Terry Gilliam directed 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,' which perfectly explains why this movie lost money. Terry Gilliam is a visionary director who directed 'Brazil,' one of the classics. The thing is, there are two parts to being a great director. One is vision, and the second, more important part, is being on budget. Terry Gilliam isn't often very good at the second part.
Production limbo is Terry Gilliam's middle name. Terry Gilliam has had a Don Quixote movie in the works for the past twenty years or so, so he's not exactly someone who is in a rush to do things. He's also a little avante garde for general audiences. He likes to make weird movies, and when people are looking to take their minds off the atrocities of daily life, they don't want weird. They want rom com.