My 2 cents: Film connects me back to the history of photography while digital projects you into the future of photography.
From choosing to buying the roll, thinking about what subject I want the roll for and just loading the roll puts me in the shoes of Cappa and Bresson, and when I look through the viewfinder, I can, for an instance, feel what they felt and see what they saw (even if my skills pale before them)
History to me is real, the future unknown...