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Regarde les fusées, surtout celles qui scintillent le plus.

Regarde les fusées, surtout celles qui scintillent le plus.
Look at the rockets, especially the ones that sparkle the most.
From Lesson 392:Exclamations (comme / que / ce que)·French

Questions & Answers about Regarde les fusées, surtout celles qui scintillent le plus.

Why is it celles and not ceux here?
Celles refers back to les fusées, which is a feminine plural noun. If we were talking about masculine objects like fireworks (les feux d'artifice), you would use the masculine plural ceux.
Why do we use le plus instead of les plus to match the plural noun les fusées?
In this sentence, plus is modifying the verb scintillent (describing how much they sparkle). When forming the superlative of a verb or an adverb, the article is always the invariable le, regardless of the gender or number of the subject.
Could I say surtout qui scintillent le plus and leave out celles?
No, in French, the relative pronoun qui needs a noun or pronoun to attach to. You must use the demonstrative pronoun celles to act as 'the ones' so the relative clause has something to describe.
How do you pronounce scintillent?
The sc makes a soft 's' sound, the ill makes a 'y' sound (like in fille), and because it is a third-person plural verb conjugation, the -ent ending is completely silent.

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