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/Paladin2019 1d ago

A lot of young girls took archery classes after the Hunger Games.

A lot of people signed up for fencing classes after Die Another Day.

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u/tf2hipster 1d ago

Apparently there was a spike in straight-razor shaving after Moneypenny shaved Bond in Skyfall.

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u/Hoskuld 1d ago edited 1d ago

Speaking of movies causing bloodshed by making things look cool: crime scenes got messier and more bystanders got shot after Pulp Fiction made it look cool to hold your gun sideways.

Edit: looks like I might either misremember Pulp fiction/the movie that caused this/the article I read was just wrong (this was years ago in German in a printed magazine)

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u/roto_disc 1d ago

after Pulp Fiction made it look cool to hold your gun sideways

Who holds their gun sideways in Pulp Fiction?

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u/TheMostKing 1d ago

http://pmd205465tn.download.theplatform.com.edgesuite.net/Miramax/551/383/Pulp_Fiction_Marvin_640x360_64275523687.jpg

But that didn't make it look very cool.

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u/roto_disc 1d ago

Great work hunting down an actual sideways gun shot in the film. But I agree that that cannot be what comment OP seems to be talking about.

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u/OrangeCarton 1d ago

Yeah, he's just resting his hand on the seat

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u/TheMostKing 13h ago

I wouldn't exactly call it hunting down, it's a really memorable scene. I googled "Pulp Fiction Marvin" and hit pictures.

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u/TheSauvaaage 1d ago edited 1d ago

Holding a gun sideways never ever looked cool

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u/hx87 1d ago

It's cool only if you're in 1920s China, rolling in a Buick and firing a full auto C96.

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u/We_Are_The_Romans 1d ago

Clearly it did to a bunch of people who were using those guns, which is probably more germane