s011239, that is very nice of you. It would be good to get some european movies from your FTP server when you get back to Denmark. Thank you. I am surprised about what you said about seeing foreign DVD's in Denmark. Since you live in Denmark, can't you buy other european movie DVD's like from Spain or Italy and then watch the DVD's on your home DVD player in Denmark? I thought that the DVD's in Europe were all in the same Region. Mainly Region 2 like on this list that I found on the Internet.
REGION 1 -- USA, Canada
REGION 2 -- Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Greenland
REGION 3 -- S.Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Parts of South East Asia
REGION 4 -- Australia, New Zealand, Latin America (including Mexico)
REGION 5 -- Eastern Europe, Russia, India, Africa
REGION 6 -- China
REGION 0 or REGION ALL -- Discs are uncoded and can be played Worldwide, however, PAL discs must be played in a PAL-compatible unit and NTSC discs must be played in an NTSC-compatible unit.
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s011239
19 years ago
sharc66, the problem is not the region of DVD’es. In fact, I have a region-free DVD player and I've installed the necessary codecs for playing DVD movie on my PC.
I can assure you that movies made from South European countries are not popular in Denmark. Only movies from USA, U.K., and Ireland are popular movies. Denmark is a small country and there are very few Italian, Spanish or French speaking persons in Denmark. Most of us in Denmark can understand and speak English.
That's why it's so difficult to get foreign DVD movies in Denmark since Danish find them unattractive.
This link shows playing movies in all Danish cinemas: http://www.biobooking.dk/index.jsp
Click on the menu "Vælg film", means choose a movie. There you'll see only Danish and American/English movies.
You can also try this link: http://www.dvdpriser.dk/Showsubcategory.asp?ID=221
On the field "Søgeord:", you can search on any DVD'es which are sold in Denmark. Generally it's very difficult to find specific non-english movies in Denmark.
There are few foreign non-english movies that you might be able to find and these movies are: A very long Engagement, Das boot, Life is beautiful etc.
Movies like, "La finestre di Fronte" is NOT possible to buy in Denmark.
Ordering foreign DVD from Internet is very problematic. Since, I'm not confident with South European Internet trade.
I only order DVD'es from www.dvdsoon.com, www.cdwow.com etc. On those mentioned homepages, it's difficult to get those specific foreign movies.
Another thing for FTP, keep in mind that I’ve got limited download/upload 10 Mbit connection in Denmark.
I hope that I answered your doubt in proper.
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sharc66
19 years ago
s011239,
I don't doubt that it is difficult to find Spanish and Italian movies in Denmark. I was referring that DVD's in Europe are Region 2 so if someone from Denmark buys a DVD movie that was made in Spain or another european country like "Io non ho paura" or "Abre Los Ojos" then the Foreign DVD can been seen in Denmark. But I cannot see DVD movies made in Europe since my DVD player is a Region 1 DVD player. I can buy a Region Free DVD player so that I can see european movies but there is a problem with that. If I buy a Region Free DVD player then there are some American movies that I cannot see because some American DVD movies have RCE (Regional Coding Enhancement) and some of these American DVD movies cannot be seen on Region Free DVD players.
This link that you gave me is very good and has lots of european movies:
http://www.dvdpricecheck.co.uk
It is just that I should get a Region Free DVD player first before I buy some of the foreign made DVD's. But by using that link I thought that you could buy DVD's from other countries like Germany or Italy and then watch them.. but I did not know that it was problematic for you to get some of these foreign DVD's from the internet.
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s011239
19 years ago
sharc66,
Ahhhh I see your point now. I didn't know that it was problematic for you to play European DVD movies. I didn't know about this RCE issue.
Anyway, there is another movie that I can recommend which is:
Swades: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367110/
It's an Indian movie. Usually I don't like Asian movies, but Swades is actually good.
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sharc66
19 years ago
s011239,
Some American DVD's use RCE. I wanted to ask you, do you watch many American made DVD's that are Region 1? If you do, have you ever had any problems watching any American made DVD's? I hear that some region free DVD players work better than others. Also thanks for the recommendation on the Indian movie. I can also recommend two movies from Asia.
House of Flying Daggers (2004) (China)
Akira (1988) (Japan)
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s011239
19 years ago
sharc66, thanks your movie recommendations.
I order American DVD movies from Canada or USA. Because the quality of these movies are much better and cheaper (including shipping) than Europe. Though, I'm sometimes dealing with stupid customs duty. When the customs duty in Denmark get my ordered DVD movies at the post office, then I have to pay 50-70 % additionally for these DVD movies.
I have never ordered a RCE DVD movies. They only offer med R1 from Canada and USA, so I never had problems to play these Region 1 DVD movies.
I’ve get nearly two weeks left from Germany. German people are really nice but I'm really bored here.
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sharc66
19 years ago
s011239,
thank you for the information. Almost all the movies that I have talked about on this forum can be bought in the USA on DVD. I always order from amazon.com and sometimes on the website for amazon.com there is a warning that RCE DVD's sometimes have problems playing on region free players. But since I do not have a region free DVD player I do not know if it is a big or small problem. I will probably be going to Munich Germany next month in September for Oktoberfest. I have never been to Oktoberfest before but it seems like it will be fun.
