The Five Obstructions

What I thought was interesting about Five Obstructions is how it forced Jorgen to be subjective and embrace the world that he has seemed to separate himself from in the Perfect Human.  The idea of a forced subjective is sort of paradoxical.  He's being thrust into these situations whereby he must abide by the parameters that are set out by Lars, the producer.  In terms of composition I thought that the film read well.  It was a bit long at parts but the promise of each obstruction to come was enough to keep my interest for the most part.  Even though it was a documentary, it read as a traditional movie for me, and I think that it was because there was an obvious transformation happening.  The main "character," Jorgen, is dynamic in that he starts off the film in one state of mind, and comes out the other end with a certain amount of displacement.  He changes, and his struggle and strive for subjectivity is noticeable, which is especially interesting seeing as how the idea of the "perfect human" should be objective.  But the film is not about his short film, it is about Jorgen's journey.  And judging it on that basis, I think it is a success.