how about this?
QuieterRope_500.mov
One of the problems A:M has is that people look at a test by a novice and presume A:M is the limiting factor. There's lots to know about getting simulations right and I'm a novice. This clip is VERY near what a finished result should be and I'm just a novice trying things.
The simulations you see in movies are done by people who do just that as their day job. They spend lots of time coaxing the simulations to get it right. I was looking at the manual for "nCloth", the simulator you get for "Maya Ultimate" and that seems to have pretty much the same controls and same limitations as our "simCloth". You gotta learn to use it and you gotta start small. They start people out with a flag just like A:M does.
I can't think of a scene in a movie where a simulated cloth or rope is thrown out and then the camera just stares at it while it's doing nothing. They cut away as soon as the action is done. I can't find a demo like that on youtube either. Can you?