1-2GB doesn't cut it for a movie in the HD era. These days you're generally looking at 5-6GB for a passable 1080p rip, 8-10GB for close to Bluray quality, or as much as 50GB for 4K/HDR.
I know I'm not alone because the top seed for each title on the pirate bay is almost always either the 700mb or the 1-2GB version.
You're not alone. I intentionally download the 2nd highest quality file because I don't want to waste time downloading a humongous file that might actually slow down my PC when watching.
Yes, but the quality of those releases is utter crap. Bitrate massacre deluxe. Maybe you can save some dignity of the movie by using x265.
Yep low bitrate x265 movies, I saw some recent animated movies for about 250mb in 720p. Most live action TV show episodes are that size too.