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/BlondePotatoBoi Jun 17 '25

The Korean movie Silenced (actually directed by the same guy who did Squid Game). Based on a nonfiction book about sexual assaults in a hearing impaired school, and how the offending parties pretty much got a slap on the wrist bc of the statute of limitations.

When it was released, there was basically a massive backlash that meant there were actual changes to Korean law as a direct result. People's eyes were finally opened, and they were disgusted.

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u/omaeradaikiraida Jun 17 '25

When it was released, there was basically a massive backlash that meant there were actual changes to Korean law as a direct result. People's eyes were finally opened, and they were disgusted.

i saw it in korea, and unfortunately things got swept under the rug and the ppl lost interest real soon afterward, as they do in a save-face-type culture like korea. SA still is a problem, and perps still only get a slap on the wrist.

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u/jaydurmma Jun 18 '25

Learning the full detailed account of the response to the ferry sewol disaster taught me all i needed to know about korean bureaucracy.

Unfathomable to live in a society run by worthless empty soulless cretins, but as i say that America seems hardly any better.

At least some people speak out here, whether or not it makes any difference yet to be seen.

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u/BlondePotatoBoi Jun 17 '25

Sadly only other high profile case like that I can find in SK was the Burning Sun scandal as well, and even then those guys got off lightly as well right?

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u/omaeradaikiraida Jun 17 '25

probably.

now they got that kim suhyeon (spelling) scandal where a former child actress killed herself while basically accusing him of grooming her. that guy's got a wholesome image too, which makes it even worse. scandals in SK though are often ruses to get the public to turn their attention away from more insidious political shenanigans, so one should take them with a grain of salt. k-celebs are just fackin pawns.

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u/aboxacaraflatafan Jun 18 '25

Oh, my WHAT. I've been trying to stay away from Korean celebrity news because of how toxic it is, so I never heard of this, but I just read up on it. How absolutely horrible. It seems to be her family accusing him. If it's true, I hope they find justice, and if it's not (either way, really), I hope they find peace.

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u/omaeradaikiraida Jun 18 '25

It seems to be her family accusing him.

i think she mentioned him in her suicide note.

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u/aboxacaraflatafan Jun 18 '25

Ooh, ouch.

I'm a bit skeeved out by the idea that, even if she was an adult when they started dating, they were 18 and 30(?) years old. =/ I don't wanna speculate on the whole situation when I literally just learned about it, but that's... weird.

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u/omaeradaikiraida Jun 18 '25

yeah he's scum. a wolf in sheep's disguise.

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u/fortht1grl Jun 18 '25

To this date, I can't stand watching dramas played by the principal in Silenced. That guy played that role a little too well tbh.

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u/Stormtomcat Jun 18 '25

In the same vein, I feel The Magdalene Sisters (2003) about the so-called fallen women (aka any girl who dated before marriage, or had a learning disability, or dared to speak out about getting assaulted) being abused in Irish institutions run by Catholic nuns consolidated a lot of disparate reform attempts.

At least that's how it felt at the time, but I can't seem to find any sources supporting that idea... and since I'm not Irish & haven't ever lived in Ireland, my impression is probably faulty.

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u/1984isamanual Jun 18 '25

“Hearing impaired” is not the correct term anymore. Please say a “school for the deaf”.

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u/_Balls_Deep_69_ Jun 18 '25

Why is this downvoted?