It might be said that his imagination knows no boundaries; it might be good if he found some.

Sigh. The film’s not getting very good reviews, which is a shame. It seems very unlikely that it will become the new Titanic, as Gilliam hopes (jokes?) here. Andrew O’Hehir of Salon says that it “marks the final, ugly implosion of a one-time maverick’s career.” (Then again, he also calls 12 Monkeys “crap,” which I don’t agree with at all.)

From recent interviews with Gilliam, he doesn’t seem as concerned with the negative reviews as with critics who simply dismiss the film — who don’t talk about why it doesn’t work, or why it disturbs them, but simply say that it’s disturbing, uncomfortable, and therefore bad.