"If You Watch It Backwards, It's About..." has been around for a while (since 2009 to be exact) but the idea of Clint Eastwood as a racist zombie just reminded me how much I enjoy the buried gem of a meme so I was thinking we could all dedicate a few minutes of our Thursday in August to having/re-visiting a laugh over the concept.
The truth is in today's age of anti-heroes and ambiguous closure most films would be improved -- or at least made a helluva lot more compelling -- if they were about the characters devolving as opposed to discovering the hidden greatness in themselves. That's not the case in all of these I've inlcuded -- Reservoir Dogs is one of my favorites -- but you get the idea.
Oh, why yes, my contribution for the new Total Recall movie does make the list. Thanks for asking.
Source: Know Your Meme
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I thought the Memento one was the best and funniest one.
That function is actually available on the dvd. It is not as interesting as watching it the proper way, clearly.
Fuckin’ brilliant meme. Not a single one of those didn’t make me at least chuckle.
These tickle the shit out of my funny bone for some reason. Way more than most.
If you watch Transformers backwards, it’s the same movie.
If you watch 8 Mile backwards, its about a talented white rapper who accidentally drops the N word.
Only one that really made me laugh was Cinderella
Because you have no soul.
If you watch 127 hours backwards…
…it’s the uplifting story of an amputee finding an arm in the desert.
If you watch The Matrix backwards, it’s about Jesus leaving the MMA and getting a boring desk job.
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#6: It’s WHOSE, not WHO’S. Dammit! /englishmajorrant
If you watch Groundhog Day backwards, it’s about a French speaking, ice sculpting, piano playing savant who gets stuck in a time loop, gradually loses all his skills, and learns to loathe his life and everyone around him.
great. the only good one for me was the shawshank redemption one and none of my friends has seen the movie.