Oscar awards and what REAL viewers like

[jimbo45]

Hi there
I can usually tell the popularity (or otherwise) of a movie by how quick a non CAM version is "released" into the wild.

For example Gravity and 12 years a slave found their way into the wild at decent hi-res quality - but both movies aren't really that popular with the general public -- and there seems to be some "political correctness" stuff around preventing people saying they didn't actually like 12 years a slave or weren't interested in seeing it.

Now the movie "The Monuments men" seems to be far more popular - but so far still hasn't made it into the wild other than by a CAM version.

This post does NOT approve of using torrents for obtaining these movies -- I'm just stating my perceived observation that the most popular movies take a long time to appear in the wild in decent 720p / 1080p while relatively unpopular films at the box office get leaked quite quickly.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Britton30]

Odd, it would seem the more popular ones in good quality would be leaked first.

BTW, what is "cam version"?

 

[Bongo]

BTW, what is "cam version"?

I think it's when someone uses a camcorder or other recording device in the theater and then puts it on the web.

 

[Britton30]

Oh, that makes sense Jerry. I think I've seen one at a friend's house, the picture moved a lot and was grainy.