I was right with this one...
Nov. 30th, 2007 09:56![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
viktor_haag... until the end of the trailer.
OK, I admit it, I like Diane Lane. Especially in the recent years of her career, she's done smart, effective work. I like that she seems like a real person who's comfortable with who she is, what age she is, and the roles she plays. Lane is right up there with Joan Allen in my list of female actors for whom I bring a default interest in the work they do. (And yes, a lot of it has to do with liking to see them doing the work they're doing.)
So when I saw the trailer for Untraceable listed on Apple's site, I thought, "Hey - a computer-based thriller starring Diane Lane! Let's see!".
Sadly, what it seems to be is yet another stoopid, super-clever-slasher flick, right down to the "I'm right here in your car, Barbara" moment. Really, the plot appears to be a re-hash of a series of Homicide episodes, with dollops of "internet speek" spread on top. The trailer's not really long enough to be able to tell if the tech in the movie approaches anything close to reality, and you know, I have very little desire to wade through all the clever-slasher torture pr0n in order to find out.
Sad.
OK, I admit it, I like Diane Lane. Especially in the recent years of her career, she's done smart, effective work. I like that she seems like a real person who's comfortable with who she is, what age she is, and the roles she plays. Lane is right up there with Joan Allen in my list of female actors for whom I bring a default interest in the work they do. (And yes, a lot of it has to do with liking to see them doing the work they're doing.)
So when I saw the trailer for Untraceable listed on Apple's site, I thought, "Hey - a computer-based thriller starring Diane Lane! Let's see!".
Sadly, what it seems to be is yet another stoopid, super-clever-slasher flick, right down to the "I'm right here in your car, Barbara" moment. Really, the plot appears to be a re-hash of a series of Homicide episodes, with dollops of "internet speek" spread on top. The trailer's not really long enough to be able to tell if the tech in the movie approaches anything close to reality, and you know, I have very little desire to wade through all the clever-slasher torture pr0n in order to find out.
Sad.
