If you fell to your knees and screamed "Why, God, why?" when you first heard about the impending Adventures in Babysitting remake, you know that some films were simply not meant to be lifted from their moment in time (in this case, 1987).
Remakes tend to spark heated discussion. Should La Femme Nikita have even been remade in English, much less with Bridget Fonda? Such a debate could rage all afternoon. But this debate isn’t about comparing literary classics to their filmic offspring. This is about the scenes you fast-forwarded
to when you were fifteen and alone in the basement. Compared to today's permissive filmmaking, are the originals' sex scenes disappointingly prudish? Or are the ones in the remakes lacking the passion and romance of their predecessors'? Here, we bring you ten comparisons of sex scenes from well-known films and their remakes, and find that while the vibrancy of color doesn't automatically mean better nookie, nor does the elegance of black-and-white.
1. Blue Lagoon (1980) vs. Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
The tanned, skinny-dipping bodies are nearly identical, but not even the presence of sci-fi sex symbol Milla Jovovich can elevate
Return to the sensual heights of its predecessor. A greater sense of libidinal self-awareness robs this sequel of the stark sexual tension that permeates the original. Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins are brilliant in their near-obliviousness: "What are you looking at?" the virile young Richard, wearing nothing but a loincloth, asks Emmeline. "Your muscles," she responds, matter-of-factly. Yeah, us too. —
Steph Auteri
Winner: Original
2. L'Ultimo Bacio (2001) vs. The Last Kiss (2006)
Illicit sex is hotter, as
L'Ultimo Bacio and its American remake prove. Both films are about the conflicts confronted by men approaching their thirties. When Carlo discovers his long-time girlfriend is pregnant, he engages a young coed, Francesca, in a spontaneous roll in the sack. Much is left to the imagination — Francesca strips only as far as her white sports bra. And the score, seemingly written for a Charlie Chaplin comedy, does nothing for the mood.
In
The Last Kiss, Michael (Zach Braff) joins Kim (
OC hottie Rachel Bilson) for drinks at a frat party, then for drunken dorm sex. Bilson refused to get naked on camera, but still shows more skin than Francesca, and seeing her slither out of her underwear — schoolgirl skirt intact — makes this scene hotter than its Italian forebear's. —
Liz Nadybal
Winner: Remake
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