The reason I tell you all of this is because it's best to go into this film without any kind of expectations because, by not meeting your expectations, the film will far exceed them. What starts off as a serious, very dark, dramatic, and seemingly intense film devolves over the course of the movie into an uproarious comedic affair. But the disconnect between these two realms is steep; the first couple times you want to laugh but you almost feel like you shouldn’t. By the time Herzog has rolled out the extended iguana cameos you’ve chuckled a few times and you’ll almost wish you could go back and laugh harder at some of the stuff you couldn’t decide was funny or not in the beginning of the film.
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--Mark Collins