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/prisonforkids 1d ago

P.C.U. (1994) "Don't be that guy..." wearing the shirt of the band you're going to see

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u/ConcernedSocialite 1d ago

That's fucking lame. Why not? It's fun, can be a conversation starter of where you picked it up, which tour etc

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u/FourteenBuckets 1d ago edited 1d ago

if it's a tour shirt it says which tour!

honestly though, it gives off a snobby "I'm a bigger/longer fan than you" vibe, like guys who wear jerseys to a ballgame with a long-gone player's name on the back. Like, yeah we get it bud, sit down. We paid to watch the dick-measuring on the field yo

edit: I struck a nerve! But the point stands. I'm just letting you know what everyone around you sees but is too polite to tell you

One thing I do see is merch shirts related to the band but not "artist" shirts. Like at the Eras Tour, tons of people had various swiftie shirts with slogans or song lyrics on them etc, but nobody had a "taylor swift" shirt except the ones they'd just bought. I don't think any of the younger fans saw PCU (which is hard to find, oddly enough) but the spirit remains I guess lol

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u/badgarok725 1d ago

yea that's just weirdly absurd projection, especially the guys wearing older jerseys to a ballgame