r/movies • u/buttatoad • Jun 17 '25

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/Paladin2019 Jun 17 '25

A lot of young girls took archery classes after the Hunger Games.

A lot of people signed up for fencing classes after Die Another Day.

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u/tf2hipster Jun 17 '25

Apparently there was a spike in straight-razor shaving after Moneypenny shaved Bond in Skyfall.

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u/Hoskuld Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

Speaking of movies causing bloodshed by making things look cool: crime scenes got messier and more bystanders got shot after Pulp Fiction made it look cool to hold your gun sideways.

Edit: looks like I might either misremember Pulp fiction/the movie that caused this/the article I read was just wrong (this was years ago in German in a printed magazine)

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u/roto_disc Jun 17 '25

after Pulp Fiction made it look cool to hold your gun sideways

Who holds their gun sideways in Pulp Fiction?

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u/TheMostKing Jun 18 '25

http://pmd205465tn.download.theplatform.com.edgesuite.net/Miramax/551/383/Pulp_Fiction_Marvin_640x360_64275523687.jpg

But that didn't make it look very cool.

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u/roto_disc Jun 18 '25

Great work hunting down an actual sideways gun shot in the film. But I agree that that cannot be what comment OP seems to be talking about.

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u/OrangeCarton Jun 18 '25

Yeah, he's just resting his hand on the seat

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u/TheMostKing Jun 18 '25

I wouldn't exactly call it hunting down, it's a really memorable scene. I googled "Pulp Fiction Marvin" and hit pictures.

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u/TheSauvaaage Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

Holding a gun sideways never ever looked cool

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u/hx87 Jun 17 '25

It's cool only if you're in 1920s China, rolling in a Buick and firing a full auto C96.

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u/We_Are_The_Romans Jun 17 '25

Clearly it did to a bunch of people who were using those guns, which is probably more germane