A Blu-Ray Dvd Can Turn An Average Saturday Night Into Movie Night
Large online movie rental companies like Netflix and Blockbuster have tens of thousands of movies, which is far more than a traditional store could hold. This allows them to make many more DVDs available for those who want to rent online.
How does Blockbuster work? At Blockbuster, users have two main options to rent movies. The first way is to rent a Movie Online to have the DVD shipped to you. Usually, the DVD will arrive within two business days of placing your order through their website. Rental plans allow you to rent 1, 2 or 3 movies at any one time for a flat monthly fee. These fees are $8.99, $13.99 and $16.99. There are no late fees and as soon as you return your movies, you can rent more.
Of course every movie buff spends ample amounts of time at the theater. So, along the lines of the Netflix thing, another option is a Fandango gift card (or a gift card from a local theater). This gives your movie buff a gift that will keep on giving over the year as they revisit the theater. Each time getting to enjoy the big screen magic on your dime. The movie buff on your list will surely love a gift like this over the months as they get to catch all the latest releases.
In a film democracy no filmmaker is safe from movie viewer salvos or roses being virtually thrown. I've read posts that start by tearing apart a movie until there is nothing left to attack. When not satisfied enough with bashing the movie a forum member sometimes turns their wrath on the filmmaker by personally shredding them to pieces.
Members of forums post sharp and witty comments I enjoy reading, even if it happens one of my movies is getting flamed. A filmmaker that has thin skin should stay out of forums. It's like when professional athletes are heckled and cursed at by fans. The difference is that during making a movie there will be no heckling or cursing directed at you while you're working on set. That's unless you invite a Guy Terrifico personality friend to the set to watch.
DVD rental kiosks - You may have seen one of those DVD rental kiosks at your local supermarket offering a DVD for $1. Even though the selection is nowhere near that of your local video store or your online service, they do add newer movies every week. Finding a couple or more good movies for $1 each is a pretty awesome deal even if the selection is smaller. In fact, renting 12 DVDs in a month would cost you a little over $14 or $15 with taxes included. That beats the $20 for one month of online rentals, AND it beats the $16 you would spend on 3 New Release DVDs in one night at your local video store! One other great facet of this option is that being located in a supermarket, it is a nice segue to the next step in creating your inexpensive family night.
Online DVD rentals - With no return dates and no late fees, online renting is becoming more and more popular. Depending on the service you subscribe to, you could easily go through as many as 12 DVDs in four Movie Nights and only pay $20 for that whole month. That's about $1.67 per rental! And instead of having to decide which movie to get each time, the whole family can fill up the online queue with several selections and they will automatically be shipped out in the order you wish. The only "con" with this option is that since the DVDs are sent to you and also returned by mail, you need to plan ahead a little with keeping your queue full and returning the DVDs so the next ones can be sent out. Considering the money you will be saving, this is still a great way to go.
