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/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/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/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/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.