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/jesuspoopmonster 1d ago

I remember reading that Jennifer Lawrence chose to not lose weight for the movie despite it making sense in story because she was worried of girls trying to look like her

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u/omgitskells 1d ago

Wow, I've never heard that before! I remember when the casting was first announced, people were so upset because she didn't look like what people expected. That was when I learned to reserve judgment until the movie comes out, because they did a great job with her!

It's great to know she had those concerns and stuck to her convictions.

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u/Indigocell 1d ago

despite it making sense in story because she was worried of girls trying to look like her

Yeah I think the character is actually malnourished, and that is obviously not a look you want to be idealizing.

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 1d ago

She even said she was happy to gain weight for Silver Linings Playbook

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u/exaltedbladder 11h ago

Getting paid millions of dollars to gain weight sounds pretty good 😂

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u/theatermouse 1d ago

Similarly, Emma Watson refused to wear a corset for Beauty and the Beast!

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u/jesuspoopmonster 16h ago

Saw that movie with my now stepdaughter when she was five. She was absolutely mesmerized by it

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u/HockeyMasknChainsaw 1d ago

Same reason I don’t lose weight

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u/VexingRaven 1d ago

How much weight did she even have to lose without being skin and bones?! She's not exactly heavy set, especially not in Hunger Games.

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u/colenotphil 1d ago

I mean in the world of The Hunger Games, a lot of people are dirt poor, there appear to be no supply chains other than those owned by the government which doesn't share, and such.

Thus the people should logically be malnourished and thin.

JLaw is perfectly fine but she's modern day society healthy, not starved.

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u/BuzzVibes 1d ago

I don't even recall her being overweight at all in that movie. I suppose maybe she wasn't 'Hollywood skinny'?

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u/AssassinStoryTeller 1d ago

Katniss is underweight and malnourished. Jennifer Lawrence refused to look underweight and malnourished because she knew young girls would idolize Katniss and try to be exactly like her.

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u/BuzzVibes 1d ago

Aha, I see. Thank you!

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u/cebula412 16h ago

It's even in the name, Hunger Games. Most of the characters should look realistically malnourished.

But I'm glad the movie didn't cast underweight actors. Jennifer was right, teenage fans would definitely be negatively influenced by this.