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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

This is not a documentary, but a belittling of a man whom Herzog did not agree with, who can no longer defend himself, and a conscious effort to lead viewers to do the same. This is a movie about Timothy Treadwell's death. It is about Werner Herzog taking the life work of a man and twisting it completely away from what the man originally wanted, in order to paint his own narrow-minded viewpoint that nature is a cruel place where man does not belong.Sadly, this is the exact opposite of what Treadwell wanted to come from his tapes, and both Palovak and Herzog should feel deeply ashamed for the creation of this film. The best part of this movie is Treadwell himself (i.e. in the opening scene) and all of the footage he takes, though he is given no credit for it. Treadwell's 6 minute death constitutes only .0002% of the time he spent in the wilderness. And it is that 6 minutes of failure that Herzog so expertly leads the viewer to focus on, leaving the overwhelmingly vast majority of his successes untold.Herzog wants the viewer to think of Treadwell as a madman, someone who "crossed a line," and from the reviews, his obvious tactic worked. Herzog, a film director, spews his psychoanalysis of Treadwell throughout the entire film. He even features an interview with someone who goes as far as to wonder if Treadwell was "mentally retarded." If Treadwell was mentally retarded and crossed the line, you can be rest assured he would have died the first night, week, or month he was there. Instead, Treadwell produced the most documented evidence in the history of man that human and bear can coexist peacefully for long periods of time. 35,000 hours is a long time for a food item to be at the mercy of nature's apex land predator. Dare I say that two humans in each others presence for 35,000 hours might eventually kill each other for even less reason than a bear would? At least the bear was hungry.The scene with the coroner is flat out creepy and has no place in a movie about Tim's life. The scene of Herzog listening to the tape has no place in the movie either, is self-gratifying, and reminds me of someone gloating to other children that he got to see something they didn't. It is incredibly disrespectful to show himself listening to the tape of Treadwell's death, and then saying that nobody else should ever hear it. I cannot even fathom why that was included in the movie other than to shift the focus to the director, rather than subject, once again.Herzog claims in later interviews he didn't want to make a snuff film yet that is basically what he did anyway. He features a long winded description from the coroner of exactly what happens on the tape. Was it really necessary to include the details of what happens when a bear decides to eat a man alive? Is that what Treadwell would have wanted his documentary to be about? Herzog's slow speaking, condescending voice constantly interjecting is irritating at best, ruinous at worst. He interjects his viewpoint about nearly everything he shows Treadwell doing, and at that, he only picks the most unflattering scenes of Treadwell, such as when he gets vitriolic about the park rangers. The viewer can be rest assured that Herzog himself has never had an outburst of anger. The inclusion of Treadwell's most private video recordings are incredibly disrespectful. Do not for a second think Treadwell would have included them in his own movie, and it is akin to bullying a dead person that Herzog decides to expose them. And strangely, Herzog was in one of the most densely populated bear areas in the world, yet makes no attempt to film a bear himself. The most tragic thing to me is that it was Jewel Palovak who Treadwell left in possession of his life's work, and that she chose such a biased producer to make the video. Her decision to have Herzog make the movie shows that she was not a friend at all. Let me leave you with a quote from Treadwell to Palovak: "If I die, if something happens to me, make that movie. You make it. You show 'em." Way to go, Palovak. You really found someone to show 'em.

If Timothy Treadwell had been a test pilot, a volcanologist, a doctor working with Ebola patients in Africa, a Christian martyr, or anyone else who believes in, and loves what they do enough to back it with their lives, no one would denigrate him or flood his contribution with hate. But Timothy Treadwell is vilified.No one regards the Kraffts as crazed loonies; neither do they Gus Grissom, St. Peter, or scientists who die to find cures and to help end suffering. We grant them their "crazy" cause, even though they knew the risks involved. We admire, even worship,some of them; but Tim Treadwell is vilified.In our upside down societies, we pay to see Evil Kinevels jump canyons; we thrill to death defying, pointless stunts like high speed car and boat races; yet Tim Treadwell is vilified.For any uninitiated folk, park rangers cannot protect bears 100% of the time and poachers do not respect laws (hence the name,"poacher"); it does not matter what areas are set aside for bear safety. Recently,a man was caught in a Northwestern airport trying to smuggle a large cache of bear gizzards and paws to China. In the scene showing the bear's carcus, the one who killed Tim and Amie, observe the severed paw(s). This was done so someone could make a buck selling them. What the bear did was Nature; what the human did was perversion; the reason Timothy was there in the first place.Fish and Wildlife Departments are owned by hunters and exist, not for the protection of wildlife, but for Man's killing pleasure.Timothy Treadwell WAS protecting bears. He brought a spotlight to the entire issue of animal and human rights. Amie died because she was willing to do so for the person she loved. This was her choice and should be honored. Amie was an incredibly brave human being; let no one use her courage to disparage the very purpose of her death.All saints and crusaders for any cause, all envelope pushers in whatever field, are committed to something more important to them than their lives, than the brief and otherwise mundane existence the rest of us choose to lead.In defense of our own self to our self, we somehow must account for this greater courage than our own. We thus denigrate or worship the Tim Treadwells of our world. We worship those we agree with, and deny those we don't. But no matter which, we must bow to their bravery to live and die beyond the usual,the secure confines of our own decisions.Safety does not give immortality, but passion gives life. Timothy Treadwell lead a passionate and worthwhile life. Albert Schweitzer said, "We are life which wills to live in the midst of life which wills to live." I thank Timothy Treadwell for reminding us that bears have the will, and the right, to live.

Interesting portrait of a life - thin line between fact and fiction.The director pitches in with his own views, and his advice to destroy the death tape may confirm that this is a story based on true events, rather than a documentary. The controversy over the veracity of the released excerpts from that tape is a great post-modern joke. Or not.The most revealing part of the character comes from about 60 mins in, when he keeps referring to his sexuality. And conveniently his female companion remains mysterious, while the director chimes in with an excuse for not finding this crucial piece of the puzzle. And then we're told the guy was a failed actor.It's a deceptive piece of film. And, I suspect, a clever cover for bestiality.

Werner Herzog has created something truly brilliant here. Timothy Treadwell, a crusader for Grizzly bears, puts his life on the line for his love of these magnificent animals. This documentary details his life and mission right up until the fateful day where he and his girlfriend were attacked and killed by a rogue grizzly.Whether or not you agreed with what Treadwell was doing, you have to admire his passion. The documentary details this passion perfectly and you get the impression that he feels more connected to the animals he was studying, over human beings, but unfortunately tested the boundaries a bit too much, ultimately paying with his life. Its a sad tale of one man's mission to do what was right, but underestimating the power of nature.Herzogs non biased approach allows the viewer to make their own mind up about this unique human being, which makes it a brilliant film from a brilliant filmmaker!