According to Know Your Meme, the ‘If you watch movie X backards, it’s about Y’ all started back in 2004 with an innocent thread on the Something Awful forums.
A few years later, a Yahoo! Answers post appeared about watching the movie Jaws backwards and it’s harmful effects.
And a couple years after that, the Jaws joke was posted on Reddit, starting a tsunami of Internet activity around the idea. A ton of new submissions surfaced and another joke entered the Internet canon.
Below you will find a collection of what the Sifter found to be the funniest and most entertaining. We made a feeble attempt at incorporating each new plot line into the original movie poster. Apologies in advance if you find it difficult to read 🙂 And without further adieu, here are 10 movies that would be better if they were watched backwards (my best attempt at a Cracked-style headline):
If you watch the movie Jaws backwards…
If you watch the 127 Hours backwards…
If you watch the movie Scarface backwards…
If you watch The Matrix backwards…
If you watch Fight Club backwards…
If you watch Rambo backwards…
If you watch Titanic backwards…
If you watch Godzilla backwards…
If you watch Karate Kid backwards…
If you watch Pretty Woman backwards…
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