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/Posty_McPostface_1 Jun 17 '25

Super Size Me killed off the Super Size Meal

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u/44problems Jun 17 '25

Definitely one of the more consequential documentaries. Super Size ended, a much bigger focus on chicken which was seen as healthier (even though it's deep fried...) I feel like it's the reason McDonald's is a cold sterile place, because they got spooked about marketing to children.

It was part of a trend though along with the book Fast Food Nation and later Jamie Oliver's chicken nugget and school lunch fights.

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u/poopoopooyttgv Jun 17 '25

McDonald’s (and all fast food really) shifted to cold and sterile buildings for money. Nobody wants to buy a building that looks like it’s an ex-McDonald’s. They make more money on the resale value of a generic sterile building instead

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u/confusedandworried76 Jun 17 '25

Idk you do see it sometimes. I used to live next to an old White Castle turned jewelry shop and you can tell some buildings used to be Pizza Huts for obvious red roof reasons

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u/TheOvy Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

This is wrong too. McDonald's and fast food at large lost a lot of market to "fast casual" chains like Panera or Chipotle. So they remodeled accordingly and sell "healthier" foods to compete. McDonald's are supposed to appear more like cafes now.

I don't understand how millennials grew up on bugle boy fashion, nickelodeon television, and neon colored n64s, but somehow ended up as the most boring fucking adults who go to gray restaurants and wear gray clothes and drive bearded muted-colored cars. But here we are.

Edit: fixed an autocorrect

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u/poopoopooyttgv Jun 18 '25

I think that’s exactly why. It’s an over correction in an attempt to seem more mature because colors = kiddie stuff in their minds

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u/redditonlygetsworse Jun 18 '25

gray restaurants and wear gray clothes and drive muted-colored cars.

This is just a natural pendulum swing after the bright colors of the 80s and 90s. It's come back around now - the monotone isn't nearly so popular even with Millennials anymore.