Am I the only one who finds odd moments in movies sensual? Maybe it’s not the right word to use, but I need to keep up with my blog posts and today I’m in my sensuality folder so I’ll write and be damned.
Then again, I can’t think of another word I’d use for those moments, except perhaps frisson. I’ve often noted that a scene, whether it’s in a book or a movie, doesn’t have to be overtly sexual in order to still carry an erotic nuance.
Sometimes, people going at it, with the heavy breathing and the thrashing and the nipple shots etc. isn’t all that sexy. Whereas, I was caught by surprise when watching the King and I (the Deborah Kerr/Yul Brynner version) by a scene which struck me as particularly sensual. It’s where Anna is teaching the King to dance and he grasps her in a proper waltz hold while telling her this is how he saw the Europeans do it. Swoon…
Another was in Aliens (which I watched again last night). The scene where Hicks is showing Ripley how to use an assault rifle is overlaid with a wonderful awareness and sensual tension – blink and you’d miss it, but it’s there.
Raising your eyebrows in disbelief? Get your sexy on and watch these movies – it’s often the most subtle things that are amazingly sensual.
After all – chocolate doesn’t explode in your mouth like a salt and vinegar chip (crisp). No, it slides sinfully, lusciously over your tongue, coating it in velvety sweetness.
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