Here lies a monster on the verge of waking, says Shannon, offhandedly.

My guess is one day soon, everyone will know how to pronounce Uturunku.

Uturunku, he says again.

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Ferres, a German actress, plays an ecologist named Laura.

She has two colleagues, one a randy hedonist played by Gael Garcia Bernal.

(Hes also an executive producer, but expect no vanity.)

Laura asks him questions like What do you want from me?

and demands explanations by exclaiming I want an explanation!

Herzog must love Shannon.

(No context is required, as none really exists: Whatever happened to my basketball???)

Salt and Fireis meandering, too, but painfully slow.

I realize I just wrote fun and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss in the same sentence.

MaybeSalt and Firewould have benefited from more clarity, or maybe it should have just been a documentary.

There are, at last, compelling visuals here, and they feel like reality captured.

and becomes oddly optimistic (At least man wrought something.)

Its a perfect shot.

The film around it feels half-considered, yet weirdlytoojustified.

Seriously, asks the film, Whyis this film happening?

There may be an answer, hidden in plain sight early in the film.