San Diego Reader

I'm going to try to do this every week, just to see if anybody notices just how many movies are available for free on YouTube and comments on the legality of it. I'm not talking bad transfers with subtitles, chopped into 10-minute clips. I'm talking full movies, as crisp and clean as YouTube can make 'em. All this talk of piracy, and nobody's monitoring the biggest video site in the world?

Mind you, I'm not promising that all of these movies will be good. I'm just saying that they're there. I am mystified by this.

This week:

Antonio Banderas in The 13th Warrior:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_J2UywDr9o

Mel Gibson's Apocalypto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkxW7dX1fpM&feature=related

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0btWLh90DSE&feature=related

Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery in The Rock!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqkrccCZSY&feature=related

And just to end things on an up note, Black Hawk Down:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc7uM1AqsBQ&feature=related