be reasons for obscuring nudity other than being prudish. Sometimes not showing is the sexier route. Sometimes it's the funnier option. And, sometimes the nakedness is for the characters' sakes and the fact that someone is naked is what affects the audience best.

[Kieran_Frost]

What I really hate is the slight nudity or faux nudity that appears in movies you know where a famous actress appears naked for a few seconds, or where they are naked at such an angle that nothing is shown, what exactly is the point of that, you persuaded an actress, presumably with extra money, to show everything to the crew but not to the audience, (for a terrible example look at Closer which based its publicity campaign around the fact that they removed Natalie POrtmans Nude scenes from the movie so only the cast and crew got to see her bits).

Natalie Portman not being seen naked in Closer was brilliant; and her nudity was completely irrelevant to the scene (which is why the director didn't show it). That scene, in my opinion, is a perfect example of how any director worth their salt can direct a scene and NOT show nudity, despite it being heavily "prevalent".

[kevinjwoods]

My problem with Closer was that they spent sooo much time and publicity informing everyone that they had scenes of Natalie Portman dancing naked but nobody would ever see them, I agree it didn't need it to work but there was never any need to repeatedly mention it as if there was nothing else to say about the movie. All that does is make you feel vaguely disappointed at not getting something that you would be ok with never getting in the first place. It happens more often than you think, remember a movie called The Machine where the Director repeatedly mentioned Caity Lotz nude fight scene but never mentioned that it was in a darkened room so she might as well have been in a ninja suit for all you actually saw. Or Terminator 3 which made a big noise about the female Terminator arriving naked but had no intention of showing her naked.


They've basically persuaded someone its essential to the plot, paid them a bit more, arranged to close the set off, spent time making sure they are comfortable, and then its a waste of time and money as they are never going to be used anyway.

[Colouren]

My problem with Closer was that they spent sooo much time and publicity informing everyone that they had scenes of Natalie Portman dancing naked but nobody would ever see them, I agree it didn't need it to work but there was never any need to repeatedly mention it as if there was nothing else to say about the movie. All that does is make you feel vaguely disappointed at not getting something that you would be ok with never getting in the first place. It happens more often than you think, remember a movie called The Machine where the Director repeatedly mentioned Caity Lotz nude fight scene but never mentioned that it was in a darkened room so she might as well have been in a ninja suit for all you actually saw. Or Terminator 3 which made a big noise about the female Terminator arriving naked but had no intention of showing her naked.


They've basically persuaded someone its essential to the plot, paid them a bit more, arranged to close the set off, spent time making sure they are comfortable, and then its a waste of time and money as they are never going to be used anyway.

I understand what your are saying, but my point is that actor are naked and it is seen. No lies to gets butts on seats. The examples you gave are all for titillation and also well known actresses.
My point is the images below. Also, what if the actor hired was a pornstar, so they're used to being naked and have no reservations about it.

[ed2962]

There was a recent horror movie called The Lords of Salem. There's a scene where several older women are in the woods naked. It's not a sex scene, the women are witches doing some sort ritual. There's clear frontal nudity.It is not meant to be titilating, it's meant to be strange and pagan. Is that the type of thing you're asking about?

[Colouren]

There was a recent horror movie called The Lords of Salem. There's a scene where several older women are in the woods naked. It's not a sex scene, the women are witches doing some sort ritual. There's clear frontal nudity.It's not meant to be titilating, it's meant to be strange and pagan. Is that the type of thing you're asking about?

That makes sense, but if the women were young, would that become titillating? Also, that would be a brief moment. What if the character was always nude when they appeared on screen?

[ed2962]

That makes sense, but if the women were young, would that become titillating? Also, that would be a brief moment. What if the character was always nude when they appeared on screen?

I would say it would depend on the director's intent. There's no absolute formula where x amount nudity times y actor always equals sensationalism

[mr_crisp]

In some movies nudity might be used to distract from how terrible the movie is.

[Michael P]

That was certainly the case with that movie Cindy Crawford made.

Didn't work, though.