Sometimes, you just need to re-live the moment! Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the greatest rom-com moments from iconic 2000s flicks.
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00:00It takes too little to make a thing go right.
00:02Feel it deep.
00:03Feel it low.
00:04It takes too little to make it...
00:05Oh, God, I can't see.
00:08Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the greatest
00:11rom-com moments from iconic 2000s flicks.
00:14It's only a diary.
00:18Everyone knows diaries are just a font for crap.
00:22Number 10, Kiss in the Rain.
00:24A Cinderella story.
00:25There's just something about the rain that makes a kiss that much more romantic.
00:29Maybe it's the way both people so badly want to be with each other
00:32that they don't care about getting soaked.
00:34Or maybe it's the symbolism of washing away all past transgressions.
00:38I'm sorry I waited for the rain.
00:41It's okay.
00:42Either way, the one from A Cinderella Story is extra special because of the payoff.
00:48Earlier in the movie, Sam compares waiting to Austin like waiting for rain in a drought.
00:53Because waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought.
00:57Well, wouldn't you know it?
00:58The rain has finally arrived.
01:00Everything from the direction of the scene to Jimmy Eat World in the background
01:04makes this a picture-perfect moment.
01:07So we won the big game that day.
01:08But what I remember most is I got my prince.
01:11Number 9, Gouda.
01:13She's the man.
01:14Although it's hard to imagine Channing Tatum ever being shy and uncomfortable talking to girls,
01:18this sentiment is sweet.
01:20Look, I don't know.
01:21I just always say the wrong...
01:23I just always say the wrong thing.
01:25Viola, pretending to be her brother Sebastian, gives Duke some advice.
01:28It's memorable for a few reasons.
01:31We get to hear Viola's voice go up high,
01:33witness Duke's bashfulness,
01:34and behold the ridiculousness that is the whole back and forth about.
01:39Are questions about what?
01:40Anything.
01:41Ask me if I like cheese.
01:45Even though the girl persona she puts on doesn't have a ton of chemistry with Duke,
01:49it's obvious the real Viola and Duke do.
01:52My favourite's Gouda.
01:53Oh, I like Gouda too?
01:56See?
01:57See what?
01:57We're flowing.
01:58We're talking about cheese.
02:00So what?
02:00Plus, the ensuing tarantula scene is peak humour.
02:04What is that?
02:04It touched me!
02:05It touched me!
02:10Number 8, Ryan Reynolds' singing scene.
02:13The Proposal.
02:14When it comes to 2000 rom-coms, there are a few leading men
02:17who were as good at bringing both the rom and the com as Ryan Reynolds.
02:22He was at the height of his romantic and comedic powers
02:24in 2009's The Proposal with Sandra Bullock.
02:27People need to think that we are in love.
02:30That's no problem.
02:31I can do that.
02:31I can pretend to be the doting fiancé.
02:33That's easy.
02:34But for you, it's going to require that you stop snacking on children while they dream.
02:38While this big end-of-the-movie proposal is definitely a romantic high note,
02:42it's the terrible and hysterical duet that we keep coming back to.
02:46I'm not internationally known, but I'm known to rock the microphone.
02:51Because I get stupid.
02:52It takes two to make a thing go right!
02:54Whatever it takes to bond with your fake fiancé, right?
02:57Unfortunately for us, there's no way we can ever hear the song again
03:01without thinking of this scene.
03:03It takes two to make it a-
03:04Oh god, I can't see.
03:09Number 7, The Gloves' serendipity.
03:122001's Serendipity is all about the idea of fate
03:16and the power that the smallest moments can have on our lives.
03:19Therefore, it kind of only makes sense
03:22that one of the biggest standout scenes is the movie's very first.
03:25Whoa!
03:25I'm sorry.
03:27Sorry.
03:29Fate and chance bring Jonathan Trager and Sarah Thomas together for the first time,
03:33as they both grab for the last pair of black cashmere gloves in Bloomingdale's.
03:38These were meant to be a very special gift for someone.
03:40Yeah, we put quite a lot of thought into those.
03:43Isn't that right?
03:44Oh really?
03:44Who were they for?
03:45My boyfriend.
03:47Her boyfriend.
03:47His girlfriend.
03:48His girlfriend.
03:50Between the well-written dialogue and soft smiles exchanged,
03:53we get a fantastic set-up and a scene we always stay to watch to the end.
03:58You earned these.
03:59That was quick on your feet.
04:01Thanks, it was a team effort.
04:02Yeah, it was.
04:02It was.
04:04I hope that helped.
04:05Thank you.
04:10Number 6, Benny and the Jets.
04:1227 Dresses.
04:14Great song.
04:14I love this song.
04:16Getting song lyrics wrong is generally good for a laugh.
04:19Just ask Phoebe Buffay and her version of Elton John's Tiny Dancer.
04:23Hold me close, young Tony Danza.
04:27However, in 27 Dresses, Catherine Heigl and James Marsden's characters
04:31take messing up lyrics to a whole other level.
04:34Again, it's an Elton John song, but this time it's Benny and the Jets.
04:38You're gonna have your hands in music so the walrus sounds.
04:43Walrus sounds?
04:44What makes this scene so great, besides Heigl and Marsden's chemistry
04:48and the entire bar joining in,
04:49is the duo's completely wrong yet totally awesome take on the lyrics.
04:53Got electric boobs.
04:55Boobs.
04:55No hair shoes.
04:56You know I read it in a magazine.
05:01Lucky for them, the grammar police are much more common than the lyric police.
05:05But Benny and the Jets.
