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Because of the Avengers or?
by hhsnopek 8y ago
Because of the Avengers or?
- nickthemagicman 8y agoI mean it's the 5th highest grossing film of all time and still moving up.
- nickthemagicman 8y agoSorry film is a strong word for it. Movie I should say.
- chrisseaton 8y agoHow is 'film' a strong word? What's the difference between a 'film' and a 'movie'? I'd normally call them films myself. Does it mean anything else to you?
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoThe distinction is a snobby put-down of a popular film :)
- bkul_ 8y agoMy guess is they're using "film" as a term for a movie with greater redeeming value, sort of like the "literature" distinction with books. Pedantically, Infinity War was likely not recorded on actual film.
- curun1r 8y agoFilm is inappropriate for most modern movies because they're no longer filmed, they're digitally recorded and distributed. When there's no actual film stock used in the production of a movie, you shouldn't call it a film. In the case of a Marvel movie, it's almost more accurate to call it an animation, but movie covers all production methods.
- arcticfox 8y agoHuh, funny thing, I can film something using my cellphone camera no problem. The power of language.
- curun1r 8y agoNo, you can't. That's a malapropism that's become common as a result of non-technical people appropriating a technical term. Just because a lot of people say it, doesn't make it right.
- chrisseaton 8y agoIt’s not a malapropism - that means accidentally using a word that sounds similar, not just using any incorrect word.
- arbie 8y agoThe irony is blinding.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoJust because a lot of people say it, doesn't make it right. Actually, that’s exactly how the English language works. There’s no governing body that matters who determines what counts as correct English. The closest thing is the dictionaries but those change all the time, in response to....people using words differently.
- curun1r 8y agoIn some cases, that's true. But not when it's a technical term that has a specific technical meaning. A good example of this is psychological terminology. The general public has latched onto terms like depression and borderline but uses them in ways that are incompatible with the real diagnoses. This causes real issues for people suffering from those illnesses since lay people mistakenly believe they have some idea of what those people are dealing with. The psychological community is vastly outnumbered by the general public, but their definitions remain the official meaning of those words. Similarly, we can't claim that centrifugal and centripetal forces are the same things just because more than 90% of the population uses the term centrifugal for both. Some words have specific meanings that don't change no matter how many ignorant idiots decide them mean something else.
- yathern 8y agoIf you consider yourself having more sophisticated, artistic taste in movies, you may reserve the term 'film' for those. For the movie snob, Casablanca is a film, Spiderman 4 is a movie. Nothing too wrong with making that separation in my mind. I agree with the sentiment that Avengers may not be the most sophisticated movie out there. Most people know this and would agree. But randomly calling attention to it to make sure people notice that you have a sophisticated taste is a little pretentious.
- chrisseaton 8y ago> If you consider yourself having more sophisticated, artistic taste in movies, you may reserve the term 'film' for those. For the movie snob, Casablanca is a film, Spiderman 4 is a movie. I had no idea this was a distinction. I just thought 'film' was what the British called them and 'movie' was the Americanism. We say 'I'm going to the see a film' rather than 'going to see a movie'.
- abiox 8y agodoes this account for inflation?