Max is a subscription service.
I’ve been impressed with the depth of their movie and tv library. They’re linked with HBO.
Two rentals on Prime almost pays my $10 monthly Max plan. I’m watching more movies because each one isn’t costing me a $4 rental. Prime rentals expire in 48 hours. That’s as bad as Blockbuster used to be.
Many of the movies in this thread were ones that people saw on one streaming service or another.
Sure, and I always appreciate when people say where they are seeing things - it’s very helpful.
But if something is on Max, it is by definition not “free.” I just thought it was a weird way to put it.
Not necessarily. On a service like Amazon Prime, there are movies that are free to subscribers and others that still require a rental or purchase.
My first two movies are the equivalent of renting on Prime. Any additional that I watch are gravy. Free
That’s true of any streaming service. $10 monthly with commercials is a typical charge.
I used to rent all my movies. I recently wised up and choose a streaming service.
Yes, but neither I nor Aceplace was talking about Amazon Prime, so I don’t know how that’s relevant to my comment.
His very next post mentioned the cost of movie rentals on Amazon Prime so he may have been distinguishing from that.
That’s true.
I’m watching a lot of movies now because they’re included in my service.
I’m too cheap to rent them. Rental charges can add up quick.
Occasionally, though, the movie I want to watch isn’t available on one of the streaming services I already subscribe to. In those cases, I may be tempted to pay the rental fee, rather than signing up for yet another service.
Same here.
I’ll rent if it’s something I really want to watch and it’s not on my streaming service.
I agree with this bit, by the way; people, please tell us where you saw a particular movie so others know if it’s easily available for them.
Yes, his post - which came after my comment - mentions Prime. So what? It wasn’t there when I posted and wasn’t what I was responding to. What are we even arguing about here?
Here’s my sum total point: Max is not free. The end.
I’ll just say the movie is on Max. Without additional comments.
As a middle aged dude who walks around flummoxed at the ‘Airport pricing’ of nearly everything the low cost of new to even old release rentals is absurd. It used to be $9 a day at Blockbuster back in the 90’s which is $18 now! Add to this it was really a front to selling you the thing because their policy really meant owning the fucking thing if you forget to return it until Monday.
As a cinephile, I say fuck that era entirely and whatever is going on now is a Golden Age comparatively.
Really? I don’t remember Blockbuster charging nine bucks a day. I thought it was closer to three, and even then that was for a several-day rental.
BTW, supposedly annoyance over Blockbuster late fees is what prompted Reed Hoffman to found Blockbuster with its fixed monthly subscription charge and not caring how long you kept a movie.
Looks like you were right, GAMES were $9. New releases $5 and older $3-2.
Still. It was far more expensive than now.
In some respects, that was the Golden Age in that Blockbuster or Netflix or your local public library could make any title released on DVD/Blu-ray available for rental or borrowing thanks to the First Sale Doctrine. Now we’re in a weird time and place where some stuff is available to stream but might not be next month, due to the need to negotiate individual contracts for everything. Meanwhile lots of other content is completely unavailable.
Thirded.
Library still does. Mine has everything, or at least I can access everything through the very extended network they are connected to.
OK, I have found some movies that they don’t have. Never found a DVD of 21 Days in May there. Put it on hold…and VHS tapes arrived.
Except that I think a lot of the new content is never released on DVD/Blu-Ray.