Kind of a dumb question, but i've been wanting to know whether or not i was the only person to turn it off.

Off, I hate film grain for movies and games.

On.  The game looks better with it.

On. Just like the first game, when you turn it off, the ugly textures become more apparent. ME2 is a better looking game then the first but it's still has some...icky textures from time to time. I think the worst part about this game is the ugly red border thing that appears when you die. It just looks awful in every way.

On.  I would only turn it off in ME1 because it was way too intense.

On personally, as I loved that look for the game.

Off =/
 

Off. My PC is not powerful enough to have film grain and still run well.

Off. The only gain that makes film grain work is, Left 4 Dead.

On of course (the I'm-not-some-12-year-old-who-doesn't-get-it option).

I take film grain off because of my eyesight condition doesn't handle it very well. Basically I see with something that looks like film grain, all the time, adding film grain doubles the effect.

On. Looks a whole lot better. But in ME1 I had it off, because it was pretty bad in ME1.

Off. I don't even think the console version has the option to turn it on.

Off. I have tried to put it back on few times but I just don't like it.

I didn't know you could do that. so I guess on.

On, fool.

I never notice it. I sit a pretty good distance away from my TV.

I keep it off, it doesn't add anything to the environment and, when I keep it on - I just can't shake the feeling that I'm playing the entire game through a less-than-photoshop filter. 

On. It just feels weird with it off.

I play with it off, but I don't quite remember if I really had it on for long. Might check it out to see how it looks.

" On.  I would only turn it off in ME1 because it was way too intense. "

 On. Looks cinematic.

Off. It's too annoying,

I used to play the first one on an old SDTV so it looked kind of crappy. Turning on the film grain and motion blur just made it worse :P

I play with it off.

On in Mass Effect 2. I turned it and the motion blur off almost immediately in Mass Effect 1 though. It looked really weird in that first game.

I played with it off in ME1 and I played with it off in ME2.

" I play with it off, but I don't quite remember if I really had it on for long. Might check it out to see how it looks. "

I play with it on in ME2, gives it a nice effect
I liked it in ME, but it made everything slower so I turned it off

On, that's the way they wanted you to play it, so that's how I play.  I like it too though, gives it a gritty feel.

I usually have it on, but turned down a little bit from default. 
 
I used to turn it off all the time but, the game looked too clean.

On, obviously...

Played with it on my first playthrough, but the cries are true, Bioware really does overuse it. Looks much better without it. 

" Off. I don't even think the console version has the option to turn it on. "

Off in ME1, off in ME2, off in L4D1, off in L4D2.
 
I think film grain looks dumb. Only game I can think of where I've kept it on is Alien Swarm, and only because I haven't turned it off to see what it's like without it yet. Though it might look better considering the type of game and gritty feel they're going for with that universe.

off

Whatever is the default, that is what I did.

on. it really adds to the cinematic feel of the game.

On in Mass Effect 1.
Off in Mass Effect 2. Never bothered to activate it.

I play w/ film grain & motion blur off

On. I don't understand the hate for film grain. I get that it's just an added effect, but the fact that they are now scrubbing it out of movies is nuts.

Ugh..Filmgrain. You don't need it if you're playing the game with maxed out graphics. It's just some BS consolefeature that got dragged along with the port

On.  It looks way better with it on.

I wish it had more film grain.

" I wish it had more film grain. "

off...hate that shit. also motion blur is too exaggerated in Mass Effect. watch some of the vistas in ME2 with and without filmgrain and then try to go back using it..The colors are so diluted when using it. It's good for games with shitty resolution to blur out everything though.

Forgot the option existed until I read the thread title, really cannot remember If  I tried it or not.

Never tried it off, will do that today...