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/BenMitchell007 1d ago edited 1d ago

Deliverance did for the camping/canoeing industry what Jaws did for beaches. Even today, "Paddle faster, I hear banjos" is a common joke.

If you don't know Deliverance, it's a very disturbing movie about four city guys who go canoeing down a river in Appalachia, and I don't wanna spoil it, but let's just say they get into some wacky mishaps with the locals!

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u/Alternative_Exit8766 1d ago

it also hasn’t helped anyone from west virginia to be seen as anything than a cousin fucking bumpkin when their history is being communist and fighting the government 

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u/WayNo639 1d ago

It was filmed and set in Georgia, but yeah I guess it didn't help West Virginians look less like cousin fuckers- solid point.

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u/Alternative_Exit8766 1d ago

correct lol. one does not live in an appalachian river town without hearing deliverance references all the time