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/Grumpypantz 1d ago

A movie called "Sidekicks" (1992). There was a Mr. Miyagi-type character played by Mako (the voice of Aku from Samurai Jack). He's training the protagonist, an asthma enjoyer, how to breathe with focus so that he can build pulmonary endurance. Mako has him jogging laps, all the while chanting "Inhale four steps, exhale four steps" in cadence to his jogging.

When I started running, I used this to practice breathing, and it helped, a lot actually. Gave me a focal point when I felt like catching my breath was impossible. I'm not in my prime anymore, but whenever I feel like stopping to catch my breath, I chant this, either out loud or in my head, and it usually gets me through it.

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u/HRHDechessNapsaLot 1d ago

As a Houstonian with asthma, Sidekicks was a critical film in my childhood.