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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Dec 14, 2017 15:25:12 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. Yeah, I figured this poll was just to clarify what people generally prefer to say. The whole idea that one term is more prestigious is just a meme I know some people actually buy into, but I didn't mean to make it sound like I pegged you as one of those types. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Dec 14, 2017 16:42:05 GMT
Generally, I use them interchangeably based on whatever sounds better in the sentence. "Foreign film" or "favorite film" has alliteration, "foreign movie" does not, for example. With just the words by themselves, I'm probably more likely to say "movie," just because it's the more common word.
I prefer "film," though. I just like the sound of it more.
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