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Patrick_Bateman 
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| Just Call It a Movie (Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:23 pm)
Rather than a "film". Don't talk about your "favorite films". It doesn't make you sound smarter or more sophisticated, and it doesn't impress anybody. It comes across as pretentious IMO. I'm sure I've done it a time or two, but I take it back. Just call it a movie! Go to the movie theater and watch a movie!
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PsychTiger 
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Pectus 
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Dude...there's a difference between a film and a movie. And it's important to know the difference.
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RollTide1987 
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| re: Just Call It a Movie (Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:29 pm to Pectus)
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Dude...there's a difference between a film and a movie. And it's important to know the difference.
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WarSlamEagle 
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Did Gus Johnson say something about a film yesterday?
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alajones
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| re: Just Call It a Movie (Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:36 pm to Pectus)
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there's a difference between a film and a movie. And it's important to know the difference.
So there is a reason it is called the Robinson Film center and not the Robinson Movie Center?
How about picture show?
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| re: Just Call It a Movie (Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:42 pm to alajones)
I prefer motion/moving picture.
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| re: Just Call It a Movie (Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:43 pm to RonFNSwanson)
I call them talkies. Wanna fight about it?
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Patrick Bateman
Great username. American Psycho is one of my favorite films.
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Patrick_Bateman
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| re: Just Call It a Movie (Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:56 pm to Pectus)
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Dude...there's a difference between a film and a movie. And it's important to know the difference.
Do tell. (Seriously)
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Patrick_Bateman
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| re: Just Call It a Movie (Posted on 2/14/13 at 2:00 pm to WarSlamEagle)
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Did Gus Johnson say something about a film yesterday?
Maybe. Whatever he said, he said it with excitement and exclamation marks. E.g., "Films!" or "In the six!"
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RollTide1987
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In the US, the terms are interchangeable, but most major, commercial motion pictures aimed at a broad viewing audience (in the hopes of making a profit) are usually referred to as "movies". The term "film" is commonly applied to movies of an artistic or educational nature not expected to have broad, commercial appeal.
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Patrick_Bateman
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| re: Just Call It a Movie (Posted on 2/14/13 at 2:07 pm to RollTide1987)
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In the US, the terms are interchangeable
That's where I live.
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The term "film" is commonly applied to movies of an artistic or educational nature not expected to have broad, commercial appeal.
In other words, the pretentious, self-important ones. That description immediately made me think of Terrence Malick, whose movies I uniformly dislike. [Disclaimer - I haven't seen The Thin Red Line.]
ETA: I consider artistic movies, movies - just like all the others.
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DeathValley85
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So would this thread be made into a movie or a film?
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wildtigercat93
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This thread seems just as pretentious
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OMLandshark 
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Well, I prefer to call it a god damn film. Not to be pretentious or anything, its just the term I prefer. I don't go out and correct people who call them movies. Seems like you're the one who's being pretentious.
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Wayne Campbell
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Go to the movie theater and watch a movie!
I prefer to go to the motion picture viewing hall.
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