Best Movies NOT being released in UK

[scotto]

its annoying when you search and search for movies that ya really enjoyed and come up with REGION BLOCKED! REGION A ONLY!
All the best movies I want to watch is all region A only. These production companies like and Lionsgate & FOX who put these stupid blocks on the blurays. Either release the movies everywhere at once or get rid of the region block. Movies ya just cant watch in the UK. The Boondock Saints, Belly, American Psycho. Half Baked?? uft the list just goes on. I wish someone would get a grip. Be fair. Its like a parents buying new toys for one kid while the other kid plays with "crap".

[Mr. Brightside]

Have to admit I get a sinking feeling when I read there's another Criterion blu released which will be locked. I'm know collectors from other countries feel the same when they find some of our UK releases are locked.

[md99]

I wish Fox would get their collective arses in gear and release Cast Away over here. From what I've read, the region A transfer is almost reference quality, not to mention a very entertaining movie

And although much frowned upon I'm also hoping for House Of 1000 Corpses. That too is supposed to be a fantastic transfer.

There is a solution of course but I don't want to go down that route.

[richieb1971]

I just bought 2 PS3's in the end. Not only are some movies not available on B. But some are better quality on A. Although to be honest, I really don't like getting movies on region A that are locked. You pretty much end up losing a whole bunch of cash on them because nobody local can play them.

So far I have Boondock Saints, I-Robot, Prestige (A), Shoot em up, Sleeping Beauty, WALL-E and maybe 2 more that are locked A. Which is not alot considering I have 150 blu rays. Are you missing out? A little, but not much.

Boondock saints never got a UK release on DVD yet, let alone Blu ray.

[ibra]

American Psycho is awailable for eastern europe. You can buy it, for example, in Poland. http://www.punkt44.pl/blu-ray/56478,...(blu-ray).html
Got everything necessary - eng trueHD, eng subs..

[The Driver]

Why are people so lazy?

Buy a 2nd player or a BlurayROM and set it to another region.

[CMM]

Originally Posted by The Driver

Why are people so lazy?

Buy a 2nd player or a BlurayROM and set it to another region.

Riiiiiight, it's definitely because people are lazy isn't is?

Nothing to do with the cost of buying another player and importing

[AP2009]

I agree, the fact is, all distributors should release titles at the same time in all regions!

[2099net]

Originally Posted by The Driver

Why are people so lazy?

Buy a 2nd player or a BlurayROM and set it to another region.

Surely it's the studios being "Lazy". Odd, how the prime motivator of these complaints seems to be the one that is most paranoid about piracy.

You know Fox, releasing your catalogue titles either in Region A with ABC coding or more or less simultaniously world wide would sure negate a lot of pirates arguments to justify their piracy.

I must admit, I thought region coding on Blu-ray would be a disaster, but its not. I can accept region coding on contemporary films to protect release windows. I can accept region coding on the bulk of - say - Disney's/Buena Vista films because based on Disney's past release record, we'll know a region B version will be released sooner rather than later (Good grief, they even released Miracle on region B Blu-ray. A true story about a person most Europeans don't know about who excelled in a sport most Europeans don't care about).

Meanwhile the list of Fox catalogue films missing in action continues to grow and grow and grow...

[Melodious Thunk]

Criterion Collection's region-locked blu-rays are deeply frustrating, especially when they release European films (The Third Man, Playtime, Wings of Desire) which aren't available in HD in their country of origin.

[Jac0b]

Originally Posted by scotto

its annoying when you search and search for movies that ya really enjoyed and come up with REGION BLOCKED! REGION A ONLY!
All the best movies I want to watch is all region A only. These production companies like and Lionsgate & FOX who put these stupid blocks on the blurays. Either release the movies everywhere at once or get rid of the region block. Movies ya just cant watch in the UK. The Boondock Saints, Belly, American Psycho. Half Baked?? uft the list just goes on. I wish someone would get a grip. Be fair. Its like a parents buying new toys for one kid while the other kid plays with "crap".

We aint get no Dragon Ball movies

[Eastkhan]

Here are some good movies that are not yet released in UK (but are released in other countries):

American Psycho
Assault on Precinct 13
Big Trouble in Little China
Casablanca
Descent
Die Hard with a Vengeance
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Mean Girls
Point Break
Princess Bride
Romancing the Stone

usually buy my movies from UK, so I'm taking notes of films that aren't available in UK, but are available elsewhere.

[Tom Hiddleston]

Originally Posted by AP2009

I agree, the fact is, all distributors should release titles at the same time in all regions!

I also agree. I live in the U.S, but most of the films I watch are not American ones. It's a huge pain to have to track down and research all these awesome films, just because of a region block.

[dspin]

Originally Posted by Mr. Brightside

Have to admit I get a sinking feeling when I read there's another Criterion blu released which will be locked. I'm know collectors from other countries feel the same when they find some of our UK releases are locked.

I can think of no good reason to region lock any movies. One would think that the companies that release the movies would want everybody buying their movies. The more they sell, the more they make. Stupid if you ask me

[Melodious Thunk]

From what I understand, Criterion are obliged to region-lock their discs because they usually only have the rights to distribute in the US (it's cheaper than getting the rights internationally).

It is deeply frustrating when consumers aren't given an option though. The worst is when there's no alternative at all (like most of those Criterion releases), but even delays are frustrating. "UP" is already out in the US, but it's still playing in cinemas here and no UK blu-ray release has even been announced yet. The latest Miyazaki film "Ponyo" doesn't even come to UK cinemas until Feb 2010 (and one of my Dutch friends has already seen it!), which is when the blu-ray is scheduled for release in Japan.

[Celerony]

Ever tought about a region free player?

[garlad]

Originally Posted by The Driver

Why are people so lazy?

Buy a 2nd player or a BlurayROM and set it to another region.

Originally Posted by Celerony

Ever tought about a region free player?

These are not cheap solutions.

The consumer shouldnt be punished for their geographical location if you ask me.

[Shanester]

Originally Posted by Celerony

Ever tought about a region free player?

[Celerony]

Originally Posted by garlad

These are not cheap solutions.

The consumer shouldnt be punished for their geographical location if you ask me.

I totally agree and millions of people with you, but that doesn't change the facts, unfortunately!

And about ''cheap solutions'':
You can buy the LG BD370, which can be changed of region code for 5 times, so it's perfect for you as extra BD player, because you can use your PS3 for region B locked BD's.
Good idea?

Everyone wants to shout many F-words to the phenomenon ''region coding'', but does it help?

[garlad]

Originally Posted by Celerony

I totally agree and millions of people with you, but that doesn't change the facts, unfortunately!

And about ''cheap solutions'':
You can buy the LG BD370, which can be changed of region code for 5 times, so it's perfect for you as extra BD player, because you can use your PS3 for region B locked BD's.

Good point! It's a shame that it has to be that way, but at least it gets around the problem!