photo of Oscar in a giant condom via Flickr
In honor of awards season, we have determined our own winners (and losers) when it comes to love, romance, sex and sexism in the movies of 2011. (Beware: there are some spoilers in the categories below.)
Most Awkward (i.e. Realistic) Sex Scene
Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm in Bridesmaids
Best Depiction of Condom Use During Sex
No Strings Attached
Best Male Full Frontal
Michael Fassbender in Shame
Worst Male Full Frontal
The Hangover Part II
Best Sexual Harassment
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Most Unrealistic Sexual Scenario
Rachel Evan Wood’s happy-go-lucky booty call with one dude while preggers with another married man’s kid
Best Young Love
Like Crazy
Least Sexy Movie About Sex
A tie between Shame and A Dangerous Method, both starring Michael Fassbender (poor guy)
Most Anti-Climactic Sex Scene
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Yawn Part 1
Most Offensive Poster
The Change-Up
Least Deserving R-Rating
Beginners (while two hetero adults kissing is perfectly innocent, two gay adults kissing is apparently risque)
Best Merkin
Evan Rachel Wood in Mildred Pierce
Least Romantic Depiction of Paris Ever
Midnight in Paris
Gratuitous Nudity as “Art”
Melancholia
Best Crossdressing
Albert Knobbs
Worst Crossdressing
Jack and Jill
Best Gay Kiss
J. Edgar
Please-Make-It-Stop Ensemble Cast Rom Com
New Year’s Eve
Best Parody Tagline
The American version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (“All the rape, no subtitles”)
Best Case for Contraception
We Need to Talk About Kevin
and finally
The Austin Powers Strategically Placed Cantaloupe Award
Crazy Stupid Love
Oh, and we added the italics, which did help a little, but had to take them down because they weren’t working on our homepage feature. 🙁
http://serhasacomplaint.com/2011/07/15/the-change-up-an-ad-campaign-review/
er…offensive. I’m American, I swear!
Tough one, I played with it for a minute and nothing looks great but italicizing the ‘h’ and ‘t’ helps a little.
Someone tell me how The Change-Up poster is offense. 😉
Good point. We’ve changed the capitalization — not sure if this helps or makes it worse. Unfortunately, it just sounds better than it looks. We are totally open to renaming this post if anyone has any better ideas….?
When I read “Hotscars,” I was thinking Hot Scars, not movie awards.