Having been dumped so many times in my life, I thought I could sympathize with Bellas character.
Chris Weitz'The Golden Compass' became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the strength of the ideas of the novel, which is ironic because it's one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written, if not the greatest, and they took the religion out of it and tried to turn it into a popcorn movie.
Chris WeitzThe Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it.
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