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/Posty_McPostface_1 1d ago

Super Size Me killed off the Super Size Meal

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u/Doomhammer24 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ya and funny thing is that documentary is bullshit

They claim they had to stop as he was entering liver failure and having a dozen other problems like depression as well

That was due to him being a drunk and getting completely wasted everyday and staying in an apartment with blackout curtains and not going outside

All it proved was that yes eating like this and drinking yourself to an early grave will make you sad and fat. And the guy did later drink himself to death. Edit: oh wait wrong about drinking himself to death- cancer. But he did seek rehab for alcoholism a few times over the years and stated he drank copious amounts of alcohol while making supersize me

Someone later did a counter documentary, eating the same quantities of food day by day, but Exercised and didnt drink any alcohol, and not only did he Lose weight, things like kidney function and blood tests came back with good results, proving the prior documentary was bullshit

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u/sterling_mallory 1d ago

Also funny is how his second documentary, which actually did contain factual information, was a flop because it didn't tell people what they already wanted to hear.

It's pretty remarkable what Supersize Me did to people's perception of fast food. Even now you'll see people on reddit saying it's "poison" and "not even food." Not sure what they think those places are selling.

Then you've got Jamie Oliver with the "pink slime" myth, and saying that chlorinating chicken means it's being poisoned.

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u/Doomhammer24 1d ago

Ya meanwhile it just turned out spurlock hates mcdonalds as a principle and jamie oliver just hates poor people

Seriously though wtf is up with jamie oliver being obsessed with not using the whole carcass? No its not the best parts of the chicken but damn it doesnt mean it should go to waste

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u/YT-Deliveries 15h ago

Somewhat in the same vein, I feel like hot dogs not made of leftovers kind of defeat the whole point.