How Movie Sex Scenes Are Different From Real Life
After sex, the guy is outside the covers while the woman is underneath them. Again, I know this is to keep breasts from showing. It's still weird. It impedes cuddling!
Sexy bedhead abounds. No one ever has a knotty mess filled with tangles as a testament to how good she just had it. Instead, she has Victoria's Secret model-worthy tousles that would take at least an hour, two heat tools, and some hairspray to achieve in real life.
There's lots of sweeping things off desks and kitchen tables. I know taking the time to neatly remove things from the surface upon which you hope to have sex kinda kills the mood, but so does having to clean up a massive mess after you've just had an orgasm.
The man hoists the woman up like she weighs nothing. Then again, it is Hollywood. Everyone's very tiny.
People seamlessly change positions. They flip from missionary to woman on top with no slipping out or "ow, you're on my hair" moments. That is some certifiable movie magic.
They also slam each other into walls a lot. When a couple is making out before getting to the deed (and often while they're undressing each other like it's a magnificently choreographed dance), they ricochet off surfaces like those bouncy balls I used to be obsessed with as a kid. I'll admit this can happen in real life, but in movies it's always so rough, it looks kind of painful.
The lighting is incredibly flattering. Even if they're having sex in the middle of the day with blinding sunshine streaming in through the window, it only serves to highlight their perfection. Unfortunately, this is not so in real life.
__There you have it! What other things always happen in movie sex but never in real life? __