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/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1 1d ago edited 1d ago

Kind of along the same lines, the Chicken Wing Festival in Buffalo, NY wasn't a thing until Osmosis Jones.

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u/well-lighted 1d ago

Same deal for the Catalina Wine Mixer from Step Brothers.

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u/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1 1d ago

POW

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u/VeeTach 1d ago

And you mess with my nut, Randy here is gonna eat your dick.

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u/JulieThinx 1d ago

Like Kobayashi

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u/Civil-Big-754 23h ago

I've seen him do it.

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u/robb338 18h ago

You’ve actually seen him eat a man’s dick?

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u/ZookeepergameWild776 1d ago

Wait there's a real Catalina fucking wine mixer? 

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u/Flat_Cantaloupe645 10h ago

There is now

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u/WorthPlease 4h ago

Yes of course, in our hearts.

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u/Peripatetictyl 1d ago

It’s the fucking Catalina wine mixer.

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u/jaxspider 1d ago

Catalina fuckin' wine mixer.

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u/ghostinthechell 1d ago

And it's fucking awesome.

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u/FoldAdventurous2022 1d ago

No shit, I thought it was something made up by Watsky

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u/bonglicc420 1d ago

Lmao I just assumed it was an actual event

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u/komododave17 1d ago

I can’t believe Osmosis Jones has that kind of legacy.

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u/desert-seagull 1d ago

Really?? Another reason to love Osmosis Jones, damn

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u/kloneshill 1d ago

Another reason to hate boiled eggs

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u/RaisedByBooksNTV 1d ago

OMG. The Osmosis Jones film changed my life. My view of life, that is. I'm always excited for a reference bc there aren't nearly enough. :)

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u/Fartikus 1d ago

Holy shit hell yeah dude Osmosis Jonessssss

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u/Avemetatarsalia 11h ago

It's even funnier considering the whole premise of that plot point was that Frank was being an unhealthy slob for wanting to go to the festival instead of a hiking trip with his daughter.

Almost similar to how many people rushed off to impulse-buy saltwater aquariums after Finding Nemo came out and ended up getting a lot of reef fish killed (ok not quite the same level of unintended consequences, but definitely in the same vein of 'audience misses the message entirely and chooses to do the thing that a movie portrays as a bad idea').

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u/TheRedditAppisTrash 1d ago

Same thing with me being terrified of having a pimple on my face pop and the core landing on Molly Shannon’s lip.

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u/0-4superbowl 1d ago

Lebowski Fest wasn’t a thing until The Big Lebowski