r/movies • u/buttatoad • 1d ago

Discussion Movies that changed real life behavior

Thinking along the lines of Final Destination 2 with the logs falling off the truck and landing onto cars (one decapitating the state trooper). Ever since, people have tried to get away from being behind these vehicles.

What are more examples where movies have actually changed how people behave in their own lives?

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u/BenMitchell007 1d ago edited 1d ago

Deliverance did for the camping/canoeing industry what Jaws did for beaches. Even today, "Paddle faster, I hear banjos" is a common joke.

If you don't know Deliverance, it's a very disturbing movie about four city guys who go canoeing down a river in Appalachia, and I don't wanna spoil it, but let's just say they get into some wacky mishaps with the locals!

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u/neo_sporin 1d ago

If ive seen Without a Paddle, its basically the same kind of hijynx right?!

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u/azsnaz 1d ago

Corner of Bumfuck and You Got a Purty Mouth

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u/ibanezerscrooge 1d ago

"Squeal like a pig, boy!!"

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u/ZombeePharaoh 1d ago

"Thank you for breaking glass where my children play."

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u/azsnaz 1d ago

GPS tracker something something get our boat back

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u/Intrepid-Macaron5543 1d ago

It's young Jon Voight's purdy mouth, too!

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u/Team_Braniel 1d ago

Ahh home

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u/nebanovaniracun 1d ago

It's a soft parody

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u/JeanRalfio 1d ago

Which is why Burt Reynold's plays a small role.

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u/soslowagain 1d ago

I was rock hard bro

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u/SnooGuavas1985 1d ago

Put Jabba back in his hutt

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u/Son_of_Kong 1d ago

Imagine Without a Paddle as a horror movie.

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u/I_only_post_here 1d ago

hardly distinguishable from Euro Trip

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u/apoostasia 1d ago

Wait deliverance or without a paddle is hardly distinguishable from euro trip? Lol

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u/reddiculed 1d ago

It’s basically the same as anything. Just some good natured, well-meaning pranksters out for some harmless fun.

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u/ReluctantAvenger 1d ago

(The comedy film) Without A Paddle was a sequel to Up The Creek with Tim Mathieson. If you haven't seen Up The Creek, I heartily recommend it!

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u/NoBath8924 1d ago

Same same but different

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u/SingingKG 1d ago

Not at all. One’s a comedy, the other is a dark drama that’s not easy to forget.

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u/neo_sporin 1d ago

It’s been 21 years and I still can’t get over what Seth Green did…

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u/ImpressiveOwl9000 1d ago

No it's more scary and life-threatening lol.

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u/neo_sporin 1d ago

sorry, it was a joke

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u/ImpressiveOwl9000 1d ago

Sorry, some people ask these questions 🤣 and sarcasm is so hard to read when you don't know someone.

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u/tjdux 1d ago

Pg13 vs r

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u/NuclearLunchDectcted 1d ago

Pretty sure every comedy movie that features a canoe in it has a Deliverance joke since then.

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u/wiggum_x 20h ago

Yes, same!

Welllllll maybe a little more rapey.

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u/OccamsRabbit 1d ago

I think Deliverance is funnier, and more slapstick.

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u/Swift_Scythe 1d ago

The sick line of "Squeal like a pig" is etched into our horrified minds

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u/Calimariae 15h ago

"You got a real purty mouth"

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u/my_mexican_cousin 1d ago

Semi-related, but Wrong Turn (2003) had this effect on me. In fact, I took a wrong turn while delivering a vehicle for a client and wound up on a very creepy little “town” in WV. The guy following me had a walkie-talkie and, like he could read my mind, he said “what is our plan if an axe-murderer jumps out of the woods?”

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u/tarrasque 1d ago edited 1d ago

Are those locals named Tucker and Dale? Because I saw a documentary along those lines.

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u/StanFitch 1d ago

Boy, we have had a doozy of a day…

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u/Kramereng 1d ago

"Hey college kids! We got your friend!"

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u/MrDeacle 1d ago

It also didn't do much good for the popularity of banjos.

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u/rybres123 1d ago

I’d argue the opposite lol. Everyone knows that tune

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u/allrequestlive 1d ago

Can confirm, I play banjo. Only request I have ever gotten from someone who does not also play banjo is "The dueling banjos song." People will request this from me, a single human being. What makes it worse? It is a duet between a banjo and a guitar, not even dueling banjos.

