When it comes to film and movies (which are generally used interchangeably). Movies are considered feature length films that exceed 45 minutes and are meant for audiences in larger scale, while films are a cinematic representation of a story, drama, episode, event etc. everyone has their own opinions and some even have a special relationship with films. I'm in no way an expert on film although I've taken many classes as a student, however, I consider myself fairly informed and usually up to date when it comes to watching the latest blockbusters, or the more popular Indie/short films, or even the latest films that have been oscar nominated.
Throughout my years of watching movies and using social media networking sites, mainly Facebook, I have noticed some trends. My friends and family, as well as myself, are somewhat influenced by how many of our Facebook friends go see the latest movies. They usually post a quick little impression of what they had and then that's it. Then you'll see a number of likes and comments from their friends who mention whether they went to see it or not or whether they even want to see it.
In this way, I do believe that we as pretty social beings do tend to be influenced by what social media suggests. There have been multiple times where one of my friends said they went to see the latest movie and said it was trash even if I thought it looked good from the trailers and I ended up not going to see it in theaters. Likewise, I've seen posts where a movie I wasn't initially interested in got praise from a few of my friends and I ended up going to see it. I'm sure that this applies to everyone who uses social media.
My biggest complaint about the use of social media and its influence on people's perception or relationships is that people tend to be almost exasperatingly and overtly cynical and pessimistic on certain sites. Youtube, and IMDB are notorious for attracting cynical/pessimistic users that post nothing but negative comments on the pages. It's not always full of negative comments, and rightfully some things do deserve criticism, however, when it's nothing but biased negative fluff that contributes nothing to a civil debate of criticism, I tend to get irritated and have found myself getting involved with these posters when I clearly shouldn't be wasting my time.
I am ferociously defensive of Star Wars and have always been. I accept that not everyone likes Star Wars and is open to criticize it as a series. My friends know that I am a huge Star Wars fan and some of my Facebook friends have even used me as a means to get more information or used me as reference to promote discussion or speculation. I don't consider my knowledge of films, especially Star Wars, to really provide any sense of social capital but perhaps one day my knowledge will have an effect on people or provide an opportunity to gain monetary funds.
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