The Movies of Doug Liman

I was def in your Go boat, u will be edified by a repeat viewing.

I think Go was the first time I'd seen Timothy Olyphant in anything

The abrupt shift from possible swingers to MLM pitch in Go was so freaky.

that's a great moment. he was good at milking the comedic value of the unexpected twist - see also Vince Vaughn flirting in the diner in Swingers.

i rewatched go recently and would dispute the idea that it holds up well

it isn't awful but it's so heavy on the late '90s cynicism-poisoned violence and was more humorless than i remembered

I won't dispute the 90's cynicism and post-Tarantino violence, but it is not humorless.

Literally the only thing I remember from it is a scene where someone on drugs is imagining that a cat is telepathically talking to them, conveyed via subtitles, which I’ll admit is a funny gag that has stuck with me

Yeah, like all this terrible stuff happens, but it's basically a happy ever after ending in the scheme of things.

I keep reaching for Go, when going through my pile of DVDs during lockdown, but remembering

a) the sexy/not sexy bug search to Massive Attack's Angel

b) the selling of dud pills to parking lot noobs with "these are the kind of pills you need to do alot of weed to really enjoy"

and my hand is stayed..

would poll against Hackers, but I feel Hackers has gone through some weird reappraisal recently which means it will walk it.

i didn't say it was humorless, i said it was more humorless than i remembered