Do you call them movies, films, or motion pictures?

*CyberCubed* · 09-18-2021, 06:11 PM

I'm really partial to "motion picture" myself, I love using the old fashion term. In the wild west they knew them as motion pictures because that's what they were, "moving pictures."

*Cure* · 09-18-2021, 06:26 PM

Movies. Most of them aren't even recorded on film anymore.

*neatoman* · 09-18-2021, 06:36 PM

In English? Movies, it's pretty much what everyone calls them.

In Swedish however, film is the only thing they're called (plural is filmer in case you're wondering).

*TigerClaw* · 09-18-2021, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Cure

Movies. Most of them aren't even recorded on film anymore.

I call them movies, Though there are directors out there who still prefer to shoot there movies on film, and still call them that.

Same goes with photos, Some people call it photos, others call it pictures, or images. Photos are a physical object, But everybody shoots them digitally now and still call them photos.

*oldmanwinters* · 09-18-2021, 06:55 PM

If I'm going to watch one... "moves." If I'm writing it... "films." It's only "motion pictures" if I'm thinking about the MPAA ratings.

*CyberCubed* · 09-18-2021, 07:04 PM

I was born in 1895 so we knew them as motion pictures back then.

*TigerClaw* · 09-18-2021, 07:09 PM

There was even a time when we get those movies on VHS, They called them Home Videos.

*IndigoErth* · 09-18-2021, 07:14 PM

Both movie and film.

I find it funny that the guy who talks about the advancement of things likes the "older "term.

Although if you truly wanted to use an old term you'd call them talkies.

*The Deadman* · 09-18-2021, 07:38 PM

Movie and film.

*Andrew NDB* · 09-18-2021, 07:51 PM

I "go to the movies." I "watch a film."

Generally speaking.

*Papenbrook* · 09-18-2021, 08:18 PM

Generally, I tend to alternate between "movie" and "film". I don't really use the term "motion picture".

Sometimes, I'll refer to a movie as a "flick".

*frank_one* · 09-18-2021, 09:48 PM

In Italy we always refer to them as "film" but I usually use the word "movie" when I'm writing in english as I think it is more common. "Flick" is my second choice, "motion picture" sounds a bit inappropriate in a forum... but I'm not an english native speaker.

*CyberCubed* · 09-18-2021, 09:50 PM

In 1979 the first Star Trek movie was called, "The Motion Picture"

So the "Motion Picture" term was still used commonly up through the 80's I believe.

*newfan* · 09-19-2021, 02:39 AM

I used to use Film as this it what was/is commonly used by people around me, I started using Movie more when I was in the US and continued that since. I did revert back to 'going to the cinema' once I got home though.

I don't know anyone who uses 'Motion Picture' though I guess that is where 'going to the pictures' (picture house) came from. I don't hear many use that anymore, maybe older generation.

*Andrew NDB* · 09-19-2021, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

In 1979 the first Star Trek movie was called, "The Motion Picture"

https://trekmovie.com/wp-content/upl...lv19-tmp40.jpg

So the "Motion Picture" term was still used commonly up through the 80's I believe.

"Motion picture" is fine and always has been. Just a more grandiose way of saying "a film." Appropriate in some cases more than others.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 09-19-2021, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by neatoman

In Swedish however, film is the only thing they're called (plural is filmer in case you're wondering).

You can also use the slang "rulle" (scroll).

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09-18-2021, 06:11 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,057	Do you call them movies, films, or motion pictures? I'm really partial to "motion picture" myself, I love using the old fashion term. In the wild west they knew them as motion pictures because that's what they were, "moving pictures."

09-18-2021, 06:55 PM	#5
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 14,939	If I'm going to watch one... "moves." If I'm writing it... "films." It's only "motion pictures" if I'm thinking about the MPAA ratings. __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

09-18-2021, 07:09 PM	#7
TigerClaw Mutant Tiger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hialeah, Florida, USA Posts: 13,820	There was even a time when we get those movies on VHS, They called them Home Videos. __________________

09-18-2021, 07:38 PM	#9
The Deadman Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,990	Movie and film. __________________ Last Movie Watched: Hell House LLC (2015). Last TV Show Watched: Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog (S1:E29).

09-18-2021, 06:26 PM	#2
Cure Y'all need Jesus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,938	Movies. Most of them aren't even recorded on film anymore.

09-18-2021, 07:04 PM	#6
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,057	I was born in 1895 so we knew them as motion pictures back then.

09-18-2021, 07:14 PM	#8
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 15,242	Both movie and film. I find it funny that the guy who talks about the advancement of things likes the "older "term. Although if you truly wanted to use an old term you'd call them talkies.

09-18-2021, 07:51 PM	#10
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 29,279	I "go to the movies." I "watch a film." Generally speaking. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

09-18-2021, 08:18 PM	#11
Papenbrook The King of Nothing Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: No comment -_- ... Posts: 2,755	Generally, I tend to alternate between "movie" and "film". I don't really use the term "motion picture". Sometimes, I'll refer to a movie as a "flick".

09-18-2021, 09:48 PM	#12
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 1,984	In Italy we always refer to them as "film" but I usually use the word "movie" when I'm writing in english as I think it is more common. "Flick" is my second choice, "motion picture" sounds a bit inappropriate in a forum... but I'm not an english native speaker.

09-18-2021, 09:50 PM	#13
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,057	In 1979 the first Star Trek movie was called, "The Motion Picture" So the "Motion Picture" term was still used commonly up through the 80's I believe.

09-19-2021, 02:39 AM	#14
newfan Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: UK Posts: 2,393	I used to use Film as this it what was/is commonly used by people around me, I started using Movie more when I was in the US and continued that since. I did revert back to 'going to the cinema' once I got home though. I don't know anyone who uses 'Motion Picture' though I guess that is where 'going to the pictures' (picture house) came from. I don't hear many use that anymore, maybe older generation.