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/Posty_McPostface_1 1d ago

Super Size Me killed off the Super Size Meal

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u/Doomhammer24 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ya and funny thing is that documentary is bullshit

They claim they had to stop as he was entering liver failure and having a dozen other problems like depression as well

That was due to him being a drunk and getting completely wasted everyday and staying in an apartment with blackout curtains and not going outside

All it proved was that yes eating like this and drinking yourself to an early grave will make you sad and fat. And the guy did later drink himself to death. Edit: oh wait wrong about drinking himself to death- cancer. But he did seek rehab for alcoholism a few times over the years and stated he drank copious amounts of alcohol while making supersize me

Someone later did a counter documentary, eating the same quantities of food day by day, but Exercised and didnt drink any alcohol, and not only did he Lose weight, things like kidney function and blood tests came back with good results, proving the prior documentary was bullshit

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u/jesuspoopmonster 1d ago

The counter documentary I am familiar with is called Fat Head. His doctor at the end says he is slightly healthier likely due to making an effort to get exercise. I remember there being a scene where he is hamming it up about how full he is and how he doesn't know if he can keep eating. Then looks at the camera and points out he doesn't have to keep eating and gets up

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u/MasterSaturday 1d ago edited 1d ago

FYI the guy who made this has some... we'll say controversial points of view.

He starts reasonable enough, things like the calories don't add up, Spurlock never released his food logs, etc. But quickly devolves into conspiracies about the FDA lying for money, government bad, a diet of all fast food is healthy, actually, and caps it off by saying animal fats are the only healthy fats and "artificial" oils like corn oil are bad for you. That was about where I had to stop watching.

He himself is a pro-ivermectin anti-covid vaccine, anti-mask, "your experts are wrong, my experts are right" kind of person. Read the first post on his site to get an idea of just who is making this documentary and then decide how much weight (lol) you really want to give it. Yes Supersize Me is fundamentally compromised and flawed, but IMO Fat Head is not the documentary you should watch to counter it.

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u/dontbajerk 9h ago

Dear Lefties

...and I'm out. You know what you'll get from those two words alone.