'Showgirls' swimming pool clinch named worst-ever movie sex scene

[underpants]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050928/od_afp/afpentertainmentbritainusfilmsexoffbeat_050928162825

LONDON (AFP) - An infamous swimming pool-based clinch from the much-criticised 1995 film "Showgirls" received the dubious honour of being named the worst sex scene in the history of cinema.

Paul Verhoeven's film, starring Elizabeth Berkley and Kyle MacLachlan, was critically mauled on its release, to the extent that it is now viewed by some as a cult classic.

"It's supposed to be the best sex in the world but, as Berkley thrashes around in the water, it looks more like the first ten minutes of Jaws," said the British-based magazine.

Second place was awarded to "Damage", a 1992 European art-house film starring Jeremy Irons as a lawmaker who has an illicit affair with his son's fiancee, Juliette Binoche.

[imperialismispasse]

1. Berkely comes up after giving him a blow job and her lipstick is perfect.

Hahaha!

[radwriter0555]

12. Um, I can manage that actually. *cough*

We have that 'doesn't wipe off' lipstick now.

Works like a charm!

[imperialismispasse]

15. Whoa. Seriously?

My GF doesnt wear lipstick too much so I wouldnt know that. Id be interested in seeing that though! :D

[radwriter0555]

28. lol the lipstick or......

uh huh.

The lipstick is about $8 and available from various covergirl, almay, etc drug stores counters; it's usually a paint on one.

That said, I am allergic to it. I used to wear it exclusively and developed a nasty reaction to it, blistering, peeling, burning, etc. Had to lay off and switch to organic lipsticks.

I can now only wear it once in a while.

There have always been lipstick fixatives available, usually at beauty supplies and primarily in theatrical areas, for use on camera, on-stage, etc. I'd been using the paint-on clear fixatives for more than 20 years, but mostly when I was wearing very bright reds, purples and pinks for performing or for going out at night.

[imperialismispasse]

34. Interesting.

The blistering peeling and burning does not sound like fun. However I would really like to perform some ahem, experiments with this. I will have to talk to the GF. :D

[mwdem]

2. That had to be the funniest scene in a movie. Ever.

It did look like the opening sequence in Jaws.:rofl:

[underpants]

5. I've never actually seen this movie

I had no idea Kyle McLaughlin was in it.

Maybe I should check it out - I have heard how horribly bad it is from many people.

[asthmaticeog]

6. It's worth it.

Unintentional humor all over the place. It's a total disaster.

[mwdem]

8. Oh yeah, you really should check this one out.

It's gotta be the worst movie ever. It's become a cult movie from being so bad.

[fleabert]

13. my fave scene is when she eats the hamburger, and the dialoge in

that scene is priceless...HORRID! Watch for it! I laugh my ass off every time i see that movie.

[mwdem]

19. How about her dance moves?

My daughter can copy her perfectly.

[fleabert]

22. I don't know if you should be proud of that...

:rofl:

poor girl, she was a dancer for real...you would think it would have looked halfway decent. soooooo over the top...

[jane_pippin]

23. Haha, so can I if I'm having a seizure and remember to do Jazzhands!

[mwdem]

25. Jazzhands!!

:rofl:

[asthmaticeog]

3. Heh heh...

"Second place was awarded to 'Damage', a 1992 European art-house film starring Jeremy Irons as a lawmaker who has an illicit affair with his son's fiancee, Juliette Binoche."

When I saw the headline of this post, I thought "'Showgirls?' No way, 'Damage' was way worse."

[Fenris]

9. That's what I thought as well.

What is it about Jeremy Irons and bad erotica?

[asthmaticeog]

20. Really.

Now Leg Irons, that's another story...

[redqueen]

4. No pics?

x(

[underpants]

7. Accompanying photo

[redqueen]

10. Yeah, um... thanks.

That's exactly what I was lookin for. :P

[underpants]

11. This too- not sure if it is from the movie

[CanuckAmok]

14. Ha! They've got pasties on their navels!

Standards and Parctices banned exposed navels up to the early Seventies. That's why Jeannie (Barbara Eden)'s costume always covered her navel.

[underpants]

18. Good catch

I missed that when I ran across this photo

[mwdem]

16. !

:rofl:

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

17. Looks more like she's auditioning for the "Runaway Bride" role

in Lifetime's newest TV movie.

[Spider Jerusalem]

29. She's managed to age 20 years since 1995, from the looks of it.

Gotten rather creepy-looking, too.

[jane_pippin]

21. The whole movie was the worst sex scene ever.

Who ever thought the movies could make it look boring and unappealing? :shrug:

[kwassa]

31. "Eyes Wide Shut" was very unsexy, too

for a movie that featured many beautiful totally nude women

[jane_pippin]

33. I guess I'm glad I haven't seen it yet then. I had no idea. n/t

[Tyrone Slothrop]

35. The unsexiness was intentional in Eyes Wide Shut

However.

I think Showgirls was trying to be sexy.

[kwassa]

40. I never thought it was the intention, at all

of course, the intention, whatever it was, was pretty murky

[Ksec]

24. Berkley ruined a promising career with that movie

She was a fav of mine .

[kwassa]

30. Berkely was a screechy mess; Gina Gershon should have played the lead

[Ksec]

32. Well yea ... But she looked good.

I mean cmon. Whats more important?

[kwassa]

39. we have different tastes, I see ...

[Ksec]

26. Ever heard of a rainbow?

Several women wear different colors of lipstick and then they do the dirty on one guy.

Instant rainbow.

My wife told me about that one and Ive been lookin at her in a different light since then......?????....

[AlCzervik]

27. That movie is the gage i use to measure bad movies "Is it Showgirls bad"

[soleft]

36. Paul Verhoeven made an even worse film

It was called Flesh and Blood

Some of the highlights

The young hero and heroine share a romantic moment with a rotting corpe hanging in the background

An epileptic nun who loses her clothes every time she has a seizure

A woman emerging from a ditch after giving birth to a stillborn child witht he afterbirth running down her leg

A gang rape scene where in Jennifer Jason Leigh starts having a good time when Rutger Hauer gets around to his turn.


I'd go one but I walked out of the movie at that point.

[NMMNG]

37. You mean where Berkley was flopping around like a fish having a seizure?

Yeah, it was quite bad.

[gmoney]

41. "Landing the Marlin"

...is how my LA friend has referred to that pool sex scene in Showgirls.

[lakemonster11]

38. I would definitely have to agree.

Though certain scenes in "The Dying Gaul" were pretty gag-worthy, too.