Trouble Downloading Movies Help?!?!?

I got a macbook in June for a Grad gift and whenever i try to download any movies is opens up just as like a rich text format or something. How do i solve this problem?

Oops, I think I misunderstood the question... You are having a problem downloading the file (as opposed to playing it)? If so, please disregard the answer below the line:
In general, to make sure things actually download to the computer (and don't just open up in another browser window), I simply right click and save as...
I'm not sure this addresses the heart of the problem, but I use VLC player (can be downloaded for free online) to play just about anything that anything else can't play.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
I just drag the file into the player and let it play. I've found that .wmv (as well as .avi sometimes) files can act weird sometimes if the correct media player is not used.
Message was edited by: dan.gee
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