"Wrecked" is in those four episodes, isn't it? Because I considered not watching anymore after that.

This week I watched Ex Machina, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Le Notti Bianche, and …And God Created Woman.

I think you're right, given that the distributors re-mixed and re-dubbed the original film for US release (not that you can get that version on DVD - authorial intent and all that…).

Now that you mention it, I think it was just Max's opening voice-over that had an Australian quality to it. I did kind of miss the 'Australian-ness' in the new one, though, plus the music of the first two. Particularly in Road Warrior, I thought the score was terrific, and though Junkie XL's score got the job done,…

Still sounds like better bowling than I could manage. Still, I have bowled a turkey before (on the way to my all-time top score of 120…)

This week I watched Mad Max: Fury Road. I liked it well enough, but I thought the rave reviews calling it the best action movie of the decade/century/ever were a bit overblown. The effects are downright astonishing in places, and Miller retains his knack for staging action, but the story is a bit weak. This is…

I disliked The Kings Speech from the moment I saw it. On the other hand, I was rooting for True Grit to win that year.

This week I watched Demon Seed and Innerspace, and re-watched The Conformist on the big screen.

This week I watched Harvey, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Avengers: The Age of Ultron and The Duke of Burgundy.

One of my earliest memories involves me watching The Simpsons while my family was moving house. And I turned out alright (except for all the time I spend commenting on internet articles).

Hard Candy is a hell of a movie, with quite a hypnotic score.

I liked The Babadook, but thought the metaphor was pretty on-the-nose and it felt a bit like an extended short (a lot of padding).

Wild Tales is awesome. There were points where I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. I agree on your ranking of the segments, though the wedding finale ran the third segment close.

I actually just re-read Ready Player One (I finished about half an hour ago). I really like the first half, because I liked the general concept. The reference games are often quite boring, though, and the ending is a bit crap.

Miracle of Morgan's Creek is really funny, though I was oversold on the greatness of the ending. It's a nice capper, but I think The Palm Beach Story has the more impressive (and impressively stupid) twist.

This week I watched The Piano and Inherent Vice.

I also hate "a film by".

You don't have to be an asshole to exert control over the details. In the end, basically every choice in production (and, usually, post) goes through the director to some degree. How the director chooses to deal with that is up to them; some are pricks, some aren't.

While I disagree with auteur theory, I still think that the director is generally, if not always, the most important position on a film set. Partly because of the prevailing myths of auteur theory, but primarily because the job of director is all about making decisions.

This week I watched two 1993 movies featuring Robert Sean Leonard: Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing, and The Age of Innocence.