Pawel Paprota
This rather short documentary starts with a simple challenge to the modern way of life. The thesis stated is something that should be quite obvious to a thinking individual in today's world. Nevertheless, to me it is quite believable and presented in a very interesting way. Perhaps the different characters/friends of Gunnar are a little bit stereotypical and surely their lives are not as simply defined as shown in the documentary. However, all in all, the beginning is clear and the journey seems to be justified.What comes next, I did not like that much. Of course it is interesting to learn about different life styles, beliefs etc. but they way the topic was approached does not speak to me. In essence, for me the connection with religion is stressed too much in this documentary. Obviously this is my subjective opinion but I felt like I was not being in a target audience for this documentary which was kind of a let down after a promising beginning.Also, the movie touches upon the fact that religion can lead to disconnection from reality and bad things in general but does not explore that any further (other than the one interview). This left me with the impression that the movie is skimming over important topics too quickly.The conclusion again is nicely presented, I liked the sequence with the gun very much. Also the ending itself and the last words are important.I really enjoyed this movie despite the fact that I don't really identify myself with the way the conclusion has been reached. In any case, Mr Gunnar has made a very valuable contribution and I guess this would be another "must watch" documentary if anyone asked me what they should see.
Theodor_Birch
Just saw the film. I have considered Gunnar Goes Comfortable a seminal and important work in Norwegian film, and in the documentary genre since that film was first released. So this follow up was eagerly anticipated. And what a disappointment. I work myself within art, and especially within this form of artistic self confession, and it is clear from where I'm sitting that Gunnar Hall Jensen is confused and unfocused. The energy, the desire, the universal search in Goes Comfortable is gone. He seems so have made this film for entirely different reasons than a need to do so. The film seems to forget the previous one. Some clips are repeated, as are too many of the original statements. A movie discussion religion which does not mention at all his own relationship with Zen/Osho, a change which was supposedly an important move in his life, is forgotten here.Other than that, the movie is shot like a television documentary, its superficial, never gets close to the depth of Comfortable, has absolutely no focus or edge... Too many scenes are far too clearly staged, reminiscent of that awful, but funny, Borat. His statement, which used to be so universal, truthful, emotional, personal, are replaced with what seems like text ripped out of some reactionary left wing newspaper, nothing new, everything is mundane, and no real conclusion is made. Not only is the film much more removed from Gunnar's own personal life, and emotions, it doesn't even get emotional on anyone else either.For a film dealing with religion and God, the movie is less deep than the film about his own life, which is odd, since one would thing that, just the concept, God is more deeper than a mere mortals life...If you loved Gunnar Goes Comfortable this movie is nice watch just to see Gunnar again (as the first film made you feel like you got to know him on a personal level, rare in such a extent in movies in general) and want to see how he looks and thinks now. But if you haven't, nothing more than illegally downloading the film is cheap enough to warrant such a film...As a Gunnar Hall Jensen..."fan", the above statement is a very said affair to have to admit, but felt like it needed sharing.
TheHorn100
Confonted with the big questions in life an atheist might face some difficulties, unless they're hardcore materialist that have a sorted relationship with grim death.I was a bit worried that this film would be a philosophy 101-lesson about the emptiness of a materialistic middle class life. And to some degree in is, but it still has some original observations and curious takes on the subject and is well worth the time. Just seeing the content faces of the coptic munks living on an existence minimum (to us) is worth the ticket.The climax offers both answers and questions, and you leave the cinema a reflecting individual asking yourself fundamental questions, whether you agree with the director (Gunnar) or not. Just as Socrates would have wanted it.The movie is maybe a bit slow and could have spared itself the many artistic pauses in the monologue, but it wasn't to bothering. It gave the good quotes time to sink in, but some of the banalities didn't need to be followed by 5 seconds of silence, in my opinion.
