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Just Call It a Movie
Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:23 pm
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!
/rant
/rant
This post was edited on 2/14/13 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:26 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Dude...there's a difference between a film and a movie. And it's important to know the difference.
This post was edited on 2/14/13 at 1:27 pm
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.
Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:30 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Did Gus Johnson say something about a film yesterday?
Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:36 pm to Pectus
quote:So there is a reason it is called the Robinson Film center and not the Robinson Movie Center?
there's a difference between a film and a movie. And it's important to know the difference.
How about picture show?
This post was edited on 2/14/13 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:42 pm to alajones
I prefer motion/moving picture.
Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:43 pm to RonFNSwanson
I call them talkies. Wanna fight about it?
Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:48 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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Patrick Bateman
Great username. American Psycho is one of my favorite films.
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)
This post was edited on 2/14/13 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 2/14/13 at 2:00 pm to WarSlamEagle
quote:Maybe. Whatever he said, he said it with excitement and exclamation marks. E.g., "Films!" or "In the six!"
Did Gus Johnson say something about a film yesterday?
Posted on 2/14/13 at 2:00 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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.
Posted on 2/14/13 at 2:07 pm to RollTide1987
quote:That's where I live.
In the US, the terms are interchangeable
quote: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.]
The term "film" is commonly applied to movies of an artistic or educational nature not expected to have broad, commercial appeal.
ETA: I consider artistic movies, movies - just like all the others.
This post was edited on 2/14/13 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 2/14/13 at 2:13 pm to Patrick_Bateman
So would this thread be made into a movie or a film?
Posted on 2/14/13 at 2:14 pm to Patrick_Bateman
This thread seems just as pretentious
Posted on 2/14/13 at 2:20 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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.
Posted on 2/14/13 at 2:37 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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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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