Biggest Difference Between A Movie Lover And A Cinephile by Jack Perez 

Its very simple. A movie lover watches a film to pass the time, but a cinephile watches it to fill their time.

I’m both, I can get really critical but sometimes I can watch a crappy movie with my friends and enjoy it

Cinephile too. Constantly analysing, comparing, discussing movies.

One can be both. Sometimes I like just going to see the newest big spectacle blockbuster in 3D or a low brow comedy for entertainment, but most of the time I'll be seeing the more indie stuff and taking out lots of older films from library catalogues.

I consider myself an introverted cinephile movie lover.

It may be optimal to somehow be both - letting your self into the process of going to a movie theater, allow your self to get "carried away" by the film itself. Then to research further, review both the film and your own interaction with it.

I think the biggest cinephile that I've seen must be Quentin Tarantino. That man knows everything about any movie😂

I love it when he rolls his eyes and "all summer" GETS ME. SO ACCURATE.

As cool as it sounds to be one I'm definitely not a full on cinephile because I myself am not that critical when it comes to film but I do get into hearing people's arguments. I'm more of a movie lover who leans toward the 'diet' films rather than summer movies

I hate going to the theater but I love movies of all genres.

I like and appreciate defining cinephiles as those who "have more to say about the film and a filmmaker" on an artisitc and analytical level. Cinephiles are those who want to not only enjoy a film on a superficial level, but to deepen that love by understanding it on an artistic level and in order to discern its quality. If you enjoy analyzing and dissecting a film as much as you enjoy the experience of going to, watching and being entertained by a film on a superficial level, you are a cinephile. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I have a thought and would like to hear people's thoughts, but I've never liked the idea of defining who is and is not primarily on the basis of what films you have or haven't seen at any given point in time. Not only does that convey an air of snooty, arrogant elitism, but nobody has neither seen all of the same movies nor appreciates and understands each and every one of them in exactly the same way and on exactly the same level because we are all different people with different tastes at different points in life. You're a cinephile because your foundation is that you love movies, and you want to appreciate them and understand that appreciation on a deeper, more informed level. While I think there is obviously merit in saying that seeing certain films will give you a greater appreciation of its place in the history of film, its place in the advancement and evolution of film as an artform and its place in a particular director's filmography, I don't necessarily believe that someone is required to have seen an arbitrarily selected list of a specific number or kind of movie as a kind of threshold you have to cross in order to accurately call yourself a cinephile and that you have finally "arrived" after having crossing that imaginary threshold. If the only reason you're watching a particular film is because of some obligatory sense that "this is what cinephiles are supposed to do," and not because you actually want to see the film and enjoy (or at least value) the experience of watching it, it fundamentally defeats the purpose of why you became or aspired to be a cinephile in the first place, the why being your love of movies as an artform. If there's no "philia" in being a cinephile, there's no point in what you are doing.

I'm a cinephile and I stand by Back to the Future 2 being better than the 1st, might just be the reverse nostalgia of looking into the future at the time, but to me it had most of the best parts from the first one only with so, so much more to explore in it's universe

im both. i love the process of going to the cinema and i love being totally immersed in a good film almost like an escape from reality, i love being moved, films that make me feel all sorts of emotion, i will only further research a movie if it really intrigued me and then ill appreciate the film so much more because of all its intricacies but i dont like to study a film too much or over analyze it because it ruins the fun for me.. and i will never go see a big budget blockbuster movie which are most often action/adventure because they just dont interest me. so yea its not a black and white thing.

Movie lover = with friends Cinephile = when alone

I’m a total cinephile any genre anytime. silent era / precode to present day Classics,Cartoons,Cowboy or Crawford. l literally bought my home based on It’s projection room theater possibilities. Sure movies can be reviewed and Criticized but never to the point where you stop enjoying the experience. So enjoy an epic double feature of “El cid” and “Fall of the Roman Empire” or have an A.I.P festival festival but enjoy the experience “Got film?”

I guess I’m both or maybe in between. I want to be a filmmaker and I view moves as an art form but that doesn’t mean that I’m interested in every single movie ever made. Some people don’t understand that.

I'm a movie lover because I love to watch movies. I'm a cinephile because I love to compare my opinions with the film critics.

