This Week's Top 10 BitTorrent Movies
Crack out that secure network connection!
TorrentFreak has listed this week's top ten most downloaded movies on BitTorrent. Given that the MPAA, RIAA and other agencies are casing the torrent scene with their vicious legal hounds, it's surprising to see copyrighted material still hitting the network. Apparently torrent uploaders are unfazed by the legal threat, providing the latest movies like James Cameron's Avatar and Sherlock Holmes for your downloading pleasure.
The angel-infested movie Legion tops this week's top ten BitTorrent list, followed by Edge of Darkness, both of which are newcomers to the top ten list. Old Dogs and Tooth Fairy also make their debut while Avatar and Sherlock Holmes finally fall out of the list's top three.
As TorrentFreak states, the top ten torrent list is for informational and educational purposes only. However, despite showing what downloaders are watching, the list also offers a quick glance at the overall ratings. Avatar is the real winner in the eyes of critics, followed by The Hurt Locker and Sherlock Holmes.
Here's this week's top 10 torrent movies, provided by TorrentFreak:
1. Legion
2. Edge of Darkness
3. Old Dogs
4. Sherlock Holmes
5. Avatar
6. Couples Retreat
7. The Hurt Locker
8. Tooth Fairy
9. Daybreakers
10. Agora
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Go pirateers! way to stick it up MPAA.
I love this. So in your face. I won't admit to which ones I have.
I can't believe Legion is number one. There are probably a lot of disappointed pirates out there, that movie was horrible, not even worth the bandwidth.
So you're saying Avatar really didn't need to cost as much as it did in the 3D theaters? If it was less, they'd still have made more than enough to pay for EVERYTHING in the world, and there would have been even less illegal downloads. When will the MPAA start waking up? Obviously torrents aren't hurting their pocket books as much as they say, course when you make more than you deserve (or can spend), having a bit more is mandatory right?
I suppose I'll work my way down from the top and get whatever looks good.
I fondly remember the days of watching the A-Team or Knightrider on a Saturday afternoon. Weekend TV was awesome back then..and by our side we had a bag of chips, mushy peas and a can o' pop for £1.78.
These days..I wouldn't bother with half the sludge Hollywood releases, even if it was available on torrent. It's crap.
I can't believe Legion is number one. There are probably a lot of disappointed pirates out there, that movie was horrible, not even worth the bandwidth.
Agreed. A classic example of Hollywood making the previews to look amazing and it was nothing of the sort.
I actually want to see Sherlock Holmes now...
i saw the preview in the movie house,cant remember what movie i was there for. but i really thought it was a good one, but then i went out of the country, when i came back i heard a lot of bad things.
is it really that bad? thought the battle at least was good, based on the preview of course
Unsurprising list. Quite a few "high-rankers and sigh-crankers" on there
The special effects in Avatar at the local IMAX theater were awesome. Watching it at home would be disappointing.
The special effects in Avatar at the local IMAX theater were awesome. Watching it at home would be disappointing.
bluray rip
Stop pirating the movies. Rent them for a dollar from redbox. There is no good excuse to steal a movie. Stop rationalizing. Feel free to vote this down because I am not entitled to my opinion and you can sleep at night knowing you're a thief.
I saw the movie Legion it was crap it was cheaply done the whole movie was shot in one restaurant. So from the previews thats pretty much the whole movie. I paid to see that crap. THE MIST was similar but it was a GREAT movie.
With the current ticket prices, they wonder why so many people torrent? I'm not gonna slam down $12.50 just to see a movie. I can't even remember the last movie I saw in theaters.
Oh wait, it was Transformers back in 2007.....
No Spacejam?
Ive had half of those movies for a while now some in Blu Ray quality but I wont admit it here,lol. Actually come to think of it I pay $75 a month for just internet (Docsis 3.0 bandwidth 85mbs down speed) so in a way I do pay for them...
Ive had half of those movies for a while now some in Blu Ray quality but I wont admit it here,lol. Actually come to think of it I pay $75 a month for just internet (Docsis 3.0 bandwidth 85mbs down speed) so in a way I do pay for them...
I pay $50 for 15mbs down and 1mbs up. =(
Wasn't Mousemonkey (mod) reminding us not to talk about torrents and the such?
Thats until the world ends: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquire [...] nforcement
thank you!! now I know what movies are being seeded best for downloading
Blame the government for making everything so expensive.
I am only going to d/l movies until I have paid off my HD-DVD player. What a sucker I was. BR players are pretty affordable now, if only the RedBox (or similar low cost rental service) would carry them. Oh, and without an egregious extra fee (I am looking at you, Netflix).
I have seen most of these at the theater, I am lucky that there is a place near me (well 15 minute drive @ 45Mph) that has these movies for about 4$ and they even have the 3D movies. Sherlock Holmes was pretty good, Avatar I watched 2 times so it must be ok. Daybreakers was an excellent vampire movie. I always hated when some one would tell me "Hey lets watch this movie I downloaded its still at the theater" The quality 99% of the time is better then some ones vacation video but still not great. I hear the Daybreakers release is an actual DVD rip though.
Obviously torrents aren't hurting their pocket books as much as they say, course when you make more than you deserve (or can spend), having a bit more is mandatory right?
Well for movies like Avatar, I agree, the torrents probably dont hurt. It is an awesome movie but a big part of that is the visuals and 3D which you would miss out on with a crappy torrent movie. Other movies though, I think it can hurt alot. Alot of kids these days go over someones house and watch the latest Torrent movie instead of going to the theaters. This is usually the biggest audience for many movies and that is why torrents can and do hurt the industry.
I think that is another reason why movies are pushing for 3D because it would help reduce pirating and possibly increase movie theater attendance.
Feel free to vote this down because I am not entitled to my opinion and you can sleep at night knowing you're a thief.
-1...thank you
ps...I downloaded the screener of Dances with Wolves...I mean Ferngully...um...Avatar when it first came out, it's a fun little movie but not worth the hassle or the money of a theater.
saw legion, thought it was way too short, but still good
Stop pirating the movies. Rent them for a dollar from redbox. There is no good excuse to steal a movie. Stop rationalizing. Feel free to vote this down because I am not entitled to my opinion and you can sleep at night knowing you're a thief.
I'd much rather pay $1 while I'm at the store than wait a full day for my crappy internet connection to download it. And DVD's are better than DVD rips. Plus I don't have to worry about the man fining me for 10g's.
Stop pirating the movies. Rent them for a dollar from redbox. There is no good excuse to steal a movie. Stop rationalizing. Feel free to vote this down because I am not entitled to my opinion and you can sleep at night knowing you're a thief.
And for those who do not have such services available? Where tariffs, duty and taxes triple the cost of hard copy DVDs? Most of the planet falls into this category. You can call them thieves, but they're just doing what human nature tells them. They won't spend half a month's wages on two DVDs no matter how much you tell them they're being naughty.
So, let's pirate everything
I agree with knightmike that pirating movies is a waste of time. Rentals are cheap, and they are better quality unless you go for the 4GB-8GB rips. Don't get me wrong: I am not taking any kind of moral or legal stance here. I just think downloading movies is not worth the effort. Of course, I rarely watch a movie more than once, so the archival aspect of downloading means little to me.
"As TorrentFreak states, the top ten torrent list is for informational and educational purposes only."
??? educational purposes, they're doing it for advertisement effect. Come download these great movies! Basically the same thing Tom's is doing by continuing to publish these articles. I think Toms should just skip the middle man and start linking to the torrents.