Robert Barat

leftist. gaymer. infosec. FOSS.
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Favorite films

  • The Postman
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The Conformist
  • Hackers

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  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    ★★★½

  • The Descent

    ★★★½

  • Firebird

    ★★½

  • How to Blow Up a Pipeline

    ★★★½

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  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    ★★★½

    I went in with low expectations given the disappointment that was the 2nd Guardians movie and a lot of my favorite film critics describing it as schmaltzy, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much Guardians 3 exceeded my expectations

  • How to Blow Up a Pipeline

    How to Blow Up a Pipeline

    ★★★½

    Well directed and works great as a heist/thriller genre piece, but its characters are underwritten and one dimensional

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  • Nope

    Nope

    ★★★★

    Masterfully constructed genre elements but thematically and narratively underdeveloped

  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    ★★★★

    3.75 stars; a great blend of wuxia and western action movie conventions, ultimately let down by having to be shoehorned into the Marvel movie formula (an overlong 3rd act, an over-reliance on CGI – albeit less so than in other MCU films, etc.)
    Overall I really enjoyed it, but I expect the series to go downhill as its ending sets up the sequels to have to shoehorn in even more deus ex machina-laden superhero conventions for the purposes of MCU cross-promotion.