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I got 2 questions. 1. what is the difference between these two sentence? and which one is right ?* I watched a movie yesterday.* I saw a movie yesterday.2.How are movie and  film different ?

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

There's not a lot of difference. Here's one way to think of the difference:

What did you do yesterday? I watched a movie. Emphasis is on how you spent you time - you watched a movie. (I'd also say you did that at home, watching a DVD, for example. If you saw it in the theater, you "went to a movie" or "went to the movies." - U.S. use.)

Did you see that movie? Yes I saw that movie yesterday. Emphasis is on the fact that this movie is one that you have seen.

"Movie" and "film" are, to my mind, completely synonymous, but you're more likely to hear "movie" in the U.S. We refer to "foreign films" but we "go to the movies."

Philip · Answer

Grammar Geek we "go to the movies."

When I was growing up (100 years ago), we went "to the show". "to the movies" would have been more appropriate, because there was always a double feature.

BarbaraPA · Answer

Geez, Philip... You're old <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/4.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/4.gif' alt='Emotion: stick out tongue'/>!

Marius Hancu · Answer

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Teo · Answer

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BarbaraPA · Answer

0 A "double feature" is when you see two films/movies at one setting. "Way back when," it used to be common to have news reels or "short" films before the main "feature" (the full-length movie you were going to see), but sometimes you would be able to see two - hence a double feature. 0-

Philip · Answer

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10A "double feature" is when you see two films/movies at one setting. "Way back when," it used to be common to have news reels or "short" films before the main "feature" (the full-length movie you were going to see), but sometimes you would be able to see two - hence a double feature.12blockquote

11b01font01u00And02u00, if you arrived late for the first movie, you could stay and see the first part of it......no clearing of the theater between films! Popcorn, by the way, cost 10¢.02font02b00 0-

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