Grizzly Man - ACE Train Movie Review

Timothy Treadwell was a self-styled authority on bears who, starting in 1990, would spend as much time as possible each year in Alaska, camping out near a grizzly bear habitat. While Treadwell claimed to love the bears and felt as one with them, he had no formal training in their behavior, and while familiarizing himself with the creatures he would walk within a few feet of them with a video camera in hand. To many, Treadwell seemed part man of nature, part conjurer, and part self-promotion expert, but the part that guided his kinship with the bears failed him in 2003, when he and his girlfriend were killed in a grizzly attack.

Timothy Treadwell was a freakin' lunatic which made for a very interesting documentary. The images he captured on film were amazing. He came within such close proximity to the bears that he got shots you won't see anywhere else. His unnatural relationship with bears was the hallmark of his eccentric life and ultimately led to his death. While he dedicated the last 13 years of his life to protecting bears, his actions while living among them might have done more harm than good. He "protected" bears in the largest protected bear sanctuary, so the threat of poachers was slim and his contact with the bears could make it dangerous for tourists who might have unwanted close encounters with bears who became less afraid of people. Toward the end, he seemed to go off the deep end and filmed himself cursing the National Park Service for enforcing rules that were made to protect him. Overall, this is a fascinating one to watch once and hopefully they won't make a movie about his life because the only person that could play Timothy Treadwell is Andy Dick as the similarities are uncanny.

Rating: 3 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Timothy Treadwell

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