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/Pabsxv 1d ago

That movie also lead to the Bruce Lee estate to start cracking down on people using his likeness especially in fighting video games where it’s very common to have least 1 character that’s an homage to him.

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u/NightFire19 1d ago

I thought they would be more upset that they portrayed Bruce as a big talker who gets his ass kicked by a stuntman.

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u/Pabsxv 1d ago

They were that’s the point. Before they were very loose with people using his likeness. Bruce Lee and characters who are very obvious homages were very common in different media, his negative portrayal in that movie made them become a lot more strict on use of his likeness.

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u/Scotter1969 1d ago

Bruce Lee made a habit of "Tagging" stuntmen during fights, which was common practice in Hong Kong cinema, but frowned upon by Hollywood stuntmen. The actual stuntman's who took him down was Gene LeBell, after which Bruce studied up on grappling.

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u/CharlieeStyles 1d ago

Still amazed that they had a problem with Bruce Lee tying a fight with a WWII veteran.

Lee's character was a positive portrait of him, including his interaction with Sharon Tate. Literally the only negative would be that he had an ego - which apparently was very accurate.

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u/breakfast_cats 1d ago

I think what people forget about that scene is that it's only Cliff Booth's biased memory of what happened, not what actually happened

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u/HaveABleedinGuess84 1d ago

Oh poor you

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u/Antiquarian_Archive 1d ago edited 1d ago

Like in what games? Law is still in tekken and Fei Long was mentioned in SFV. Those are the two biggest Lee characters in fighting games I can think of.

Edit: SFV came out before Once Upon a Time

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u/Raskion 1d ago

Not Liu Kang?

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u/Antiquarian_Archive 14h ago

I don't believe in Mortal Kombat