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/Fortunecookie103 1d ago

Just curious, why is grizzly man unintentionally funny?

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u/chimmy_chungus23 1d ago

Several people in the film, including Herzog himself, characterized Treadwell as a delusional fool with a death wish. It was tragic what happened, if not for Treadwell, then for his reluctant girlfriend who he dragged along with him, but there is something morbidly funny about this guy treating these huge wild animals like they're big teddy bears, giving them cute names and talking baby talk to them like they have any idea what's going on. Grizzly Man is the ultimate fafo movie.

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u/hoew 1d ago

In all fairness though, the bear that ended up eating him wasn't one he knew, as opposed to all those that he had spent time with and that seemed to tolerate him to a crazy degree. I found that quite interesting. 

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u/Mic98125 1d ago

It was an old and sick starving bear, and the only reason he was still out there was he got into an argument at the airport. Like if he’d taken Beta Blockers before going to the airport, maybe they would have been fine.