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Free movies available weekly on PSN via Toyota Highlander promo
by Andrew Yoon 
on Feb 18th 2011 12:00AM
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Reader Comments (36)
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:03AM xenophy said
:/
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:04AM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
That image is just ripe for a caption contest.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 4:28AM (Unverified) said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze WHY DO BIRDS KEEP CRAPPING MY MOUTH?!
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Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:04AM Liquidfingers said
too bad all those movies suck balls
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:07AM arnavdesai said
Stranger than Fiction is a really decent movie and at least worth watching once.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:13AM matthugh said
Not for Canada though...
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:14AM Slayer15 said
Free in canada?
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:26AM BrianReal said
Looking at the middle two, I assume this is an elaborate ruse by the American auto makers to destroy Toyota's image.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:31AM Guhungus said
I can barely hold my excitement for this... really. It is that amazing...
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:33AM darrenhupke said
What if we have this problem and it'll take more than a week to download the video files (or game updates)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0UdKBwwvxU
Demos or games or online play, no problem, but videos and updates? What the hell...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0UdKBwwvxU
Demos or games or online play, no problem, but videos and updates? What the hell...
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:50AM DigitalFortress said
@darrenhupke
Upgrade your internet you sloth :D
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Upgrade your internet you sloth :D
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 1:06AM darrenhupke said
@DigitalFortress I have AT&T U-verse, it's fiber optic. I can download games and demos in moments, as of last week videos and game updates take 1500+ minutes. It isn't my internet.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:53AM Shadowbender said
I need to see Stranger Than Fiction.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 12:58AM flarkle said
Would Highlander be too obvious a choice for a Toyota Highlander promotion?
Guess so.
Oh well. There's always Ghost Rider.
Guess so.
Oh well. There's always Ghost Rider.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 1:04AM Fuzunga said
You know, I really loved Stranger Than Fiction for some reason. Will Ferrell was different in if for once.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 1:15AM PreGHz said
@Fuzunga
It's because the movie was earnest, and had heart. Most people went into looking for a mindless comedy like most other Will F. movies, but came out of it dealing with their own mortality and buoyed by the courage of an extremely (seemingly) vanilla man performing an extraordinary act that many of us are capable of doing, but are afraid to.
I say that the world is better by having this movie in it. How many movies nowadays can you say that about?
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It's because the movie was earnest, and had heart. Most people went into looking for a mindless comedy like most other Will F. movies, but came out of it dealing with their own mortality and buoyed by the courage of an extremely (seemingly) vanilla man performing an extraordinary act that many of us are capable of doing, but are afraid to.
I say that the world is better by having this movie in it. How many movies nowadays can you say that about?
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 8:55AM Saga286 said
I should probably already know this, but I don't.
Does XBLA do this at all? Because I don't think I have ever seen them do free movies like this.
Does XBLA do this at all? Because I don't think I have ever seen them do free movies like this.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 9:33AM Metalfacedoom said
@Saga286 Well not sure if you're trolling but from what I understand Xbox live members get netflix in their online service. So I think they probably would not bother offering free movies when they want you to subscribe to gold to play online, etc. I do not own an xbox 360 though.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2011 9:56AM Jack Kevorkian said
@Saga286 Sony owns a major movie studio and rights to hundreds of films it makes it much easier for them to do this. Not really Microsoft's bag unfortunately.
Sony should do it more often with the library at its disposal. Seems like the perfect ad and cost Sony very little.
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Sony should do it more often with the library at its disposal. Seems like the perfect ad and cost Sony very little.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 10:04AM Saga286 said
No trolling here. You have to pay for Netflix even if you have a Gold account for XBLA. It would be nice though if every once in awhile they allowed us gold members to get a free movie or something.
And thanks for your explanation Jack Kevorkian. I forgot about that.
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And thanks for your explanation Jack Kevorkian. I forgot about that.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 10:11AM Jack Kevorkian said
@Saga286 I still have a free episode of Sarah Silverman on my HDD they gave out when the show was first promoting itself. It happens to be her best episode "Not Without My Daughter" which is a treat. I remember a weekend a looooong time ago they gave away an Austn Powers flick. Point is, it happens but very rarely.
Kinda left up to advertisers since once you give it away...its gone.
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Kinda left up to advertisers since once you give it away...its gone.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 9:14AM Urethra Alfredo said
What a weird selection of films.
Stranger than Fiction is the only one on the list that even remotely holds my interest...
...still, free is free.
Stranger than Fiction is the only one on the list that even remotely holds my interest...
...still, free is free.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 9:26AM (Unverified) said
Stranger Than Fiction was a lovely, lovely movie. Watch it.
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 10:30AM Metalfacedoom said
@Saga286 I had no idea, I assumed it was included in the Gold Package all rolled in to one. Well then in that case maybe MS can work out a deal with a free movie every once in a while for you guys.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2011 2:36PM Imdavid said
I can't find the commercial on the Canadian PS store :(
Posted: Feb 18th 2011 10:23PM AFATALERR0R said
Cool move. Anyone know how the PSN movie downloads work? Say I dont leave my PS3 on to download all of the movie will it continue if I turn it back on a day later? I know with the 360 its 14 days to watch but 24 hours to finish after its started.
Posted: Feb 28th 2011 10:49AM TheUndertaker85 said
@AFATALERR0R Yes, you can continue the download even if you shut your PS3 off. With the PS3 you have 30 days to watch it but after activated it's the same 24 hours.
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