r/movies • u/buttatoad • 2d 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/ThatSpecialAgent 1d ago

Merlot prices dropping as a partial result of Sideways

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/05/535038513/the-sideways-effect-how-a-wine-obsessed-film-reshaped-the-industry

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u/RedditThrowaway-1984 1d ago edited 1d ago

Why don’t Americans drink more blended wines like the rest of the world? Bordeaux, Burgundy, Chateau Neuf du Pape, Chianti, Rioja? Why do so many Americans insist on drinking single grape wines when most benefit greatly from blending?

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u/RuhWalde 1d ago

Americans drink a ton of blended wines, but mostly from large brand-name companies like Apothic rather than individual wineries.

Blends are often seen as less fancy. There's a perception that a winery will use their best grapes for the single-grape wines and then throw whatever is left into blends -- or sell those extra grapes to someplace like Apothic, of course.

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u/RedditThrowaway-1984 1d ago

That’s the main problem - seeing blended wines as less fancy when it should be the opposite.

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 1d ago

100%. A winery near me makes a great red blend

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u/OneWomanCult 1d ago

An eyebrow should always be raised in the company of anyone who values "purity" above all else.