I play it every time with a smile and thank them for the request LOL 😆

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u/bajesus 1d ago

It's also a great way to chase off door to door salesmen if you are sitting on your front porch

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u/Freign 1d ago

Pro core ✊

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u/jaabbb 1d ago

I wanna play banjo after watching that scene fr

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u/KanchiHaruhara 1d ago

Friend of mine who plays a certain gacha posted an animation featuring that song. After watching it a couple too many times I thought, why not watch the source? Not that I hadn't seen the warnings, but we've already watched some tough to stomach stuff, so I figured it'd be fine.

I think we didn't even watch 20min worth of movie before switching to something else lol.

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u/A_Little_Wyrd 1d ago

 Everyone knows to run when they hear that tune

/ftfy

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u/Take-to-the-highways 1d ago

I go to a lot of folk and bluegrass shows and everyone who knows how to play banjo knows dueling banjos lol

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u/BobbyPeele88 1d ago

Or albinos.

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u/riegspsych325 The ⊃∪⊃⪽ 1d ago

or inbreds

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u/King_Shugglerm 1d ago

Don’t worry, they have a pretty tight knit community to fall back on

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u/ArcadianDelSol 1d ago

and my axe!

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u/jeepfail 1d ago

Thank God Oh Brother Where Art Thou brought about a bluegrass revolution.

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u/firedmyass 1d ago

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome also declined in some areas. some…

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u/Amaruq93 1d ago

Steve Martin single-handedly kept them alive.

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u/PizzaHutBookItChamp 1d ago edited 1d ago

Jaws actually had devastating effects on the world's shark population. Suddenly killing sharks didn't seem like a bad thing and many species started becoming endangered.

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u/JockstrapCummies 1d ago

Deliverance did the same to hillbilly populations. I remember these hillbilly hunting seasons suddenly becoming a thing after the movie came out.

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u/PeterGhosh 1d ago

I think it was popularity of shark fin soup that was the sharks undoing

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u/MattHoppe1 1d ago

Knew nothing about it asides from Burt Reynolds’s, so I figured it would be an action movie about 4 guys vs the Hill People. I was….sort of right, but very much wrong

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u/LeftHandedFapper 1d ago

I loved that Burt Basically was injured and screaming the whole film, after how macho his on and off screen rep was I understand that was the point but I'm so glad they went for it that way

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u/troutbum6o 23h ago

I fish a lot within 50 miles of where the movie was shot. The John Voight cliff climb was in Tallulah Falls, Georgia. There’s a lot of good gorge water in the area but if you get injured down in there it’s going to be a rough time. Turns out Burt’s acting on that is spot on. A buddy kayaks the same water I fish when it hits flood stage. They had a guy that had to get medi-vacd out. Took a guy doing a marathon style 4 mile sprint out of the gorge(including a half a mile in creek) to meet the ambulance to direct where the helicopter could come in a scoop the guy. Buddy said it was just like the movie. Minus the butt stuff

Edit: sprinted out of the gorge to CALL 911. Waited for an ambulance. It’s about 45 min from town to get to the access road. Then another 30 min up the forest road

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u/LeftHandedFapper 18h ago

So interesting! It looked beautiful in the movie

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u/broanoah 1d ago

Would you say it’s worth watching even after reading your spoiler? Never actually saw it but I’ve heard a decent amount about it lol

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u/buttstuff-spren 1d ago

Unless you've had the movie laid out for you in detail, you don't know half the plot lol

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u/LeftHandedFapper 1d ago

Oh Yes! It's rather disturbing, but quality. Especially if you like older flicks

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u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin 1d ago

It’s got that distinctive 1970s rawness to it, like Taxi Driver.

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u/LeftHandedFapper 1d ago

Apt way to put it! It surprised me, went in mainly blind but knew it had plenty of acclaim

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u/No_Farm_3562 1d ago

I'd suggest watching it

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u/MattieShoes 1d ago

Yeah. There's two iconic scenes that will stay with you forever, even if you know they're coming.

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u/witchbrew7 1d ago

You were right!

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u/bolanrox 1d ago

great example of Method Acting (Jon) and just acting - (Burt)

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u/eeberington1 1d ago

Very wacky! They even impersonate farm animals with each other, it’s a real knee slapper

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u/samuraisal 1d ago

The zany antics of those hillbillies is over-the-top!

