ghostman
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Grizzly Man
Grizzly Man documents the bizarre spectacle of Timothy Treadwell - self-proclaimed guardian of bears - who defied conventional wisdom and spent unarmed summers among grizzly bears in their natural habitat. But on a capricious decision to fatefully return during hybernation season, Treadwell was met with the ogling eyes from a mouthwatering bear he had never seen before. By October of 2003, what remained of Treadwell was his feasted rib cage and footages leading to his digested demise.
It sucked, is the only way to put Grizzly Man into proper words. It's hard to imagine out of the 100+ hours of film Treadwell shot independently, endless rants that portray him as a loon, were the cream of the crop that made the final cut. Ocassionally, there are a scarce handful of astonishing nature sequences of bears. However, the majority of the documentary consists of acclaimed (why?) director Werner Herzog opportunistically claiming his 90 minutes of fame with pompous remarks, devised to burn Treadwell's sanity and project himself as the voice of reason. It only takes a few syllables from Herzog's mouth before his stringent enunciation becomes painfully overbearing.
Another mark of bad documentary film making comes from Herzog's decision to exclude the audio clip of Treadwell's emotional showdown with the bear that ate him alive. Even 20/20 publicly televised segments of Treadwell's girlfriend clubbing the bear with a frying pan. Instead the movie teases you, as it shows the director's blatantly melodramatic interpretation upon listening to the audio clip all by his greedy self. The rest of the movie interviews ordinary hodunk relatives and friends, desperate to be heard.
Grizzly Man's final straw is how it insinuates that Treadwell planned his execution. I would recommend this film for amusement purposes.
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