The Internet is famous for taking quotes out of context (see the recent Alexandre Desplat comments about Quentin Tarantino’s music choices that are way less harsh them some would have you believe). With writers rapidly looking for content and churning out work, there’s bound to be something exaggerated, especially when you don’t have tone and emotion present in quotes that just become dry, matter-of-fact statements without context (and hey, it’s happened to everyone, including us and if you won’t admit it, you’re delusional).
So Chris Weitz is quitting because, according to some anyhow, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” reviews are poor and ripping him apart? Nope. An offhand comment in a moment of doubt really.
“That’s become Internet Chinese whispers,” he tells the same doubters. I said something like, “Oh I’m so tired of doing all these movies” but that became “I’m not doing any more movies now.” There’s always a time I say never again, but it’s more like a bad hangover.”
So despite the fact that some want to seem him go, perhaps because he’s helped ruin vampires for generations of movies to come, he’s here to stay. We don’t particularly care either way, but Chris if you’re gonna stick around, more “About A Boy,” and less “Golden Compass” and “New Moon,” please. Maybe layoff the CGI for a few years and see how that works out for you.