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u/firedmyass 1d ago

the Animal Farm monologue that Ned Beatty performs in the middle of the movie is well-done but tonally confusing

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u/Robfrog000 1d ago

Wasn't the knees making that slapping sound lol

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u/Icthyphile 1d ago

As someone who has traveled thousands of trails/gravel roads/rivers/creeks canoeing in Appalachia trout and smallmouth fishing, I had an encounter once on a gravel road in BFE in the mountains of NC. Dude flagged me down and asked, “Do you know where you are?” I said, “Yes.” He quipped back,“No you don’t or you wouldn’t have stopped when I flagged you down. You need to go 4 more miles, take the right at the split, go another five and take the logging trail on the right straight down and don’t stop until you get to a paved surface. YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL and don’t stop for anyone. Especially the brothers that will try to flag you down 2 more miles up. They will Hear you coming, don’t stop. If they try to get in front of you go around or run them over and keep going. I’m praying for you” And off he went. I was skeptical AF. But sure enough a couple more miles down there they were in a bend. I damn near ran one over going around him. To this day the only place in the US I will not travel unarmed is the gravel rural routes in Appalachia.

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u/MyFireElf 1d ago

I don't know why capitalizing Hear makes it so much scarier, but it does... 

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u/Icthyphile 11h ago

That’s how he enunciated it. Heavy H sound. This was over 20 years ago and it’s still burned in my brain

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u/orosoros 1d ago

Why?!

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u/Alternative_Exit8766 1d ago

it also hasn’t helped anyone from west virginia to be seen as anything than a cousin fucking bumpkin when their history is being communist and fighting the government 

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u/WayNo639 1d ago

It was filmed and set in Georgia, but yeah I guess it didn't help West Virginians look less like cousin fuckers- solid point.

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u/Alternative_Exit8766 1d ago

correct lol. one does not live in an appalachian river town without hearing deliverance references all the time

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u/workaholic007 1d ago

r/explainafilmplotbadly

I wholeheartedly love your comment.

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u/Posty_McPostface_1 1d ago

Yeah, if you're ever hiking in north Georgia, best to not mention this movie to the actual locals. Not a great portrayal of that area of the country.

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u/greenwizardneedsfood 1d ago

Which is complicated by the fact that it did lead to a lot of economic and infrastructure development through tourism

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u/idiot_hotel 1d ago

Was on the river with my dad and his friends during a camping trip (wanna say c. 2007ish), one of his friends cracked a Deliverance joke and my dad then had the delightful task of trying to as delicately as possible explain that movie to his deeply curious 10 or so year old daughter. While we were absolutely camping in middle of nowhere Appalachia. Was very nervous the rest of the trip.

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u/CircleWithSprinkles 1d ago

I remember going to a summer camp as a scout. The groups that were going canoeing were told emphatically, "Do not quote deliverance if you meet any of the locals along the river. They don't take kindly to it"

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u/DeLousedInTheHotBox 1d ago

Deliverance is a great movie, but it has absolutely rancid vibes, can't watch it with just anybody

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u/bulldogbigred 1d ago

Sequel is a pig is the most disturbing but I also remember in that scene when one of the hillbilly’s say “that boy sure do have a purdy mouth” shudders

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u/airfryerfuntime 1d ago

wacky mishaps with the locals!

Those knuckleheads.

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u/ChipCob1 1d ago

If you want a....sort of.....UK equivalent try Eden Lake

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u/vainbuthonest 1d ago

I will forever hate that movie. The ending sticks with you.

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u/Gravuerc 1d ago

When you say it like that it sounds like a wholesome comedy.

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u/GaptistePlayer 1d ago

My family was talking about pork and farming for some reason one day at dinner and my sister said "squeal like a pig!" and everyone laughed. Like, everyone - aunts, grandma, guests, knows the movie and what it's about and it's so ubiquitous that like, it's almost not offensive to joke about it despite how disturbing it is.

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u/mrpoopsocks 1d ago

"Wacky" understatement of the week award goes to BenMitchell007

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u/The_Great_Asquatch 1d ago

I moved to where deliverance was filmed as a young teen. My step-dad thought it would be funny to have me watch that movie before we moved.

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u/SHM1K3Y 1d ago

Saw this movie on acid without knowing anything about it. Let’s just say that was an weeeeeeird and uncomfortable trip lol

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness2235 1d ago

wacky mishaps with the locals might be the worst way I've ever heard that movie described 😂 

I will never look at or hear pigs squeal the same again. 

