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The 10 Most Objectively Perfect Scenes in the History of Cinema

And before you say anything, yes, the Twilight baseball scene is on here. Look, cinema is a fluid and complex medium and it takes years to hone the craft. And I think if there’s one thing we can all agree on in this ruined world, it’s that these ten scenes—these juggernauts of filmmaking, if you will—are not only extremely necessary to their larger works but also serve as the foundation upon which the legacy of cinema itself will forever lie.

They are as follows:

#10: Zac Efron’s inexplicable golf course outburst in High School Musical 2.
Troy finds himself once more in the unenviable position of having his head in the game but his heart in the song. He allows this emotional crisis to play out on a golf course through a series of increasingly hilarious leaps, bounds, and twirls, plus a few surprise maneuvers involving jazz hands.

#9: Legolas tells Aragorn where they’re taking the hobbits in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Hint: it’s Isengard.
This scene is the scene that launched a thousand sweet remixes, to the point where it’s somewhat difficult to find the original. But once you do, boy is it ever worth it. Everything about this is gold, from “Legolas, what do your elf eyes see?” to Aragorn’s expression of either distress or constipation, it’s hard to tell, before he reverently whispers “SARUMAN.”

#8: That whole thing with David Hasselhoff in The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie.
This was the greatest plot twist in the history of plot twists, don’t @ me. I see your “Snape kills Dumbledore” and your “Bruce Willis was dead the whole time,” and I raise you “Spongebob and Patrick are rescued by Baywatch’s very own Mitch Buchannon.”

#7: The “Jingle Bell Rock” scene from Mean Girls.
Do I need to expound upon this? Is there anyone here whose life hasn’t been irrevocably changed for the better by Gretchen Wieners kicking a radio right into Jason’s face?

#6: The Twilight baseball scene.
I did say this scene was on here and I meant every word.

#5: That part in The Lizzie McGuire Movie where Paolo gets absolutely wrecked on live television.
HE SOUNDS LIKE AN UNHOLY HYBRID OF A DYING BEACHED WHALE AND A DONKEY THAT’S INTERNALLY COMBUSTING. THIS WAS HIS KARMIC REWARD FOR TRYING TO RUIN ISABELLA’S CAREER. (ALSO? “WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF” IS SUCH A TUNE AND I’LL STAND BY THAT STATEMENT UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.)

#4: The part in Legally Blonde where Elle Woods has Chutney right where she damn well wants her.
Remember when Elle won the case by staying true to herself and simultaneously making every other court scene in the history of cinema look like a pile of hot garbage?

#3: The “I Need a Hero” scene from Shrek 2.
I have nothing further to add to this, other than it is the anthem of our time.

#2: Andrew Garfield’s Eduardo Saverin confronts Jesse Eisenberg’s Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network.
I think we all remember where we were when we first saw this, and I think we can all agree that Eduardo’s choice alliterative expletives for Zuckerberg were a marvel of modern cinema.

#1: That part in Captain America: Civil War. You know the one I’m talking about.
The one where Bucky just pulls a motorcycle out of practically nowhere (never mind the guy who was already riding it) and OFF HE GOES.