Several elements of the film really makes it feel like the 16th century version of The Office lol.

This is not at all a complaint - in fact, this is one of the reasons why I think the film works so well. I feel like the element of absurdist situational humor is established and introduced at the start of the film when Pizarro gives his speech to his subordinates. (that The Office is known for).

Pizarro's speech is of a very dark and bleak nature. As modern viewers, we know how fucked the group really was from square one. Yet Pizarro's speech is so grim and ignorantly backwards, it really comes off as being funny at certain moments: the part of the speech where he announces the mission's chain of command really is comprised of some golden absurd comedy. The bits where he mentions Ursua's wife joining the mission really shows this (his line about how she has convinced Pizarro to allow her to tag along by showing him "great charm" and determination" really is some shit one could imagine being said in one of The Office's notorious conference room scenes). Also, the way Guzman is announced as representative of the house of Spain as we see him stuffing his face while lazily sitting on the cannon also has that same comedic vibe to it.

Aguirre's intense and draconian disposition in this really does have that Dwight Schrute ring to it all around: his excessive harshness towards the Peruvian natives, his line about desertion being punished cut into multiple pieces, his lunatic plan of sailing to the Atlantic, and his iconic "I am the wrath of God" speech with the monkeys are all antics similar to the comedic style of The Office and absurdly insane/dark moments (especially the monkey scene) are antics that Dwight Schrute is known for.

Does anybody else think this too?