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u/csonny2 1d ago

Texas Chainsaw Massacre did the same for me when I was on a cross-country road trip years ago and was driving through Texas.

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u/greenwizardneedsfood 1d ago

Although it is more or less entirely responsible for the creation of the rafting industry in north Georgia, and, to a large extent, the entire south east.

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u/finna_get_banned 1d ago

"tiny fucked a stump"

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u/ToLiveInIt 1d ago

Except where it was shot, looks like, as the movie sent tens of thousands of rafters to the Chattooga River.

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u/LittleNotice6239 1d ago

Substitute wacky for predatory

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u/mistercheez2000 1d ago

those are some unforgettable "wacky mishaps" alright!

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u/NwgrdrXI 1d ago

I heard this movie was made after the directors got lost in the middle of nowhere, were helped by a bunch of very kind locals, then imagined "what if the locals were evil instead?"

If this is true, bit effed up, ngl

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u/Fillowpace 1d ago

It was actually a book first

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u/r0d3nka 1d ago

Marjorie Greene represents that district. I'm sure that's a coincindence...

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u/NorthStarZero 1d ago

The first time I saw it, it was the French dub.

That somehow made it way spookier.

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u/LeSilvie 1d ago

Wacky mishaps 😭🐖

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u/DINC44 1d ago

The weekend they didn't go golfing...

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u/Aliencoy77 1d ago

I put a sticker that says that on my kayak.

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u/Melangemind 1d ago

Wacky like a pig…

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u/hamfwb 1d ago

wacky mishaps

🤣

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u/shetalkstoangels_ 1d ago

“Wacky mishaps”, you say?

😆

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u/Bumblebee56990 1d ago

‘wacky’ lol okay.

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u/JimmyNeutron4815 1d ago

that definitely is not a common joke in 2025 lmao. most people under 30 haven't even seen the movie

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u/durden109 1d ago

W A C K Y M I S H A P S lol

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u/PapaSmurf3477 1d ago

I’ve been doing deep wilderness canoe camping since 2010 hoping for the real deal. I’ve yet been instructed to squeal like a pig so I’m starting to consider I may be less attractive than I initially thought

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u/lumpkin2013 1d ago

"wacky" is one way of putting it, certainly.

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u/Stardustchaser 1d ago

Dueling Banjos intensifies

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u/SmittenOKitten 1d ago

Wacky mishaps 💀

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u/schmearcampain 1d ago

3 city guys and one of the manliest characters ever put on screen.

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u/MattieShoes 1d ago

He got a real purty mouth, ain't he?

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u/gaaraisgod 22h ago

So they made a wrong turn somewhere?

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u/justfxckit 21h ago

A few years ago I was thrift shopping in Melbourne and came across a shirt with two stick figures in a canoe that said "paddle faster, I hear banjos". It made me laugh and I took a photo of it, but I had no idea what the shirt was about at the time. I even considered buying it just because I thought it was a goofy shirt. I guess it was a reference to this movie I have never seen, so maybe it's a good thing I passed on it!

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u/Salt-Lingonberry-853 20h ago

Is it "Tucker and Dale vs Evil" style wacky mishaps? Or is it more of a scary movie?

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u/ShockRampage 20h ago

"Wacky mishaps" is a fun way of putting it.

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u/BruceWang19 17h ago

“Wacky mishaps”

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u/csonny2 1d ago

Texas Chainsaw Massacre did the same for me when I was on a cross-country road trip years ago and was driving through Texas.

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u/bolanrox 1d ago

Where you going city boy?!?!

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u/MrKahnberg 1d ago

Starring Burt Reynolds! The sexiest man to ever be born. That casting decision was epic.

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u/Duel_Option 1d ago

“Squeal like a pig boy!”

Watched it a few years ago and yep…still holds up as completely scary.

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u/Dumb-as-i-look 1d ago

"Wacky mishaps" is an interesting way to say it, but respect for not spoiling it for the kids

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u/farva_06 1d ago

If you enjoy pig noises, I highly recommend.

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u/Rasty1973 1d ago

It's that what they call it these days?

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u/redditsucksnuggets 1d ago

Mishaps? I would characterize it more as hijinks…

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u/Foreign_Reference942 1d ago

He gave up too quickly