Film or Movie?

I used to use movie all the time but now it's more like "I go to the movies" but I "talk about films". I don't know why it is but when talking about films, I always use the term, film.

I generally say movies, but will say film as well. Or I will say Le Cinema when I want to be a pretentious twat.

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Doesn't really matter to me. It's a good thing that they're interchangeable... gives more flexibility when movie buffs wanna write about film.

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Artistically and critically, both are useful as far as I'm concerned. "Movie" generally has connotations of something less artistically complex, less mature, less worthwhile... But really, I use them usually interchangeably though I see "film" as more of a technical term removed from the content being viewed, a term for people who actually handle film to use. Otherwise it comes across too much as smug shorthand. So essentially I use both to convey "content-carrier" but will apply either to indicate a more serious film or more fun movie, without necessarily implying that one is objectively better than the other.

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I used to use "film" when discussing more serious fare. Now I use them almost completely interchangeably.

I usually say "movie." But I like Miss Vicky's distinction, about how "film" encompasses virtually all motion pictures but "movie" tends to imply fiction. I hadn't considered that before, but it makes sense. Without entirely realizing why I doubt I ever call documentaries "movies."

Film is the western word, movie is technically American slang, so either are fine. Like Yoda said, documentaries are always documentaries.

Same here. I still do this a little.

i use both---but use the word 'movie' more .

English is my second language. I studied in the USA. That's the reason why use word "movie" when I speak English.

In my native language we use word "film".

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I guess I use both but movie more often. If I close my eyes and visualize each word individually this is what I see.

Film:

Movie:

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Doesn't matter a whole lot to me as I usually say, for example that Chinatown is one of my favorite movies in a casual conversation but when it's an essay, analysis or something more serious I would usually say favorite film. But I guess I use both the same amount.

Well, I use both. Whatever comes out of my mouth really.

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Unless it isn't.

Hmm when I was a kid movies was an American word. You knew what it meant but you didn't use it. It was a kind of exotic word, ok for Americans to use but you'd be a bit of a plonker if you used it here. It's always a film to me, I don't think I've ever called a film a movie , now I hear people saying movies over here too....but for me it'll always be going to the pictures to watch a film

What's a plonker?

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A plonker is a phrase for a silly person in England, as demonstrated below

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So "movie" is a silly/ridiculous word to use, but "plonker" is perfectly acceptable?

Okay.

Plonker is like your 'merican version of Douche.

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