The fact that most pundits are concentrating more on which film will best the other over the fact that both studios are sacrificing potential opening weekend dollars (and overall dollars, because neither of these films will likely be very leggy) as a matter of pride is a shining symptom of the kind of horse-race analysis that has infected political commentary as well.

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