From Review to Reality
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Do you go to a movie based on reviews?
The reason I ask is because I don't.
I generally like the movies reviewers hate and hate the moves reviewers like.
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That's why I don't put much stock in recommendations and apparently neither do Iowans.
I mean just based on recommendations, Howard Dean (search) was the guy.
He got the trifecta -- sort of like The New York Times, Newsweek and TIME saying they all loved the movie: Al Gore, Bill Bradley and Tom Harkin all say Dean was the guy.
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Iowans collectively said, "We don't think so. We'll make up our own minds, thank you.”
Not even Iowa hero Jimmy Carter turned heads for Dean -- which says something about endorsements and movie reviewers: They don't mean squat. Not to me, anyway.
You know, "Along Came Polly" got horrible reviews, but it's the No. 1 movie in America right now.
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Howard Dean got great reviews, but he's the No. 3 candidate in America right now.
Lesson learned: Over-the-top movies rate and over-the-top candidates do not.
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