Well, he could be using one of those "pay cash then download the movie" deals, though I don't know/care that much if it's even available on those yet.
Anyway, I saw it in the theatre. It was a good movie, but it shortened and modified a few aspects of the book to fit it into a reasonable movie time frame.
Opinions vary on it, as they did with the book, due to its content. The only people I've spoken to that didn't like it, however, didn't even watch it, instead assuming it to be a 2-hour religion slander-fest. <_<