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s011239
19 years ago
sharc66
Thanks for the reply. Frankly, I find it quite stupid that all DVD movies don't have one standard region instead of these current existing regions for DVD'es.
Now I'm curious and have many questions. Are you going to München (Munich) alone? Do you know someone in Germany?
From Emden (the German city, where I am now) takes 5-6 hours by train to München. I live very close to Netherlands. On the 29'Th August, I'll return back to Copenhagen/Denmark.
Oktoberfest is fun but a little bit too crowded, noisy and lot of smoke.
You'll have fun in München and people are very nice. There are many young tourists from all over the world.
Ahhhh, once you're in Germany, you should take the opportunity for buying foreign movies despite the different foreign region.
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sharc66
19 years ago
Yes. It would be better if there were only 1 Region for all DVD movies that are made. I am going to München with a friend. I do have a cousin in Frankfurt but I don't think that I will be going to Frankfurt on this trip. I will be in München for a few days then I will go to Amsterdam for 1 day before going back to the USA. When I am at Oktoberfest I will have to experience ordering beer the German way ("Eine Maß bitte" und "Noch eine Maß"). Last time I was in Europe I did go to Spain (Madrid and Barcelona) but I did not buy any DVD's even though I did see many different DVD's in some of the stores. When I go to Europe next month, I will look at the DVD's that are availible in München and Amsterdam. Thanks! That is a good idea, s011239!
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s011239
19 years ago
sharc66, thank you for you response.
I'm sure that you'll enjoy for being in München and Amsterdam.
Another way to order a beer in German is "Ein großen bier, bitte". I must mention that the sentence might be grammatically inaccurate since I never had any German language lessons.
The reason that I'm into Italian movies has something to do with my Italian ex-girlfriend. For some years ago, I dated the most beautiful Italian woman ever. We realized that long distance relationship didn't work out. Now we're friends.
Francesca opened up my eyes for Italian culture, food, movies and music.
I have many Italian friends now and they don’t like Italian movies which I find it a bit strange. I visit Italy at least once per year and I prefer not to buy any Italian DVD movies in Italy, because most DVD movies does not provide English Subtitles.
I want to apology for my bad English since English is not my native language.
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sharc66
19 years ago
s011239,
Most but not all people in the USA rarely watch foreign films. In the past I also did not like watching foreign films. A few years ago I decided to watch a foreign movie called "Abre Los Ojos". After I finished watching "Abre Los Ojos" I was very surprised because that movie was very very good. Actually that movie is an excellent movie. So then I started to watch some other foreign films and I did like some of them. As for Italian movies most of the ones that I have seen I do not like. But there are 4 Italian films that I like which are Malena, Io non ho paura, Dellamorte Dellamore, and La Finestra di fronte. Also I just got the new DVD which was just released in the USA. It is an excellent movie from the UK called "Layer Cake". What a great movie. Right now I am waiting for next week for the new DVD release of the Hungarian movie "Kontroll". But you are right, before I buy any DVD's in Europe, I have to check that the DVD has English Subtitles. I understand some German and Spanish but I still want to have the English Subtitles on the DVD.
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s011239
19 years ago
Hello sharc66
There is a funny comedy German movie called "Erkan & Stefan gegen die Mächte der Finsternis".
I might go to Berlin in October month (~20 October). I'm going with some Exchange students from my university and the students are from USA, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Czech Rep., France. They're eager to visit Berlin.
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sharc66
19 years ago
Hi s011239,
Thanks for the suggestion. I will look for that when I am in Germany. Yesterday I saw a very good German film at the movie cinema. The movie is called "Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei". Right now that German movie is playing at the movie cinemas in the USA. I will be in München on Saturday September 24th for Oktoberfest. Also I saw a Danish DVD in the store today. The movie is called "2 ryk og 1 aflevering" or the movie in English is called "Kick 'N Rush". Is this a good movie to rent or buy?
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s011239
19 years ago
Hi sharc66
Thanks for your reply. I hope that you enjoyed the Oktoberfest in Germany and your travel to The Netherlands.
Thanks for your suggestions.
I cannot recommend the danish movie called "2 ryk og 1 aflevering" because I've not heard anything about the movie in Denmark. So the movie must be very bad.
There is another movie from South Korea "Joint Security Area " which is strongly recommended to watch.
A good news for me to announce is that I'm going to make my final thesis at Stanford University in California. I'm going there from 2006 July to 2007 January. I'll make a project which is related to genetics and clones.
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sharc66
19 years ago
s011239,
Sorry it took so long to reply. I have not gone to imdb's web site for a long time now. Yes Oktoberfest was a lot of fun. Also the weather was great while I was there. I enjoyed the food especially the sauerkraut with sausages and mustard or Senf in German. Also the beer was very good and I tried some German Apple Wine which was great. You will like California. It is a very interesting place. I highly recommend that you visit the city of San Francisco when you are living in California. A friend of mine lives in Los Angeles and he is always saying how much he enjoys it there. That is very good news that you will be spending some time in California!
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