I just found out that I'ma a cinephile buts my wife isn't and it's actually harder on our time together 😕

I'm a Sinophile. I love China.

I’m definitely both because I am very analytical when I watch movies but at the end of the day the number 1 reason I watch movies is to be entertained

I guess I'm a cinephile. Who else here is one and who's not?

My favorite part... ‘it’s all summer’

People that like Marvel movies are not cinephiles

Film makers do not have to be cinephile, cinematic language is produced and comes from the materials, knowing others works need not effect you. The New Wave were some cinephile they watched Howard Hawks 100 times over then "had learned" , a real cinephile also not only is studing what he watches he watches many many movies and some over and over.

I think it's on a spectrum and I'm more of a movie lover than a cinephile

Here’s the thing, because Of Quarantine I totally became that guy who analyzes every part of a movie that I watch, at first it was me exploring other genres and studios, like I got really into A24. But it turned into just me going on this chain and junction that was just tiresome, so now while I do still like to review and analyze a movie, a lend more into just enjoying it having fun with my friends and family, so I don’t really mind stupid movies, I’ll appreciate the entertainment factor of it, and for Movies that are more smart and bla bla bla, I’ll still analyze it, but not as detailed or criticize it as much

I ve had my 10 000h+++++ watching Movies and Series like crazy... like I d miss out on something and still won't call me a Cinephile but I must say Movies are getting worse in the cinemas there are rare cases that are touching. I truly enjoy rewatching series/movies if I can not point out what made it great the first time even better,

There's no way I'm not a cinephile.

This guy kinda looks like Gary old man

Met a few cinephiles, they think dr.stranglove is Kubrick's best film but I beg to differ that it is indeed 2001 and eyes wide shut.

im a movie lover but a little more i cannot tell you why someone di a stronger job on what but i focuse on music angles colors and that stuff rather than just the story. One example i use is The Shining, great cinematography great acting and the music is great too, story is meh, i know it's based on a book but that's my opinion.

Help I've got a dilemma!..When I buy a DVD the quality is sometimes blurry and bad, and I don't know whether to return it for a refund..But the problem is, the original movie might have been just as blurry, see my point?..Any advice?

He looks like Gary Oldman.

Based on the comments we need to come up w a term for someone who is both (I def am) - my husband thinks Movie File would be a good term 🤔 thoughts anyone?

What are you if you disagree with movie critics most of the time but still have a broad knowledge on the topic?

Cinephile is a mild critic who has a compulsion to live to watch films.

I think the compulsive pauses and rewinds and that hour of random research after the movie=cinephile aka they have a list of movies to consume reaching from 1950s to modern day 😅

All three of the back to future films were classics

Doesnt cinephile mean movie lover?

Yeah I’m a cinephile

So basically (and I'm not judging / just trying to save people time) what's the difference between a geek and a nerd

bold of you to say we go to a movie theater? LMAOOO

What is the difference between Cinephile and filmmaker??

Até achei o vídeo interessante, mas o cara é extremamente pretensioso e a forma como ele descreve o "film lover" e o "cinefilo" muito estereotipada. De qualquer forma eu até concordo com ele em alguns pontos.

I'd say I am a cinophile, but sometimes I just prefer to leave my mind and watch a mindless movie like fast and the furious and marvel.

Doesn't this guy look like Gary Oldman's Jim Gordon without the moustache?

Cine File !!!! What is that ?

As Jack alluded to its also a matter of taste and discernment. I don't think a true cinephile haggles over the Back to the Future movies, (that's for Movie lovers.) A true Cinephile is more apt to be ranking Andre Tarkovsky's best works 1-7, or going to the Film Forum screenings of Kenneth Anger films, then top it off a Pasolini retrospective (Passion of St. Mathew) at MoMA. In fact, there many more Movie lovers than true Cinephiles. The Movie lover has Netflix, the Cinephile, Fandor.

This guy has a great perspective

Barf

Oooh! This was GOOD! L

I think I am only the Cinephile type because I cannot withstand a lowbrow mainstream crappy piece (including the big hits) for even a second.

Met a few cinephiles, they think dr.stranglove is Kubrick's best film but I beg to differ that it is indeed 2001 and eyes wide shut.