20 Most Divisive Movie Scenes Ever

No movie is perfect - no, not even the very best ones that you cherish so dearly. 

Art is fundamentally filled with quirks and perceived "flaws," and of course, it's all subjective anyway - everything is just opinions floating around in the infinite void.

But every so often a movie serves up a scene that divides audiences fiercely down the middle, leaving film fans going to war over whether they actually worked or not.

These scenes are typically criticised for breaking the tonal flow of the movie, feeling like glorified filler, or simply being a distracting creative miscalculation that never should've happened, but they all also have their passionate defenders who love that the filmmakers went there.

Whether these moments were intended to be polarising or not, they've remained contentious over the years, perhaps even decades since each film was released, and are sure to be intensely debated forever more.

For every person who finds these scenes offputting, corny, and just downright unnecessary, there's someone who can't imagine the film without them, and will go to bat for them every opportunity they get...

The Matrix Reloaded is an already divisive sequel as it is, but the single most contested scene in the movie is undeniably the infamous Zion rave sequence, where the underground settlement's residents are shown partying the night away, cross-cut with Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) getting down to amorous business.

For many, it feels like a glorified deleted scene that somehow made it into the final theatrical cut - a wildly overlong indulgence that's awkward and tonally jarring.

But to others, the rave is one of the series' most intimate glimpses into how the denizens of Zion blow off steam amid the ever-present threat of annihilation - yes, including Neo and Trinity's physical release - and provides a stark contrast to the more sterile world of the Matrix itself.

On top of this, the soundtrack by Fluke is an absolute banger, and it's gorgeously shot throughout. Yet for many, it's a brick wall which grinds the story's momentum to a halt.