It seems like lately I’ve been missing things left and right. A bunch of shows were on that I wanted to see but never got around to, and I missed a whole slew of movie releases as well. It upsets me because then I have to wait for the movies to come out on DVD/Blu-Ray and then either buy or rent them. And for someone who is running extremely low on cash, either of those activities is a bummer.

I’ve tried a couple times watching things online… But it always seems to go wrong in some way or another. Either the movie will be too poor quality to see properly, there will be too many ads/watermarks on it, or it will stop loading half way through and I’ll be forced to start it over again. Not to mention that most of the good quality things get uploaded on sites that will only let you watch for a certain amount of time before you have to either wait a few hours or pay their membership fee.

I’ve never tried movie torrents, but they’re seeming like more and more of a possibility for me. Of course I’d never actually keep the movie… I just have a really hard time paying $6+ to rent a movie, find out I like it, and then spend MORE to actually buy it. I’d rather watch the movie for free first (unless I can catch it in the theater) and then go out and buy the disk if it’s something I want to add to my collection.