05:10Number 5, the scene about Meat Cubes.
05:13The Holiday.
05:16Let me help you with that.
05:20Oh, thank you.
05:21In a movie with two romantic storylines,
05:23one scene that always stands out doesn't directly involve either of those romances.
05:28Rather, it's the meeting of Iris, played by Kate Winslet,
05:31and Arthur, played by Eli Wallach.
05:33Their friendship begins when Iris sees Arthur looking confused
05:37and stops to give him a lift home.
05:39Arthur, being a former Hollywood movie writer,
05:41calls their coming together a meat-cute.
05:44Well, this was some meat-cute.
05:47Sorry?
05:48Discussing the term in a rom-com is wonderfully meta.
05:51For the true movie aficionados in the audience,
05:53the example Arthur gives is a reference to a scene from the 1938 film
05:58Bluebeard's Eighth Wife,
06:00the first scene ever referenced as a meat-cute.
06:04And they both go to the same men's pyjama department.
06:07Right.
06:08And the man says to the salesman,
06:10I just need bottoms.
06:12The woman says, I just need a top.
06:15They look at each other,
06:17and that's the meat-cute.
06:18Number four, thriller dance scene.
06:20Thirteen going on thirteen.
06:25No way.
06:28Jenna getting ready for her first party as a thirteen-year-old
06:31in a thirty-year-old's body is full of joy and teenage glee.
06:35It's like playing dress-up with your mum's clothes,
06:37except they're your clothes and you have the body to fill them out.
06:40As rewatchable as that moment will always be,
06:43it's Jenna's performance at the party that we will never get enough of.
06:52Come on, buddy.
06:54Surrounded by uptight, prim and proper adults,
06:57Jenna lets her inner child loose with the thriller dance.
07:00She starts off alone on the dance floor,
07:02but in a wonderful rom-com fashion,
07:04the room is eventually filled with zombie-dancing party-goers.
07:21Number three, the IKEA date.
07:23500 Days of Summer.
07:25Home, sweet home.
07:28Our place really is lovely, isn't it?
07:32On day 34 of Tom and Summer's relationship, they head to IKEA.
07:36What begins as a simple trip to IKEA
07:38turns into one of the most sweetly comic moments of 2000's film.
07:42Smells delicious.
07:43Oh, honey, that's because it is delicious.
07:48I made it myself.
07:50The new couple explore the different showrooms
07:52and adorably play house throughout the store.
07:54Not only is this scene incredibly rewatchable,
07:56it's even permeated popular culture,
07:58making the idea of the IKEA date an actual thing
08:01that people have started doing in the time since the film hit theatres.
08:05Word to the wise, if you are going to do this,
08:07maybe just skip the bedroom part.
08:09Darling, I don't know how to tell you this,
08:12but there's a Chinese family in our bathroom.
08:26Number two, nice boys don't kiss like that.
08:28Bridget Jones's Diary.
08:30If someone ever loves you enough to chase after you in the snow
08:33wearing tiger skin print underwear, they're probably the one.
08:36Bridget Jones does as much to win back Mark
08:39after he saw the awful thing she wrote about him in her diary.
08:49The reveal that he isn't angry with her,
08:50followed by that steamy kiss, makes us melt every time.
08:55Even better, though, is the comment Bridget interrupts with
08:58and Mark's perfect answer.
09:00Nice boys don't kiss like that.
09:02Oh, yes, they f***ing do.
09:04We know it was snowing, but somehow,
09:06we doubt either of them were very cold in this moment.
09:10Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honourable mentions.
09:13Yelling at Big on the street.
09:15Sex in the city.
09:16A pregnant Charlotte gives Big a tongue-lashing
09:19just before her warning.
09:21Gives Big a tongue-lashing just before her water breaks.
09:25I cursed the day you were born!
09:32I think my water just broke.
09:34I wanna make babies with you.
09:35Just friends.
09:36The confession to end all confessions.
09:39And I wanna have babies with you.
09:41And I wanna marry you.
09:43And I love you.
09:46Jamie, I always have.
09:47The double date.
09:48Knocked up.
09:49Talk about saying the wrong thing.
09:51Isn't it weird though when you have a kid
09:52and all your dreams and hopes just go right out the window?
09:56What changed for you?
09:57What went out the window?
09:58Yes, no, maybe.
10:00Brown sugar.
10:01The only thing they've ever loved more than hip-hop is each other.
10:04You're my heir.
10:08So, I don't wanna be your friend no more.
10:15There's only one person who makes me feel like I can fly.
10:19Hitch.
10:19It was a great line.
10:20Although we don't recommend jumping on moving cars.
10:23There's only one person that makes me feel like I can fly.
10:29It's you.
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10:55Not only is the cue card scene from Love Actually
10:57the most re-watched moment from 2000s rom-coms,
11:00it might just be the most imitated as well.
11:02The iconic scene has become a pop culture staple,
11:05with recreations and parodies being found throughout
11:08both television and movies in the intervening years.
11:11From Raj on The Big Bang Theory to Natalie in Love Hard,
11:15characters have been inspired plenty.
11:17Saturday Night Live even got in on the action a couple of times
11:20with very funny sketches.
11:32While we're on the subject of the movie,
11:33we're going to take a look at some of the most iconic scenes
11:36from the 2000s rom-coms.
11:38While we're on the subject of Love Actually,
11:42we also can't forget Natalie's adorably awkward
11:45and curse-filled first meeting with the new Prime Minister.
11:54Which of these romantic and comedic moments could you watch over and over again?
11:59Let us know in the comments.
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