What happens if I'm willing to pay, but said movie isn't available in my local region on any of the digital store fronts? It happens all to frequently to me. I know I'm definitely an outlier, but I genuinely have no real choice sometimes, but to pirate a movie. You know what happens when I really like said unavailable movie? I usually pop on Amazon and buy a bluray copy if it's available.
For whatever reason, it seems that certain eras of film from various countries are just missing from streaming catalogs. Not only are the films missing, but they can be incredibly hard to find on services due to naming and translated names. Recently, I was trying to watch Cure aka Kyua (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cure_(film)), good luck asking Siri to find this movie. The name "Cure" brings up nothing related, and "Kyua" is essentially not recognized. I found 1 or 2 films by the director, by searching his name directly. It's a cluster, and it's frankly a shame that I have to resort to piracy when I'd absolutely be willing to pay for such movies.
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What happens if I'm willing to pay, but said movie isn't available in my local region on any of the digital store fronts? It happens all to frequently to me. I know I'm definitely an outlier, but I genuinely have no real choice sometimes, but to pirate a movie. You know what happens when I really like said unavailable movie? I usually pop on Amazon and buy a bluray copy if it's available.
For whatever reason, it seems that certain eras of film from various countries are just missing from streaming catalogs. Not only are the films missing, but they can be incredibly hard to find on services due to naming and translated names. Recently, I was trying to watch Cure aka Kyua (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cure_(film)), good luck asking Siri to find this movie. The name "Cure" brings up nothing related, and "Kyua" is essentially not recognized. I found 1 or 2 films by the director, by searching his name directly. It's a cluster, and it's frankly a shame that I have to resort to piracy when I'd absolutely be willing to pay for such movies.