Do not understand this as an attack on other film subreddits, I am subscribed to r/movies (though I of course gravitate more toward the discourse of this hub of analysis). While I can enjoy the content of the aforementioned subreddit, I yet nonetheless remain acrimonious regarding the name.

To wit, the over-trivialised connotation of “movie”.

I understand that the filmic medium started in Nickelodeons as crowd-pleasing entertainment, and indeed the eponymous TV channel has continued in the tradition of such animated features. Yet still, it is not a sufficient excuse for continuing to use the trivial term “movie” without adjusting our terminology (especially when it has been almost 100 years since cinema was invented).

“Movie” implies cinema is simply a collation of movement. Perhaps a reductive statement with a cornel of truth, but at what cost?

How many budding film scholars will be put off the descriptive portmanteu of “move” (a mundane occurrence) and “ie” (a suffix that denotes cuteness and triviality, such as bunny (though this is spelled differently))? It sounds deeply un-serious. One shudders at the thought of how many fewer doctors and nurses there would be in this tiime of crisis if the profession was called “medicin-ie”.

So please, if you disagree with my assessment I understand, but for those who instead pine for the return of dignity to cinema, consider that change starts in language. If everyone stopped using “movie” and instead utilised terms such as “film” or “cinema”, what would our culture look like?