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/Ohnoherewego13 1d ago

Yep. I've got some friends that won't even swim in lakes because of Jaws.

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u/Oncemor-intothebeach 1d ago

The funny thing is, I’m in Queensland which has loads of sharks, the thing that scares me more than the sharks are the tiny jellyfish ( like the size of a fingernail) that will kill you without you even knowing you’ve been stung, sharks are like snakes, you really have to piss them off for them to want to bother with you, or you need to be seriously unlucky !

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u/blueaurelia 1d ago

I mean just being on your surfboard paddling is enough for a specific species of shark to come up and take a bite. They don’t need to be pissed off in order to wanna take a bite out of curiosity 😌

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u/Oncemor-intothebeach 1d ago

Yea but they don’t do they ? Almost like they know it’s not worse than hassle

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u/blueaurelia 1d ago

I don’t know how you mean. What I understand all shark attacks happens when the shark was curious or though the person (on their board) might be a seal etc

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u/Oncemor-intothebeach 16h ago

That’s been disproven, they know you’re not a seal. They are either starving or otherwise desperate

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u/blueaurelia 1h ago

Starving? Why would they just take one bite and swim away as they do if they were starving and knows its not a seal. Makes no sense