Yeah. I feel like things like fight and sex scenes are often filler. They’re like black boxes that only matter to the story at either end. Why are these characters having sex/fighting? What’s the outcome? Has this confirmed their romance or made them rethink things? Who won the fight and what does that mean going forward?

The actual details of either kind of scene are essentially suspensions of any narrative or thematic development in favor of pure spectacle. Now sometimes spectacle can be good. But while I’ve seen good action scenes that are exciting to watch, what would even make for a good sex scene as far as spectacle goes? People aren’t exactly looking to get a boner in the middle of a 2hr movie. Are there people who are just really appreciative of some kind of abstracted eroticism separated from stimulation?