Has anyone else remarked on the coincidence these past few months of seeing two films with naked fight scenes?? Seems too good to be true doesn’t it? First of all we had Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” buck naked in a steam room being brutally assaulted by two thugs. The scene was deadly serious and Viggo is to be commended for committing whole-heartedly to the nudity -- even as he must have known that with DVD rentals and freeze frame, his modesty would later be revealed to all.

I for one, found it a bit distracting as it was impossible not to wonder whether anything would become visible as the fight wore on. (And I secretly hoped it would.)

And then just two weeks ago, “Beowulf” seemed to steal the very same idea! The warrior Beowulf delights in sleeping in the buff, almost inviting an attack by Grendel. When this thrilling face-off takes place, it becomes almost comic as Beowulf’s nether regions are concealed behind strategically positioned props.

This made me wonder whether the animators don’t have the technology yet to digitally render perfect, an anatomically correct genitalia. But then I remembered Bart’s skateboard escapade in “The Simpsons Movie” and I realized that I was wrong! Perhaps in a movie with blood a-plenty and Angelina Jolie’s nipple-less breasts, a man’s penis (albeit animated) might just be too much for that PG-13 rating!

What do you think? Do you have any favorite/least favorite naked fight scenes?