The buzzwords associated with media have always been a laughable affair. The English language, rife as it is with adjectives and tones through which we can say any one thing in an inordinate manner of ways, lends itself well to any sort of advertising language or gimmick. The buzzwords and neologisms that are either invented, reinvented, or just appropriated for movies in their trailers and miscellaneous ads often times either sway us or dissuade us from seeing a certain movie.
So, what is a movie? What is a motion picture?
Simply put, a movie is for the general masses. A movie is White Chicks. Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector. Soul Plane. Scary Movie. Freddy Got Fingered. Dodgeball. xXx. Red Sonja. Gremlins. The old Transformers movie. The new Transformers movie. Any Adam Sandler movie. Any movie that was based off of one of those SNL sketches that was funny at first, but not really by the time the movie has been made. BASEketball. Team America. Orgasmo. The Pirates of the Carribean movies. Any Jerry Bruckheimer film for that matter.
A movie is a film that tells a story, but tells in such a way that the common man can simply enjoy it, digestable and spoon-feedable as it is.
A motion picture? Dr. Strangelove. Lawrence of Arabia. Pi. Ghost in the Shell.
A motion picture is any film that is specifically made to appeal to a demographic through subtlety and by carrying a message that only they will be able to fully appreciate. The problem with this is that there is most certainly going to be language in Shaft that crackers won't get, and there is going to be terminology in A Scanner Darkly that a NASCAR dad won't get. It's a doulbe-edged sword, but usually movies made to appeal to a specific group with a specific message are aiming a bit higher than the dregs of movie-goers.
Also, a motion picture could be a term applied to any director so deeply involved in auto-felatio that he or she has failed to see that their movie absolutely makes its usage of film a reprehensible existence.
The Piano comes to mind.
So, what is a movie? What is a motion picture?
Simply put, a movie is for the general masses. A movie is White Chicks. Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector. Soul Plane. Scary Movie. Freddy Got Fingered. Dodgeball. xXx. Red Sonja. Gremlins. The old Transformers movie. The new Transformers movie. Any Adam Sandler movie. Any movie that was based off of one of those SNL sketches that was funny at first, but not really by the time the movie has been made. BASEketball. Team America. Orgasmo. The Pirates of the Carribean movies. Any Jerry Bruckheimer film for that matter.
A movie is a film that tells a story, but tells in such a way that the common man can simply enjoy it, digestable and spoon-feedable as it is.
A motion picture? Dr. Strangelove. Lawrence of Arabia. Pi. Ghost in the Shell.
A motion picture is any film that is specifically made to appeal to a demographic through subtlety and by carrying a message that only they will be able to fully appreciate. The problem with this is that there is most certainly going to be language in Shaft that crackers won't get, and there is going to be terminology in A Scanner Darkly that a NASCAR dad won't get. It's a doulbe-edged sword, but usually movies made to appeal to a specific group with a specific message are aiming a bit higher than the dregs of movie-goers.
Also, a motion picture could be a term applied to any director so deeply involved in auto-felatio that he or she has failed to see that their movie absolutely makes its usage of film a reprehensible existence.
The Piano comes to mind.
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