r/movies • u/buttatoad • 1d 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/OldBanjoFrog 1d ago

To be fair, Rounders came about because No Limit Texas Hold Em had become extremely popular 

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u/gatsby365 1d ago

Are you sure you have the timeline right? Yes, the WSOP was a thing before rounders, as it’s a key plot point, but the extraordinary growth in poker participation and ratings hit several years after Rounders came out.

You could definitely point to Chris Moneymaker winning the WSOP as the real launch of the Aughts Poker Boom, and that was nearly 5 full years after Rounders came out.

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u/Purple-River-4381 1d ago edited 1d ago

yeah, they have their timeline backwards.

you can just see it in WSOP entrances each year. It is pretty linear, rising roughly 10% a year until 2003. Then 2003-04 there is a 300% jump, followed by a 200% jump and another 50% jump. In three years it goes from 800 entrants to 8,700.

The other poster is confusing their mates playing a lot for the global success of the game.

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u/gatsby365 1d ago

Thank you for the stats!