5 Dollar Unbox Movies

[pdhenry]

Just got my weekly Unbox email from Amazon - Spiderman 1 and 2 are available for purchase for $4.99, as well as Superman Returns, X-Men, Batman (the 60's Adam West/Burt Ward movie), and Mystery Men.

5 bucks is a pricing point at which I'll consider buying an Unbox movie.

[davezatz]

Hm, given the titles this is obviously a super hero promotion tied into the Spiderman 3 release today. I don't imagine they'd keep prices for purchases this low for long, with rentals being $4/ea. Frankly, you couldn't pay me $5 to watch that 60s Batman movie. ;)

[CrispyCritter]

Frankly, you couldn't pay me $5 to watch that 60s Batman movie. ;)Hey, I resent that :p . I just watched the 60's Batman last month, for the third time I think. It's a classic! Granted, it falls into the category of movies you watch to laugh at rather than appreciate any good points of, but in that category it's one of the best! I also watched "Plan 9 from Outer Space" recently (one of the most renowned members of that category), and "Batman" gave it decent competition. But "Batman" ultimately failed; they just spent too much money on the production and occasionally the money showed through.

Back on topic: I think the temporary Spiderman price cut is a nice gimmick. That's a feature of the Unbox approach - great flexibility at a low cost to Amazon.

[cheerdude]

Are the Spidey 1 & 2 Unbox movies TiVo-compatible (only certain ones are, correct)?

[pdhenry]

Are the Spidey 1 & 2 Unbox movies TiVo-compatible (only certain ones are, correct)?SpiderMan 1 & 2, Superman - Yes
XMen, Batman, Mystery Men - No

[davezatz]

That's a feature of the Unbox approach - great flexibility at a low cost to Amazon.

I assume they owe the studios a certain amount of $ per flick purchase, so the difference must be coming out of Amazon's advertising budget.

[Gai-jin]

What's the point of buying a movie from unbox. You can't burn them, can you? So it just sits on your tivo drive forever?

[Joe3]

You can store them on an Unbox movie server.