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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:34 pm
by Leisher
I consider nothing I write here as a spoiler because this is a documentary.

Do not see this film.
See this film.

Both of those sentences are how I feel about this film. Really.

This is a documentary about Timothy Treadwell who knew NOTHING about grizzlies and went to live with them every summer/fall for 13 years before a bear eventually realized Timothy and his girlfriend would make a nice snack.

He gets good shots of the grizzlies, but the real star is Timothy. He is absolutely batshit insane. Bleeding heart liberal is too conservative to describe his views on life. He thinks humans and animals are all children of the universe and therefore will get along great if we all show the proper respect.

This is just an interesting study of a man who is so insane that it appears even nature doesn't know what to make of him. He goes from baby talk to cursing like a sailor in seconds and then back again constantly. It is just so odd to watch this guy touch and talk about a bear's poop like it was the key to all life. I cannot put into words just what this guy is like, you have to see it yourself.

This guy almost died once of an OD and allegedly lost out only to Woody Harrelson for the role of Woody on Cheers. Then suddenly decided to go live with the bears. It's just such an odd story with so many life lessons, that it's oddly compelling for people interested in nature and human nature.

Timothy's love of nature was obvious, but the way he tried to help and protect nature was the wrong choice. He got two bears killed and proved that he was ultimately wrong. Grizzlies are wild animals and they will eventually turn on you.

There's a really good lesson there about how certain political views are impotent against the laws of nature and how that fact can be applied to certain situations that exist in the world today.

Anyway, I can't recommend this film, but I'd like to for certain folks. If you get bored easily, this is not a film for you to watch. This IS a documentary.

Look, if you like nature and human nature and are curious about what I've described, see it. If not, don't.

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:45 pm
by GORDON
A movie where at the end a hippy gets eaten by bears?

I nominate it for an Academy Award.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:11 pm
by Vince
What's not to like?

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:15 pm
by GORDON
I often wondered how much the typical hippy would continue trying to "Save the Rain Forests" if they actually had to get out of the Toyato hybrid car and spend a couple days in a rain forest.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:05 pm
by TheCatt
What's not to like?
Seeing an actual person die.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:22 pm
by thibodeaux
Ah, but from what I've heard, they don't show him dying! You just hear his screams.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:47 pm
by Leisher
Ah, but from what I've heard, they don't show him dying! You just hear his screams.


When dumbass was killed the lens cap was on, so there's nothing to see. Plus, they do not play the audio, they just describe what is heard.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:59 pm
by thibodeaux
Oh, shoot.

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:08 am
by TPRJones
What's not to like?
Seeing an actual person die.
Death and dismemberment doesn't bother me when it's karmically appropriate.

Stupid lens cap. *grumble* *grumble*

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:45 am
by TheCatt
Ah, but from what I've heard, they don't show him dying! You just hear his screams.
When dumbass was killed the lens cap was on, so there's nothing to see. Plus, they do not play the audio, they just describe what is heard.
Oh.

I saw a show about him on TV.

They played the screams. Figured the movie would too.

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:36 am
by GORDON
Screams of shame for being so stupid.

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:53 am
by TheCatt
Every time I think I'm being callous, I'll just come back to this thread.

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:35 pm
by GORDON
I have an extremely hard time generating sympathy for a man who not only committed suicide, but was self rightously trying to show us "regular people" how narrow minded we were as he did it.

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:49 pm
by Malcolm
If God had intended for man to live outdoors w\ the bears (or any critter w\ sharp claws & teeth), then God wouldn't've invented firearms.

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:21 pm
by GORDON
Might as well weep for all the other Darwin Award nominees.

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:34 pm
by Cakedaddy
If God had intended for man to live outdoors w\ the bears (or any critter w\ sharp claws & teeth), then God wouldn't've invented firearms.
Or maybe he invented them so we could live outdoors w/ the bears.

But maybe that he gave us houses is his hint that we should live with the bears.

But then, what point is he trying to make with trailor parks and tornados?

Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:28 pm
by Vince
Might as well weep for all the other Darwin Award nominees.
I have more sympathy for them. At least they never seemed to think they were smarter than the rest of us.