# Need a name for a serious film discussion group **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769 "2020-08-22T19:37:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/1 "2020-08-22T19:37:15Z")
As an obsessive movie geek–I watch roughly a grand of movies a year, and when I write it’s usually about movies–I join a lot of film discussion groups. It’s been my experience that even if they start out decent, eventually they get overtaken by Edgy™ fanboys who overwhelm the group with threads like “Who is the greatest director of all time and why is it Zack Snyder?” or push people out of a thread about Dreyer or Tarkovsky by ridiculing anyone who wants to treat movies as just as serious an art form as painting or literature. I’m not a snob–I love MCU, Snyder, Bay movies, and will continue to participate in such groups–but I find it very difficult to discuss anything else without the blockbusters-only gang barrelling in and kicking sand in faces. Yes, I’m admitting to need a safe space; there are a million other places to rank Adam Sandler movies in. How do I convey that in a group name? Serious Film Discussion–pretty dry Safe Space for Cinéastes–intended as ironically snooty, but a lot of people may not get that Any brainstormers with nothing better to do help me come up with the right approach? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/2 "2020-08-22T19:49:10Z")
The Sirius Film Discussion Group. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/3 "2020-08-22T20:00:01Z")
Film Art Film Symposium Film Salon ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/4 "2020-08-22T20:07:00Z")
Cinema Scene Silver Reflections Real To Reel ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/5 "2020-08-22T20:10:12Z")
The Pauline Kael Rescue Rangers Friends of Vinegar Syndrome Frame Rate Illusion of Life Screening Room ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/6 "2020-08-22T20:11:29Z")
Association pour Cahiers du Cinéma ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/7 "2020-08-22T20:19:22Z")
Lumière Brothers Benevolent Society ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/8 "2020-08-22T20:20:21Z")
Flickers ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/9 "2020-08-22T20:42:26Z")
Daughters Of Bolex Persistence Of Vision Muybridge’s Stable ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/10 "2020-08-22T20:54:33Z")
Plato’s Cave (If you’re not familiar with it, Google) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/11 "2020-08-22T21:01:56Z")
Movies That Don’t Suck ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/12 "2020-08-22T21:03:27Z")
Why don’t they have reacticons here? Errbuddy gets a thumbs up or a lmao ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/13 "2020-08-22T21:04:35Z")
Howbout Shhhhh! It’s starting! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/14 "2020-08-22T21:05:24Z")
The Back Row ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/15 "2020-08-22T21:10:55Z")
seeing as you will no doubt be discussing which films you value highly, what about “Frame Rate”? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/16 "2020-08-22T21:32:30Z")
Sticky Floors and Rats ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/17 "2020-08-22T21:38:01Z")
Silver Screen ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/18 "2020-08-22T21:54:36Z")
Talkie. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/19 "2020-08-22T22:24:47Z")
Pillow Shots ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-a-serious-film-discussion-group/918769/20 "2020-08-22T22:32:33Z")
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