People on the street and tv and radio seem to talk about "movies" nowadays, rather than "film" (UK). I'm not against it, I just find it interesting. I still prefer "film" myself....
2007-01-13 10:35:29 · 9 answers · asked by Snowth 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
You know, Phantome, you're just the kind of arrogant American that gives your countrymen a bad name. Read my notes again, there's no malice in my comments. Nobhead.
2007-01-13 10:57:33 · update #1
Bloody yanks and their blimin' Americanisms! hear, hear!
/sips tea
If you don't want your British English to be changed by American English, then why are you on the Internet? Oh, wait, I'm sorry, I'm an American, I shouldn't be poisoning you with my "American English".
2007-01-13 10:49:05 · answer #1 · answered by Kilroy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe it's because film is an oudated concept. Most "films" these days are conveived using digital media; they don't use film at all, so calling them "films" is innaccurate.
I generally refer to it as either going to the cinema or going to the pictures. If I've a particularly slack day I might watch a DVD. Only when it comes to broadcast media on the telly do I refer to motion pictures as "films". Odd that isn't it?
Cheers.
2007-01-13 10:52:33 · answer #2 · answered by chopchubes 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like using the word "film," but then again I'm a film student and all of my friends at home think that I'm being totally wierd and arrogant for not calling it a "movie."
2007-01-13 11:33:55 · answer #3 · answered by Sweet Jane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Movie is more of a USA expression, here in the UK the term FILM is still used the most, I prefer it also. Have you noticed few people say they have a cold here in the uk now, it seems to be flu now as if they are trying to convince you and themselves its more serious then it is, pathetic.
2007-01-13 10:46:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In prefer to call them "the talkies" as almost nobody calls them this anymore. I have a lot of silent films on DVD and call these "films", the ones with sound I call "talkies".
2007-01-13 11:19:18 · answer #5 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Film" nowadays is pretty much referring to what you put in your camera. My best guess is that people think that film is an old word in a modern world, and it got outdated.
2007-01-13 10:43:20 · answer #6 · answered by Fheathers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. even though we dont use a lot of actual film now adays, even though everything is basically digital, we will still call it a film. look at cds, they arent records anymore but they ware still called records or albums...film is here to stay.
2007-01-13 11:50:07 · answer #7 · answered by IAmTheWalrus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-16 04:00:36 · answer #8 · answered by endicott 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its blimin americanism.. ruining the good old english words.. im getting fed up of english people using "awesome" and "rad" as well, gawd just keep the stupid mindless words in their own country.
2007-01-13 10:39:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