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Post by tobias on Dec 6, 2017 20:19:13 GMT
One of the big questions.
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Post by tobias on Dec 6, 2017 20:19:40 GMT
I choose you, films.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 20:35:59 GMT
I guess it varies, but usually films
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Dec 6, 2017 20:39:26 GMT
I guess films, since I maybe use that more, but I flip flop between the two words so frequently. I think the differentiation between them, that one is more prestigious than the other, is total bollocks.
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Post by countjohn on Dec 7, 2017 4:30:37 GMT
I nearly always say movie out loud. I use them both interchangeably in writing.
Saying "X is a better movie but y is a better film" is the apex of pseudo-intellectual pretension and makes me want to headbutt you.
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Post by no on Dec 7, 2017 5:07:48 GMT
well digital is arguably not film
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Post by Lord_Buscemi on Dec 7, 2017 16:44:08 GMT
Movies are just lesser films. Objective fact, really.
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Post by Feesy on Dec 7, 2017 19:56:33 GMT
Lol at this question. No difference.
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Post by Sharbs on Dec 7, 2017 20:03:16 GMT
The Handmaiden is a film. Happy Gilmore is a movie.
for the most part i use them interchangeably
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Dec 7, 2017 20:07:59 GMT
Every time I think of the quote "I don't make movies, I make films", I must call it a movie.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Dec 7, 2017 20:26:10 GMT
They mean the same thing. "Movie" is the more commonly used term in the U.S., "film" is the more common term in Europe, but the words are not mutually exclusive. The idea that "film" sounds more prestigious than "movie" is just plain dumb, not least because actual film as a medium is dying.
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Post by Film Socialism on Dec 7, 2017 21:13:29 GMT
kinos
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Post by oneflyr on Dec 7, 2017 21:38:34 GMT
The Handmaiden is a film. Happy Gilmore is a movie. for the most part i use them interchangeably what
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Post by Sharbs on Dec 7, 2017 21:40:22 GMT
The Handmaiden is a film. Happy Gilmore is a movie. for the most part i use them interchangeably what yeah, i dont really know either
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Post by tobias on Dec 10, 2017 7:11:18 GMT
I nearly always say movie out loud. I use them both interchangeably in writing. Saying "X is a better movie but y is a better film" is the apex of pseudo-intellectual pretension and makes me want to headbutt you. Aw, that hurt! I was really asking about which term you personally prefer, not so much about wheter any of them is superior.
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Post by no on Dec 10, 2017 7:21:07 GMT
film... even if they aren't always technically shot on film these days... I also say movie because why not. saying kino unironically makes you a tool.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 7:51:44 GMT
film is the material a movie (move-ie) is shot on.
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Post by oneflyr on Dec 10, 2017 15:23:45 GMT
film is the material a movie (move-ie) is shot on. Not anymore
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 15:25:58 GMT
film is the material a movie (move-ie) is shot on. Not anymore i was giving the textbook difference between the two by using in a sentence, but yes.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Dec 10, 2017 18:42:52 GMT
Movies, I just prefer the term overall honestly.
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Post by CookiesNCream on Dec 12, 2017 4:06:27 GMT
They mean the same thing. "Movie" is the more commonly used term in the U.S., "film" is the more common term in Europe, but the words are not mutually exclusive. The idea that "film" sounds more prestigious than "movie" is just plain dumb, not least because actual film as a medium is dying. I also shared the same sentiment about the term being mutually exclusive and being interchangeable at times. At times, "film" seems to have a more pretentious connotation to it as you mentioned. I'm sometimes guilty of using the term to mostly refer to some in-house, indie, or lionized media. But it really doesn't matter in the end.
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Post by stephen on Dec 12, 2017 4:07:35 GMT
Motion pictures.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2017 4:11:02 GMT
Film always sounds snobby to be, even if it is the correct term.
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Post by Martin Stett on Dec 12, 2017 4:27:51 GMT
Well, folks, we're renaming the site Film Awards Redux. The tribe has spoken.
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Post by tobias on Dec 14, 2017 14:26:51 GMT
They mean the same thing. "Movie" is the more commonly used term in the U.S., "film" is the more common term in Europe, but the words are not mutually exclusive. The idea that "film" sounds more prestigious than "movie" is just plain dumb, not least because actual film as a medium is dying. I kind of think maybe I should get back here aswell to clarify. The poll wasn't about either sounding more prestigious but about which one personally prefers. As I live in Germany we litterally call everything film, there is no shorthand for motion pictures (which would be 'Bewegtbild' in German). And we also call a cinema a Kino but honestly, the best is still 'Lichtspielhaus' (light-playing-house). I just personally prefer these words (and I also like the origin history of the word film, whereas moving pictures is kind of boring and obvious), I don't use them for different things. I mean Vertigo is a movie like Transformers is a film but still one is fantastic and the other is terrible.
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