Film has a very different way of reacting to light. Like all analog mediums, film has a very different aesthetic than digital imagery. You can compare it to being like oil painting, or water colors, compared to digital art.
Your basic image in digital photography is dependent on the camera sensor and subsequent digital post processing in tools like Photoshop. Analog film is different, each individual film has its own palette and each developer interprets that palette differently.
Because they are things, negatives and slides (especially black and white) can be forgotten and sit in a box for 50 to 100 years untended and be rediscovered by subsequent generations.
Digital images need to be tended on an ongoing basis to not be lost to format and medium changes. A floppy disk of pictures from the 1970s is dubious. The social media platforms can go the way of MySpace. A box of negatives I found that my dad shot 60+ years ago, are still quite useable. A floppy disk from half that time ago would be quite dubious.
That said, it's all good. Take your pictures, do your art your way...
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