Watch selected free titles on Vudu with ADs

[jbloggs]

Watch selected free titles on Vudu with ADs...

http://www.vudu.com/movies/#uiPage/232

[Dellamorte13]

It's a lot like Crackle (as far as the ads go) but with better movies.

[strumdogg]

Yeah, a Walmart employee actually told me about it last week. I was chatting him up about the Blu-ray "reset", and he (out of the blue) started promoting it...

"Do you use VUDU?"

"Yeah"

"Well, now you can get a LOT of movies on VUDU for free...you just have to watch a few commercials. Like, 2 or 3 per movie, so it's not bad."

"Great! I'll check it out."

"Oh, and..."

"Sorry, I have to go."

I have yet to try streaming any movie I don't already own, but it sounds like a good trade-off.

[DaBargainHunta]

Is it really only 2-3 commercials per movie? That would place it miles ahead of the other free services (Crackle, Tubi TV, etc.).

[strumdogg]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Is it really only 2-3 commercials per movie? That would place it miles ahead of the other free services (Crackle, Tubi TV, etc.).

I'm sure he was "puffing" it up. As I said, I haven't tried, but I definitely will...

Even if it's 1 commercial for every 15-20 minutes of a movie (doubling what the guy told me on average), that's OK by me for free...

I think he said something like 500-600 movies were eligible right now!...Lookling at the "genres" they offer, it's not easy to tell if titles are cross-listed...but there are A LOT!

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by strumdogg

I'm sure he was "puffing" it up. As I said, I haven't tried, but I definitely will...

Even if it's 1 commercial for every 15-20 minutes of a movie (doubling what the guy told me on average), that's OK by me for free...

I think he said something like 500-600 movies were eligible right now!

Yeah, there's a nice selection of free movies.

Some quick recommendations:

- Jeff, Who Lives at Home
- A Walk to Remember (own this on DVD)
- The Beaver
- D.A.R.Y.L. (own this on DVD)
- Out of Time (own this on DVD)
- The Fighting Temptations (own this on DVD - recent Goodwill find)
- 100 Girls (own this on DVD)
- Pete's Christmas (own this on Blu-ray, DVD, and UV/VUDU)
- Hunk (childhood favorite, so no idea how it holds up - own it in one of those budget sets)
- Klown (shockingly raunchy foreign flick)

As always, check Netflix, Hulu, etc. - whatever other commercial-free streaming services you might subscribe to - before watching anything on VUDU.

I might try The Monitor soon, which isn't on any of the aforementioned ad-free services but is on other freebie services with commercials like Tubi. I've been meaning to watch it for a while.

[strumdogg]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Yeah, there's a nice selection of free movies.

Some quick recommendations

- Jeff, Who Lives at Home - Seen it!
- A Walk to Remember - Seen it!
- The Beaver - Seen it!
- D.A.R.Y.L. - Seen it! (but Oh God I want this on Blu-ray)
- Out of Time - Seen it!
- The Fighting Temptations - Seen it!
- 100 Girls - ???
- Pete's Christmas - Seen it! (Dollar Tree)
- Hunk - ???

Annotations added.

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by strumdogg

Annotations added.

I added annotations of my own.

I remember 100 Girls being fantastic, but I was ten years younger when I saw it. Worth a shot for free.

Hunk is about a schlub who sells his soul to the devil to become - you guessed it - a hunk. As a kid, I thought Gene Wilder played the schlub - don't ask me why. It never entered my mind to question why he'd be slumming it in something like this. Even back then, I noticed the plot holes you could drive a truck through. But everyone my age saw and loved the movie. It's good, goofy fun. Whether I'd still like it, who knows.

Another recommendation:

- Klown (shockingly raunchy foreign flick)

[bigjim25]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Is it really only 2-3 commercials per movie? That would place it miles ahead of the other free services (Crackle, Tubi TV, etc.).

It's actually a little more than 2-3. I tested True Grit and it was like 2-3 every 18 minutes or so. but free is free

[StankYouSmellyMuch]

I was trying to find this section using the app on Xbox One but couldn't find it. I'll try again later.