[curun1r]

Film 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.

[ryanwaggoner]

Incorrect. According to the dictionary, film is synonymous with motion picture, which is irrelevant as to the underlying medium. Also, people use it that way, so your pedantry is outdated and wrong.

[arcticfox]

Huh, funny thing, I can film something using my cellphone camera no problem. The power of language.

[curun1r]

No, 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]

It’s not a malapropism - that means accidentally using a word that sounds similar, not just using any incorrect word.

[arbie]

The irony is blinding.

[ryanwaggoner]

Just 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]

In 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.

[ryanwaggoner]

Come on. Watching a film vs. a movie isn't a technical term, it's something that everyone uses all the time, and the dictionary disagrees with your pedantry. You're just wrong here.