Good examples of “establishing the rules of a hookup” scenes?

Submitted by stopmakingsents t3_z8adkq in movies

I’m working on a project that lifts/riffs heavily on romcom tropes, and this is one of the core ones I plan to focus on. I have two reference points from the last decade (Friends With Benefits and No Strings Attached), but I’m sure there’s great ones before that, along with more recent ones that I have blind spots to. Any recommendations? Television suggestions are also welcome, if that isn’t explicitly forbidden in this sub.

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banana_question t1_iyalzgw wrote

there's a scene in seinfeld in which jerry and elaine (former lovers, now just good pals) decide on rules for hooking-up... "staying the night is OPTIONAL!"

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nayapapaya t1_iyavut9 wrote

There's a film called Two Night Stand that basically revolves around this.

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digital_organism t1_iyb3bmx wrote

I like this topic, it's rare to see characters discussing and consenting to having sex before they do as consent is so often never clearly stated in media representations and simply just implied.

That said I always remember how wholesome the stoner parody Munchies (1987) was for this exact reason.

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aShittierShitTier4u t1_iyc5rr0 wrote

The Pick Up Artist , from 1987, has Robert Downey Jr trying to get with the witty and irresistible Molly Ringwald, but first he has to rescue her wayward father, expertly portrayed by a recently rehabilitated Dennis Hopper, from organized crime gangsters. It's romantic, funny, and heart warming. If you ever want to Netflix and chill with someone special, you can watch this movie with them, and they will be so relieved to not have to rescue their father from gangsters, that they will feel all warm in their heart, romantic, and then they will love you. Unlike that awful film, Indecent Proposal , From 1993, featuring the dashing Robert Redford as a horny zillionaire in the make in Las Vegas, the "City of Sin", of which they all say, "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas", and that's all, so who cares what you do? So when the sultry and desperate Demi Moore catches his fancy, he's got a million dollars just to hook up with her no strings attached, no holes barred, night of hooking up with each other in every imaginable way. He really wanted to get his million dollars worth out of her. She's married to Woody Harrelson, though, which complicated the indecent proposal. Woody's only interested in talking about Rampart (2011). The rules to hook up in that movie are, you have the right to remain silent, anything you say will be used against you in a court of law. Put your hands behind your back, and then they put handcuffs on, now Robert Redford doesn't seem so indecent after all, no?. What would you be willing to do for a million dollars? Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. You can get a million dollars if you are willing to agree to the rules that you hook up every way imaginable, but just because nobody knows what happened, doesn't mean that you won't feel sore in certain areas, or have other unwanted consequences. You just can't ever talk about it. That's the rule, because it's indecent.

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TrueLegateDamar t1_iycdfxr wrote

I liked the future of dating in the scifi movie Cherry 2000(1987) where in a nightclub, lawyers have to be witness to agreements to a one-night stand.

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