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Huh. HuffPost is also carrying the preview. They say:
Asylum films released the trailer for its new "mockbuster" this week: "Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus." The low-budget brand that has released dozens of straight-to-video movies is best known for making films that are sort of like big studio pictures, but stranger. For example their last film was "Terminators" about humans fighting cyborgs. This should not be confused with "Terminator."
Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus (VIDEO)
God, I think I already knew all of those.
I just watched The Player. I was hoping to like it more than I did. I didn't think it was all that funny, and the story didn't really go anywhere. Plus, the protagonist was unsympathetic. I didn't hate it or anything, but it didn't do much for me. I prefer Nashville, which is weird because I didn't think I'd like that one at all.
I love the hell out of The Player, but it's full of inside jokes about Hollywood. Altman was simultaneously making and satirizing a mainstream blockbuster. Griffin Mill isn't supposed to be sympathetic. He's sort of a monster, although a very particular kind of monster. Also, most Altman flicks are pretty light on plot. His movies are more about the people in them and the unspoken stories rather than the narrative.
I thought it was funny, but of course all I can remember now is the pitch for the Graduate 2 and the sexy and funny Mrs. Robinson stroke.
The opening scene, an 8 minute tracking shot that references the opening tracking shot of Touch Of Evil, in which a couple of characters debate the opening tracking shot of Touch Of Evil, may be one of Altman's best jokes.
Have to see it again now that I've seen TOE.
in which a couple of characters debate the opening tracking shot of Touch Of Evil,
I think they also reference the tracking shot in Absolute Beginners there too.
I didn't really "get" The Player until I saw it a second time. But it really did improve on rewatch.