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Five Of The Worst Ever Sex Scenes, To Get You Ready For ’50 Shades Of Grey’

2015 is a way’s away. Here are a few ineffectual rollicks to tide you over.

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Five Of The Worst Ever Sex Scenes, To Get You Ready For ’50 Shades Of Grey’

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As you’re no doubt well aware, 50 Shades Of Graythat film based on that book about BDSM, for those who have never engaged in BDSM — now has a full-length trailer. If your ideal man is a monosyllabic robot with his own helicopter and a secret chamber of erotic instruments (kind of a cross between Buffalo Bill and Patrick Bateman?), then this is the film for you!

Don’t get me wrong, a successful sex scene is in the pants of the beholder — but there are a few no-nos that can quickly turn a would-be titillating moment into a heinous betrayal of the very nature of suspension of disbelief. Sex is messy, and passion isn’t something you can fake or slather in a sheen, so when a director is more concerned with shooting performers from flattering angles — or two disconnected actors with no-nudity clauses are quite obviously feigning arousal — the results can be laughable at best.

So without further foreplay, here are five sex scenes that leave absolutely everything to be desired…

Words by Jeremy Cassar.

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