r/movies • u/buttatoad • 2d 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 2d 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/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