The Brothers Grimm

[Zeus]

Man, this is bad. Not quite War of the Worlds bad, but not too far. Extremely formulaic film with a shitty cast (even Bellucci's hotness couldn't save this one) and a horrid plot. I had (note the past tense) faith in Gilliam, his stuff's always been great (his Monty Python stuff and 12 Monkeys were great, even liked Fisher King and Munchhausen; haven't seen Fear and Loathing or Brazil yet), but this is god awful stuff.

I think after La Mancha he decided he'd better play it safe if he ever wanted to make another movie again, so he did the most formulaic piece of poop he could think of. You basically have this plot figured out 12 seconds into the flick; it's that bad.

Not to mention Damon and Ledger were horrid actors. He even tried to toss in a few running jokes and one-liners, none of which were even remotely funny. If it wasn't for the pretty cool style and Bellucci's hotness, this would have easily taken the worst movie of the year over Worlds. Yes, it was that damned bad.

Of course, this means all of you will like this film and think it's the best thing ever :-)

[SineSwiper]

I think after La Mancha he decided he'd better play it safe if he ever wanted to make another movie again

More preciously, after "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote". "Lost In La Mancha" was the documentary, which is now going in my Netflix queue.

I think the first summary says it all:

Terry Gilliam's had a controversial career. His "Brazil" in 1985 upset Universal because it had a "sad" ending, so they cut it apart and replaced the finale with a "happier" version. Gilliam hated their hack job of his work, and illegally screened his original version for a critics' circle -- they voted it one of the best films of the year. Soon Gilliam got his way and the film was released as he had originally intended, and it's now considered a classic.

A few years later he released "The Adventures of Baron Manchusen," a fantasy flop that went some $20 million over budget and collapsed at the box office. He quit directing for a while and, when he returned, started work on "Twelve Monkeys." It wasn't the best of shoots and his perfectionism resulted in eccentric, intolerable shooting schedules.

In 1998 "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" was released and the MPAA hated it, threatening to give it an X rating for its drug content. Released alongside "Godzilla," it flopped, but to this day remains a cult classic.

So it's reasonable to say Gilliam is quite an eccentric personality and has had a tumultuous career.

"The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" was going to be his new film until it crashed. The production was halted because Gilliam couldn't find an actor to play Quixote, flash floods destroyed equipment and one of his shooting locations was in fact a NATO airfield which created quite a problem for the filmmakers.

So, in other words, he's fucking tired of loosing money. They didn't even mention Time Bandits, which I'm sure didn't make money either.