Obsolete 'Film' or 'Movie'; what do you call them?

[dig]

I pretty much exclusively call them films, just seems like the right word. Probably cos my dad calls them films, but then again he calls any physical media 'tapes'.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

Movies. I don't think they've used actual film for quite a while, though I could be wrong about that. XD

 

[~Smugleaf~]

I generally only use 'movie', but I'll occasionally use 'film' online.

 

[Zexy]

I really call them both, whichever comes to mind first, not giving much thought about it.

I've noticed being the same for several cases of British VS American English. Since I'm neither and have been taught the language "in a vacuum" I just roll with either really.

 

[dragon_nataku]

I call them movies, but I call the movie theatre the "cinema" (and I say "I'm going to the cinema" instead of "I'm going to the movies") so I guess I'm not really consistent on what region of the world my English comes from.

 

[Tenjiku]

I call them movies, though I have said films a couple times online but not very often.

 

[ocelotlrama jaguar]

I call them movies.

"I wanna watch that movie." "I loved that movie!" "Wow, that movie really blew ass."

Stuff like that. =D

 

[Almonds]

I just use both of them. I do use 'movies' more often.

 

[Dorothy LaRouge]

I use the terms interchangeably, but tend to lean toward "movie."

 

[TouyaShiro]

"Feature Length."

Seriously, though, I tend to change between movie and film depending on what my brain decides to say at that moment.

 

[ReturnofMCH]

Both

 

[Kung Fu Ferret]

Usually "movie", but occasionally "flick" depending on the context.

 

[Johtohfiller]

Usually "movie", but occasionally "flick" depending on the context.

Same.

 

[Dolce]

I usually use movies. But it really boils down to a case of whatever I feel like honestly.

 

[Cilantro]

I can remember a few instances when I’ve called them films, otherwise I say movies.

 

[indigohex]

I call them "movies". But here in Australia, we use "cinema" for places to view movies instead of "theaters" which tends to be used in the United States of America; but I say "I am going to the movies" when I go to a cinema.

 

[Juliko]

Movies.

 

[Fluttershy of Light]

Movies.
Though Talkies are just one type of movie since they weren't as popular until movies could easy put voices into the movies.. Silent movies aren't really talkies..

 

[FinalArcadia]

Movies. I don't think I've ever referred to a movie as a "film" in normal conversation; it just seems a little old-fashioned to me, I guess because my grandmother says it that way (like she calls TV shows "programs").