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Getting Paid To Watch Movies

posted 8 years ago by BillHicksFan (10716)
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Has anyone in here been paid to watch a movie?

Depending on how I prioritize my money, I might try to find a willing participant. $20 seems reasonable. I'll ask questions, maybe even stop the movie once or twice, who knows, depending on the movie I guess, depending on the person, or maybe just start a club? I doubt any would work, but I'd like to try it, and heck, maybe keep upping it just to see, and then if accepted, if the rate is too high, I'll have to reply with "Sorry, position was just filled".

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 8 years ago

Why would you pay someone to watch a movie? Please explain what is behind this.

[–] BillHicksFan (10716) 8 years ago

Well, if you don't read correctly, you won't understand ANY explanation..

[–] croft_alice (12180) 8 years ago

I have no idea what you talking about...

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 8 years ago

"Well, if you don't read correctly, you won't understand ANY explanation.."

Then I guess I'l never get the explanation. I read your post a few times and I still don't get it....
Sounds intriguing though.

[–] Bubbathegut (18242) 8 years ago

thanks ben

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 8 years ago

Ahhhhhh... is that who that was?
I wish he and all of his other handles would leave. It gets annoying.

[–] Bubbathegut (18242) 8 years ago

I have realized that all stupid posts like these are more than likely ben.

[–] BillHicksFan (10716) 8 years ago

I'm not Ben. (Was it the guy with the Bill Murray avatar on IMDB?)

[–] napsdufroid (2077) 8 years ago

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 8 years ago

Oh,well...it's not a party until something gets broken.

[–] BillHicksFan (10716) 6 years ago

so true

[–] SolemnMime (174) 6 years ago

You mean you want to be someone who actually pays people to watch movies and give reviews directly to you?

I'm pretty sure you won't have any trouble finding workers/people interested. I'd maybe interested in being a part of this club at some point -- it sounds unique. There is no such way I've ever heard of someone being able to significantly earn fair money solely from watching a movie specifically -- it's usually in the advertising; running a review site or some other business around it; etc.

Getting paid decent money just to watch a movie and give a simple and direct review/interview would probably appeal to many.

$20 is a very decent price point for something like this -- almost nothing/no one will top that for just watching a single movie and then doing a short follow-up/review/interview. I might even consider being an early tester if such a thing existed/was legit.

[–] BillHicksFan (10716) 6 years ago

I tried this two years ago, but the only responses I got back were cold feet, and those were no more than 2.

[–] SolemnMime (174) 6 years ago

Probably thought it was too good to be true/some scam. A lot of people might be skeptical to something like this.

A lot of "new" opportunities to do things than were previously known are met with scorn/disbelief/negativity at first. This isn't necessarily a bad thing since people are wise to be cautious, but it can also limit yourself. I guess it could also be due to the fact that it wasn't presented in an appealing/serious way (think like an ad leading to a landing page with a good design and lots of info talking about this vs. just a random email marketing showing up in spam likely with big letters saying, "GET BIG BUCKS WATCHING MOVIES!") or something like that.

The promotion of things/advertising/appeal can be a bigger necessity in conversion/buying/trust than the actual service/product/work.

[–] BillHicksFan (10716) 6 years ago

Yeah, I see what you mean, and tried hard not to make it seem like that. I didn't want to make it sound too robotic, but didn't want it to sound like a kid was writing it.

I got similar responses when trying to recruit some musicians for a well-paid show about 5 years ago. I think people are all-talk, and when they get their chance, they go limp. One asked for half of the money up-front, and so I said "Ok" - and then there was no reply.

[–] Kowalski (79128) 4 years ago

SOUNDS LIKE A RAPE TRAP TO ME.🤨

[–] Octo (217) 4 years ago

I'm basically paid to watch movies. That's not my job, but my job involves so much dead time that I typically watch 4-5 movies on any given work shift.
If you want to pay me $20 on top of that I'll take it, but it's not clear what was required of me to earn it.

[–] GordonGartrelle (1268) 4 years ago

Ha!
I like your answer.

[–] howgamer (3988) 4 years ago

Don't they pay people to watch screenings in Vegas? Like $50 to watch 4 hours of film.

[–] BillHicksFan (10716) 4 years ago

I'm guessing there are a ton of test audiences in Hollywood, too.