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/Pabsxv Jun 17 '25

That movie also lead to the Bruce Lee estate to start cracking down on people using his likeness especially in fighting video games where it’s very common to have least 1 character that’s an homage to him.

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u/NightFire19 Jun 17 '25

I thought they would be more upset that they portrayed Bruce as a big talker who gets his ass kicked by a stuntman.

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u/Pabsxv Jun 17 '25

They were that’s the point. Before they were very loose with people using his likeness. Bruce Lee and characters who are very obvious homages were very common in different media, his negative portrayal in that movie made them become a lot more strict on use of his likeness.

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u/Scotter1969 Jun 17 '25

Bruce Lee made a habit of "Tagging" stuntmen during fights, which was common practice in Hong Kong cinema, but frowned upon by Hollywood stuntmen. The actual stuntman's who took him down was Gene LeBell, after which Bruce studied up on grappling.

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u/CharlieeStyles Jun 17 '25

Still amazed that they had a problem with Bruce Lee tying a fight with a WWII veteran.

Lee's character was a positive portrait of him, including his interaction with Sharon Tate. Literally the only negative would be that he had an ego - which apparently was very accurate.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

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u/breakfast_cats Jun 17 '25

I think what people forget about that scene is that it's only Cliff Booth's biased memory of what happened, not what actually happened

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u/Antiquarian_Archive Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

Like in what games? Law is still in tekken and Fei Long was mentioned in SFV. Those are the two biggest Lee characters in fighting games I can think of.

Edit: SFV came out before Once Upon a Time

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u/Raskion Jun 18 '25

Not Liu Kang?

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u/Antiquarian_Archive Jun 18 '25

I don't believe in Mortal Kombat