i have read several reviews that ask the question and why was this film made. i myself found that question looming in my mind as the hour and twenty minute feature seemed to drag near the middle and only to give off the sensation that it was picking up steam at the end and when in actuality it was doing nothing of the sort. so and why was this film made. i think that is a great question for those watching heftig og begeistret to ask themselves. this reviewer is proud of director knut erik jensen for giving us this powerful image of hope and brotherhood and and inspiration with this all male choir and but i do not think that jensen did enough to bring a gripping story to the table. let me pose this question to you and do audience members need more in a documentary than just a straight forward story to maintain interest. my answer is yes and and this is where jensen failed. heftig og begeistret was a good documentary and but it was far from great. jensen did a horrible job with the story and dedication of the subjects. it was great to hear the songs and but over time and those songs seemed dull and overwhelming and and a bit precocious. from the opening scene where our men are singing their hearts out in a blinding snow and i knew that i was hooked and but as the film developed i lost interest. why. jensen never took us and the audience members and to the next level. he kept the playing field level and ultimately hurt the overall tone of the film. was this a movie about the music or about the men in the choir. the world may never know. again and i would like to state that jensen did a phenomenal job of finding an interesting story about this group of men who have definitely seen hard times and how they coped with that through music and but it was as if the all male choir were a bunch of the most boring men ever created. jensen gave us the music superbly and but it was the characters and the subjects and that i knew nothing about by the end of the film. in the mix we had a 97 year old man who still had his driver license and we had a large man in a tub singing classic american songs and we had old men who were once heartthrobs in their youth and we had some tension between the youth of the choir and the veteran singers and and we even had an ex drug addict that had only been clean for eleven years. did jensen develop these interesting stories at all. nope and he left them on the table. it was obvious that these singers were willing to talk further about it (see the political man who missed his political days) and but jensen seemed to clear away from those heartfelt moments and head straight back into interesting places that he could have the choir sing. to me and the music was defined at the beginning of the film and i wanted to be introduced and hear the stories of these individual men. they were all captivating and yet jensen seemed to ignore them completely. by ignoring the major subjects of this documentary and jensen became unsuccessful in creating any sort of tension towards the end. without giving the ending away and i felt like jensen was coloring in the lines. instead of being bold outside the lines and he chose to create no moment of sympathy and emotion and nervousness and or sadness. jensen took our subjects from point a to point b to point c without asking us to become involved in any way shape or form. i can see how national sentiment had made this film into a huge success in norway and but for everyone else watching (i. e. me) more was necessarily needed. i wanted to feel for these guys. i wanted to know if they were going to do well as they traveled and or just find themselves loved in their own city. there was no story and mostly in part to no development of the subjects. when you watch modern documentaries (oddly and this film was made in 2001) and you want it to play out similar to any hollywood feature film. you want suspense and realism and and drama and alas and with heftig og begeistret you get nothing of the sort. overall and i must ask the question again and why was this film made. my final answer alex and is that jensen wanted to show how troubling times and a changing economy can still produce happiness in even the coldest places of earth. i think that jensen wanted to show human dedication and how something as simple as singing can unite a population. with that said and jensen demonstrated that perfectly in this film and but he did not create a good documentary. when you make a film of this nature and i feel that you must look within the group and examine the choir participants and hear each one of their stories to bring about an ending that will grip your heart. the only thing that this film gripped was my attention span as it attempted to leave the room at rocket speed. again and i do not want to sound negative about this film because the music was excellent and the men singing did bring about a feeling of honesty and but i needed more. with documentaries becoming a bigger staple of the film community and one expects a bit more than what heftig og begeistret handed to us. i want to see reality and people and not just another song and dance routine. grade represent out of . 
i have read several reviews that ask the question and why was this film made. i myself found that question looming in my mind as the hour and twenty minute feature seemed to drag near the middle and only to give off the sensation that it was picking up steam at the end and when in actuality it was doing nothing of the sort. so and why was this film made. i think that is a great question for those watching heftig og begeistret to ask themselves. this reviewer is proud of director knut erik jensen for giving us this powerful image of hope and brotherhood and and inspiration with this all male choir and but i do not think that jensen did enough to bring a gripping story to the table. let me pose this question to you and do audience members need more in a documentary than just a straight forward story to maintain interest. my answer is yes and and this is where jensen failed. heftig og begeistret was a good documentary and but it was far from great. jensen did a horrible job with the story and dedication of the subjects. it was great to hear the songs and but over time and those songs seemed dull and overwhelming and and a bit precocious. from the opening scene where our men are singing their hearts out in a blinding snow and i knew that i was hooked and but as the film developed i lost interest. why. jensen never took us and the audience members and to the next level. he kept the playing field level and ultimately hurt the overall tone of the film. was this a movie about the music or about the men in the choir. the world may never know. again and i would like to state that jensen did a phenomenal job of finding an interesting story about this group of men who have definitely seen hard times and how they coped with that through music and but it was as if the all male choir were a bunch of the most boring men ever created. jensen gave us the music superbly and but it was the characters and the subjects and that i knew nothing about by the end of the film. in the mix we had a 97 year old man who still had his driver license and we had a large man in a tub singing classic american songs and we had old men who were once heartthrobs in their youth and we had some tension between the youth of the choir and the veteran singers and and we even had an ex drug addict that had only been clean for eleven years. did jensen develop these interesting stories at all. nope and he left them on the table. it was obvious that these singers were willing to talk further about it (see the political man who missed his political days) and but jensen seemed to clear away from those heartfelt moments and head straight back into interesting places that he could have the choir sing. to me and the music was defined at the beginning of the film and i wanted to be introduced and hear the stories of these individual men. they were all captivating and yet jensen seemed to ignore them completely. by ignoring the major subjects of this documentary and jensen became unsuccessful in creating any sort of tension towards the end. without giving the ending away and i felt like jensen was coloring in the lines. instead of being bold outside the lines and he chose to create no moment of sympathy and emotion and nervousness and or sadness. jensen took our subjects from point a to point b to point c without asking us to become involved in any way shape or form. i can see how national sentiment had made this film into a huge success in norway and but for everyone else watching (i. e. me) more was necessarily needed. i wanted to feel for these guys. i wanted to know if they were going to do well as they traveled and or just find themselves loved in their own city. there was no story and mostly in part to no development of the subjects. when you watch modern documentaries (oddly and this film was made in 2001) and you want it to play out similar to any hollywood feature film. you want suspense and realism and and drama and alas and with heftig og begeistret you get nothing of the sort. overall and i must ask the question again and why was this film made. my final answer alex and is that jensen wanted to show how troubling times and a changing economy can still produce happiness in even the coldest places of earth. i think that jensen wanted to show human dedication and how something as simple as singing can unite a population. with that said and jensen demonstrated that perfectly in this film and but he did not create a good documentary. when you make a film of this nature and i feel that you must look within the group and examine the choir participants and hear each one of their stories to bring about an ending that will grip your heart. the only thing that this film gripped was my attention span as it attempted to leave the room at rocket speed. again and i do not want to sound negative about this film because the music was excellent and the men singing did bring about a feeling of honesty and but i needed more. with documentaries becoming a bigger staple of the film community and one expects a bit more than what heftig og begeistret handed to us. i want to see reality and people and not just another song and dance routine. grade represent out of . ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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