ksv on 14 June 2008
Movies have been running at 24 fps for the past 70 years at least. In the early silent movie days, they shot at 20 fps, and when you see those on TV today, they are usually sped up to 24 fps (NTSC) or 25 fps (PAL), so that's why they look silly.
24 fps is the standard for movies now and it will stay that way in the forseeable future, in PAL land movies that are shot at 24 fps is played back at 25 fps, so all PAL DVDs you buy actually run 4% too quickly :P
With Bluray movies this isnt an issue any more, all Blurays are at 24 fps.
