How to Watch Free Movies on YouTube

I’ve been on a movie kick lately. I’ve toyed with getting Netflix but I don’t know if I want to have money taken out of my account each month (especially if I have a busy month or get tired of watching stuff and I don’t get my money’s worth out of it).

If only there were a free way to watch movies online, with no downloading, no viruses and no signing up for strange sites?

Hello, YouTube!

I’ve watched several movies on the site that were uploaded by users, and while it may be kind of weird to watch a film divided into 9-12 different parts, you get used to it. It’s kind of the same as watching a movie on TV, with “commercial breaks” between segments.

That being said, there are some tips I’ve gleaned from the process that might help you out if you’re a YouTube Movie Junkie Newbie:

1. No, the latest No. 1 hit at the box office won’t be on there.

You have better luck if you’re looking for slightly older films that have been shown on TV, such as “50 First Dates.”

2. Search for “[movie title] part 1.”

This should get you what you’re looking for, but—

3. If the clip you find says it’s very short and it  and shows a production company logo, it’s not what you want.

If you go to the clip, it will only have a URL to a website to watch the film. I don’t trust or recommend these sites; staying on YouTube is much safer. The real segments of movies will usually be 9 to 10 minutes long.

4. Sometimes entire parts won’t have sound.

This is annoying and usually because “the WMA” wouldn’t allow a song to be played in the segment. In the past when this has happened, I’ve usually found the same clip from other users WITH sound (and possibly foreign subtitles), so sometimes you just have to search around again. But once in a while the clip you need is nowhere to be found, and that does suck.

5. Of course, there are more than just movies on YouTube.

You can also find deleted scenes, trailers, interviews with stars and more material.

Like I said in the first tip, not everything is on there. But a surprising number of full-length films are, if you’re willing to dig for them. Good luck!

Goodbye, summer

 

I know autumn technically begins in mid-September, but Labor Day always tends to be the “unofficial” end of summer, just as Memorial Day “kind of” begins it. So with that in mind, I present highlights from my summer.

Pro: Went to tons of movies. I liked “Tropic Thunder,” “Wall-E,” (surprisingly) “The Incredible Hulk” and semi-liked “Step Brother.”

Con: Saw “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan.” How did this movie even get made? Adam Sandler can (and should) do better than this.

Pro: Finally got braces.

Con: Miss nachos like crazy. I guess I could eat them if I was careful, but how fun would it be to break the nachos into tiny pieces and half-gum them so as not to risk losing a bracket? Maybe someday I’ll get braver but I’d rather just wait. For now.

Pro: Getting a new car stereo for my birthday.

Con: Having said stereo stolen from my car less than a week later. That was really crappy.

Pro: Going to the state fair.

Con: Being so exhausted from a bad night with allergies that I didn’t much enjoy the state fair. And I also didn’t get a ribbon for my entry. Sucks.

Pro: Getting into the Olympics. I’m not a sports person at all but there’s just something about a bunch of random sports (racewalking, anyone?) that just draws you in. I especially liked the rebroadcasts in the middle of the night, since I wasn’t home a lot when they were first aired.

Con: Olympic withdrawal after it was over. I have to wait another four years for this?? I know the Winter Olympics roll around in two years, but it’s not the same, dang it!

So that was my summer. This season’s kind of anticlimactic when you get out of school. When you’re a kid, of course you can’t wait for summer to get here, and are way depressed when it’s over and school rears its ugly head. Now, it’s like, “It’s too freaking hot outside!” and you look forward to crisp days and wearing sweaters. And Labor Day rolls around way early this year, too, cutting short the summer fun. But I know, at least here in the South/Midwest, we’re still going to have 90-degree weather for the next few weeks, I’m sure, so maybe summer isn’t really leaving us alone yet.