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Fury (2014) was dumb and bad. The 2014 movie Fury with Brad Pitt was dumb. Nothing that happened was believable, the characters were flat cartoon characters, the story was predictable and nothing was historically accurate. Here’s a question: it’s 1945, why are the Germans so incompetent?
Dec 21, 2020 · We all love good movies, but bad movies are just as great for making memes, maybe even more so. Here are three of our favorites to inspire you.
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- Director's Approval
- Production Company's Disapproval
- Resurgence of Downfall Parodies
- Bruno Ganz' Death
- Investment Bank
- Joan's Downfall
- Wrongful Copyright Claim
On January 15th, 2010, New York Magazine's entertainment blog Vulture interviewed Hirschbiegel, asking his opinion of how the scene has been used online:
Despite the film's director seeing the remixes in a positive light, the production company did not approve of their footage being used in this manner. On April 19th, 2010, TechCrunch, BoingBoing and LaughingSquid reported that Constantin Films began sending DMCA takedown notices to YouTube. On April 21st, the APreported that Martin Moszkowicz, head...
Shortly after the beginning of YouTube takedowns, Downfall parodies saw its greatest resurgence in number of uploads, possibly as a result of Streisand Effect. By mid-2010, thousands of such parodies still remained online, including many in which a self-aware Hitler, angry that people keep making or taking down Downfall parodies. During this extens...
On February 15th, 2019, Bruno Ganz died at the age of 77 at his home in Zurich, Switzerland. The following day, The New York Times published an article about the actor's death. Also on February 16th, Redditor moha94 posted a meme tribute to Ganz to /r/dankmemes,where it gathered more than 25,200 points (95% upvoted) and 530 comments within four hou...
On December 8th, 2010, Jefferies investment bank executive Grant Williams was fired after sharing a Downfall parody video in a company newsletter e-mail. The video in question, which is thought to have been uploaded on December 6th, 2010, satirizes JPMorgan's financial bet against silver in 2010 and the subsequent online grassroots campaign that wa...
On January 14th, 2012, a Scottish Labour party Member of Parliament named Tom Harris uploaded a Downfall parody to his personal YouTube channel, tomharrismp, criticizing Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond's stance on the referendum on Scottish Independence up for vote in Parliament. The video was seen as a direct comparison of Salmond to H...
In response to Constantin's attempted takedown of these satirical videos, the Institute for Internet Studies offers this helpful public service announcementexplaining how to dispute a wrongful copyright claim on the grounds of Fair Use. Fair use is a doctrine that provides protection for individuals using copyrighted material without receiving perm...
May 24, 2024 · There is an entire Instagram page filled with memes dedicated to movie buffs. If you identify as a cinephile, this one's likely relatable for you.
- “Sure, Jan” (A Very Brady Sequel) / “Bye, Felicia” (Friday) Okay, so these two memes toe the line between bona fide meme and reaction GIF, but they’re just too good not to include.
- “I Drink Your Milkshake!” (There Will Be Blood) Not to be confused with the milkshake that brings all the boys to the yard, the milkshake at the heart of the explosive finale of Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood is an oil drilling metaphor.
- “Perfectly Balanced” (Avengers: Infinity War) So, we’re keeping the villain speech theme alive. Your mileage may vary as to whether or not the raisin-faced Big Bad lived up to the decade of hype built up prior to Avengers: Infinity War, but what is indisputable is that Thanos has given us some quality memes.
- “You Merely Adopted the Dark.” (The Dark Knight Rises) You might say that The Dark Knight Rises is the weakest entry in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.
Nov 20, 2019 · Downfall video memes are online parodies of a bunker scene from a 2004 German film where a furious Hitler learns that his generals have let him down and the war is lost. Hitler loses it. He...
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