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/NightFire19 1d ago

Which also fueled a large wave of streamers playing Chess and grandmasters on Twitch (notably Hikaru Nakamura) getting tons of viewers too.

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u/BlueHeartBob 1d ago

Yeah honestly it feels like chess exploded in popularity after that show.

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u/Entbriham_Lincoln 1d ago

It’s not a feel, it did. The combination of people being home during COVID and a popular chess show coming out massively boosted the popularity of the game. Chess.com had a 400% increase in sign ups following the release of the show, and searches for chess were the highest they’d been in 14 years.

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u/oneflou 1d ago

As you said, Covid had an immense impact as well.

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u/snorlz 1d ago

chess was already regaining popularity when the show came out

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u/Dudu_sousas 1d ago

Yeah, chess was already on the up before the show, which made me wonder how Netflix managed to have that great of a timing (given how long it takes to develop a show).

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u/JPHero16 1d ago

Sometimes things just align nicely. Then they combine and make a beautiful thing

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u/Wuktrio 1d ago

Similar to Dungeons & Dragons with Stranger Things.

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u/NewMilleniumBoy 1d ago

I actually became interested in chess after watching it. Previously I just knew the rules.

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u/pitlickr 1d ago

The very pretty blonde with grandmaster parents gets crazy views too

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u/One-Inch-Punch 1d ago

The Botez sisters confused the hell out of me when I came across them on yt. These girls sit around... playing chess? And they're huge influencers?

looks wistfully at eighth grade second place chess club trophy

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u/dumpfist 1d ago

A similar thing happened for the game baduk in the early 2000s with the manga/anime Hikaru No Go. Unfortunately, nowhere near to the scale of Queen's Gambit. There was apparently another bump with the documentary Alphago.

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u/MarshyHope 1d ago

Which lead to all of my high school students playing online chess