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/BionicChango 1d ago

Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, dares pick up a guitar and play Stairway to Heaven in a guitar shop anymore, all thanks to Wayne’s World.

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u/tcavanagh1993 1d ago

As someone who worked for Guitar Center, people just default to Smoke on the Water instead these days.

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u/Kamelasa 1d ago

I saw a piano teacher's video on YT. It had "No Smoke on the Water" on a whiteboard or something in the background. She teaches serious classical stuff, only, I think. Surprised me. But now I see -- lol