Poll: Film or Movie?

[nunqual]

Film does sound more haughty than movie in some way. I use movie.

 

[fullbleed]

Film, because I'm British. It makes sense as well, you film things onto film, they're called films. What's a movie suposed to be?

Douche bags calling me pretentious for refusing to use the American term for something really anoys me. I call 'fries' chips as well, so what not everywhere has to use Americanised vocabulary, you're not the centre of the world.

 

[Aeriath]

I use film most of the time. One syllable beats two, but I could be called a little lazy with my speech.

I'm not sure why anyone would think using film was slightly arrogant. *Shrug* Also, is there a difference between Britain and America in which is more common? I seem to hear film more than movie, and I live in Britain, for your agreeing/disagreeing needs.

 

[The Cookie Cruncher]

I use both?

"Shall we go see a movie?" "Is there a film you want to watch?"

What a rebel am I.

I do the same thing. I flip between the two. I don't know why I don't just use one, I just like using my expanded vocabulary I guess.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

A film is a motion picture that has artistic value, a movie is a motion picture with little or no artistic value.

So, I use both. I would say, "Pan's Labyrinth is one of my favorite films", but I would say, "The A-Team was a fun movie."

 

[Jettling]

I use Film if i'm going to the cinema to watch something on Film and Movie if it's on DVD/blu ray, etc

 

[Gigaguy64]

I use Movie more but i know people who use Film or Both.

It doesn't really matter to me.

 

[laststandman]

Oh god, it depends on what film/movie I am talking about.
If I respect the film/movie, then film
If it's anything made by Michael Bay that isn't The Rock or Armageddon or anything else I do not really respect or could not go into depth about, then I used movie.

 

[Korten12]

I use both?

"Shall we go see a movie?" "Is there a film you want to watch?"

What a rebel am I.

Same, I use both.

REBELS UNITE!

 

[Thundero13]

I usually use the term movie because it sounds better, i'm not arragont.

 

[Unrulyhandbag]

That's just confusing, movie is surely more representative of what it is (motion picture)...

How can any word be "more arrogant"? Perhaps if I called a video game an "interactive multimedia experience" but...that's just silly.

I know, "more arrogant" (I should be in my bed, sleeping soundly, so please forgive any weird word usage, its just parts of my brain beginning to shut down for the day) isn't exactly correct, but what he essentially said was that people who used the term "Film", may, perhaps, slightly, consider themselves to be more knowledgeable about films, intelligent etc...

It's a fairly common attitude within the interwebs to accuse anyone with a vocabulary greater than 10 words of being pretentious, even if the the word pretentious is being used inappropriately.

scratch that.. Especially if the word is being roughly abused.

 

[Wayneguard]

How can any word be "more arrogant"?

Connotation.

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

I say "film" because I'm better than everyone else.

 

[Unrulyhandbag]

How can any word be "more arrogant"?

Connotation.

fair enough however what is being implied by the word film that isn't by the word movie?

 

[bak00777]

i usually say movie, but i sometimes say film.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

While I woudln't call it arrogant, film does sound more official to me. I usually say movie unless I'm referencing film as an art. As in, "Literature, film, Video games."

 

[snowman6251]

In an academic paper I use film.

In normal speak I usually use movie.

 

[Red Bomb]

Film. Always film. I find saying 'movie' is more american(?)

 

[Marter]

I say both, but I also say 'flick', which I'm pretty sure is the most douchebag way of possibly saying that.

I use all three almost interchangeably. Basically whichever one fits best in the sentence, or if I already used one more often, I'll change it up.

 

[Dimbo_Sama]

I just say Film, because that's how they're referred to here.

Serioulsy it's just a colloquialism I don't think one is more arrogant than the other.