hehehe, there are still so many produced already, that in the mass there are real gems :). for me the downturn started with obama and specifically with the movie about the potus attack on the whitehouse where the potus just cared about his whiteshoes and his nicotin chewing gums... it was a pathetic movie... then they went lower and lower...

on the pirating I strongly disagree, only pay and support and price signal the movie you like... it helps entire families to live by. I am strongly against stealing. you don't have the right, you didn't buy them, you steal... you are a thief.

the problems is when some actors join international criminal organization and use their influences to foster the objectives of those orgs. But some are clearly used by those orgs without their knowledge, aka they believe the front cover story and deny the real objectives, while others are simply black mailed and or failed to come clean and are exploited.

but yeah they all knew...

ultimately it is again a big insult to the market... since when anyone want profitability and returns be compromised for what ever illegal behaviors those employees did...