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Originally Posted by mighty mint
It is interesting that the discussion focuses on Halle in Swordfish (useless nudity to the point of blatant "look at these glass cutters staring at you.") and yet in Monster's Ball she left almost nothing to anyone's imagination. While the director's cut of MB might have been unnecessary gratuitous nudity I did feel that the sex scene, as graphic as it was, did further the story and the character development.
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I didn't think the sex scene in MB contributed to the story as much as you imply. In fact, I was disappointed in it for I felt it was "forced". It felt like someone decided Halle Berry "needed" to be in some 'hot' or 'torrid' sex scene, and I didn't think that was needed in MB. I also felt that scene was much too long, and that's coming from someone who would have loved to see her in a prolonged sex scene.
I equate the relevance of the sex scene in MB with the relevance of the prolonged scene with Neo and Trinity in Matrix Reloaded. It just wasn't really needed or at least for not as long as it was in the movie.
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Swordfish really cheapened her with the little top shot she did and yet Monter's Ball seems to have made her a star.
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I don't see this. I don't think her sex scene in MB made her a "star". She was acclaimed for her work in "
Introduction to Dorothy Dandridge" and I think she made a good Bond girl in "
Die Another Day".
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I agree that certain movies we expect a certain amount of realism but I do see Pirate's point that at sometime you have to wonder if the actors regret poor film choices when they reveal their lovelies. 
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We can wonder all we want about this, but that's something for the actors to deal with and none of our concern.
Peace...