This film is a lot of fun to watch, but it's especially fun if you are a filmmaker yourself. The fact that Rodriguez pulled this thing off for only seven thousand dollars goes a long way to show just how resourceful he is.
At the beginning I found the camera work and editing style a bit jarring and rather irritating, but you quickly find yourself pulled into the world of the film and you just accept the style as quirky.
I believe that most of the dream sequences don't really have that much meaning to Rodriguez and was another case of him trying to make the film seem more important than it ought to be, but it still works. Those sequences end up coming off a bit comical.
And to correct the reviewer below me, Desperado is not a remake of El Mariachi. Desperado is a sequel. There are even flashbacks in Desperado to events that occurred in Mariachi. I don't see how you could think it was a remake unless you haven't seen one or the other.