Do I Really Get Paid to Watch Movies?

Keep them coming we'll keep watching. Nice you made it out of your cubicle prison.

Great video men! Appreciate the peek at the inner workings of your grind. I'm itching to ditch the 9-5 myself just still trying to figure out what I'm good enough at that people would want to hear or watch so your grind is inspiring. Thank you and happy holiday.

and we love it

congrats, you deserve it. thanks for persevering for the benefit of us all

Wow, what an insane timing with losing that job... but you definately made you own luck! Much respect to you and your wife of course, i watched at least 50 Movies, just because you mentioned them here. And i still got many on my list.

Thank you for posting your videos. I trust that when you like a movie I probably will also. We'll see you on the next one.

Brilliant call making and releasing this vid. It was good to hear your methods and motivation. I do agree with your take on "critics" and their approach to reviewing movies/shows. It's like they are driven to find a flaw... for clicks.

AWESOME

I was waiting for the earnings of 2024. Love from India.

This was gold, Darren. Thank you for "pulling back the curtain". I've enjoyed your content for several years now, and loved hearing your coming-up story. I'll keep watching your videos for as long as you're willing to make them
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I’m glad you mentioned about the advertising having nothing to do with the content provider. About a month ago I was bombarded with an ad regarding how the Abor***on procedure is done, it was too much

Discovered you a year or two ago…LOVE your recommendations. I mostly subscribed bcuz it was more convenient than scrolling thru dozens of trailers ( as u mention in your intros ). Glad you are getting paid ! Keep livin’ the Dream !

Tubi or not tubi? That is the question!

Keep 'em coming. Love my St. Nicolas shirt. Gets attention, I always give your vids shout outs, and shares

Great video! Loved seeing your younger self in your older videos. Dude. You just keep getting handsomer and hotter with age!

I ask that you do Not recommend movies that depict Arabs as terrortist.such as true lies.

By definition, a critic needs to criticize, which is amusing as just how are these people "qualified" to do so? You, however, understand that people have different wants in terms of what they want to watch. You do such a great job letting people know "who" this and that movie would be best suited for. Dude, you F-ing ROCK at that! It's WHY I watch all of your Netflix takes (Some others as well). Appreciate all you do. A BIG thanks! GS

you seem to know you stuff as long has you stay true----and not like it bc you are getting paid...

Nice one - thanks.
And I have to say: You've really put me up with a lot of movies I wouldn't even considered. Some did not fit for me, but most of them really did! Thanks!

I had a Twitch channel showing Prime movies when Watch Parties were still legal. I spent 30 hours a week watching movies to then do 4 streams a week. Always started with an hour of a TV show (sometimes half hour shows) and then a movie. Mon-Thu; the worst days to stream - lol. Three out of the four movies would be somewhat recognizable. But that Thursday movie? Oh yeah: the underrated, unknown, indie, classic Hollywood, international ones. I had SOOO much fun picking the Thursday movies!!! They were generally the best ones...

Why were you fired for having a second job? Lots of people have second or even third jobs.

My Hot Take ~ Most "Film Critics" are failed screenwriters or directors who hate everything they watch because they're convinced they could have done better.

Cool video. Thanks for sharing details. So what viewer behavior helps you? Comments? Likes? Watching the ads for a certain amount of time before skipping?

I was so happy when I discovered you. I always try to find the time to watch you. It has given me info on movies I would never had watch if it weren’t for you! Keep up the great work! Merry Christmas! Happy 2025!

There are so many options for viewing on streaming these days -- I appreciate that Darren helps me save time finding content. Keep doing what you're doing! It rocks!

I really wish you did a top Xmas movie one this year

Congratulations 🎉 😊

Awsome bro, just simple enough. Thanks you Darren

Love watching your recommendations, you got a pretty similar taste as I have, so easy pickings for me😁

Thank you for the oversight of your channel, glad the grind has been good to you, keep rocking❤

DVD, brilliant stuff, your my go to to find "those" movies. Your picks dont always gel with my thing, but you have found me sound great ones, i probably never would have found. Thanks for all your hard work. Have a wonderful xmas.

Seen so many of these types of vids but yours was decently short and interesting and even though I've seen my fair share of your normal content, it took this one to get me to subscribe. Well done, keep up the decent content.

I've been watching your videos since the early beginning and it's cool to see how much your channel has grown. Congratulations on your success.

You're cooler than George Costanza👍

Very interesting. Glad you are able to make it work financially for you. That means we can count on more content from you.

Your the man brother love your channel

Awesome channel bro...really interesting to hear your back story...as a person that watches a huge volume of movies of pretty much all genres, i love to hear other peoples insights and recommendations. Keep up the great work ❤ from Australia 🇦🇺

dvd, all good mate

Appreciate you doing what you do and have seen many films simply based on your recommendations.Cheers

Awesome of you Darren to share this information. It's cool understanding a little better how this all works, being a professional You Tuber. Love your videos & very happy I stumbled onto your channel. Take care

Love this video. Genuinely happy for people like you.

This was super helpful and inspiring, Darren. Thanks.

Being a movie buff, loving to watch movies galore, I find your lists often show me something awesome I missed. The way you keep it short and sweet and add in the "who this movie is for" bit really is gold. I keep finding myself coming back to your channel to look for something I haven't seen yet. You are kind of like Moviefone for the new generation.

Great, interesting video - thanks for sharing with us!

Wish we could give more then one like, great video !