Grizzly Man

Pros: Balanced look at a fascinating man
Cons: Herzog's narration and the creepy medical guy

I wonder sometimes what draws people out of society. Not just the kind of withdrawal that makes people quiet and introverted, but the kind of withdrawal that leads people to remove themselves entirely from the world of other people. I suppose you could ...

Pros: Some spectacular shots of bears in the wild.
Cons: Treadwell's search of self-glory gets very annoying, very quickly in this film.

Over the last few nights, television's Discovery Channel has been running Werner Herzog's film, Grizzly Man, a documentary about the death, and sometimes life, of Timothy Treadwell. Using Treadwell's own footage taken in the wilds of Alaska's ...

Pros: beautiful wildlife scenery; close-up of wild animals; Herzog's vision
Cons: too long; too much Treadwell and coroner; music lulled me; not enough substance; bear poop

After many months of asking for Werner Herzog’s documentary, Grizzly Man, and finding it continually checked out at my library in Lincoln, Nebraska, I sensed that this 2005 film must be really something. And the library carried it. It must be ...

Pros: surreal, inspiring, wacky, amazing, not overly graphic
Cons: some lulls along the way, some rough language (though I found it hilarious)

In October 1994, three film students went into the woods to catch a glimpse, up close and personal, of the Blair Witch. None of them came back alive. Footage, later recovered, tells the story of how they met their tragic end. But that was just a ...

Pros: Good footage of Alaska and Grizzly Bears.
Cons: No one in their right mind would enter the world of Grizzly bears.

Treadwell, Once in awhile I am challenged and I become a Samurai and the bears will believe that you are powerful. I will not die at their claws and paws … I am a warrior master. Werner Herzog as Himself, Narrator and Director Timothy ...

Pros: Treadwell’s’ bear footage, Herzog’s intelligent narration, and the musical score
Cons: Treadwell’s self aggrandizing monologs, growing alienation, and whiny voice. The bear poop scene.

Despite the accolades this film has received, and the fact that I put myself on the side of the animal lover tree huggers, there is something really off about this film. In fact, I found it profoundly disturbing and misleading–which I suppose is the ...

Pros: Film clips of bears and beautiful wilderness scenery. Balanced perspective given.
Cons: Treadwell gets very annoying to watch. Lots of profanity at times.

Timothy Treadwell long struggled to find a purpose for his life, and he found his calling by living each summer in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula filming grizzly bears. Often alone, Treadwell made startlingly close contact with these dangerous animals, and ...

Pros: Both Treadwell's and Herzog's artistry; in-depth psychological portrait; provocative; intelligent filmmaking; music
Cons: This is no teddy-bear's picnic.

In a year when one nature documentary, M arch of the Penguins, rocketed to worldwide popularity, another far more provocative and intriguing (if disturbing) one barely made a box-office peep: Werner Herzog’s ...

Pros: Beautiful Alaskan scenery and the bears
Cons: Treadwell's rants ruined it for me.

There have been several terrific reviews on this film "Grizzly Man" which was released in 2005. I just could not resist giving my two cents on "Grizzly Man", Tim Treadwell. I had heard lots of opinions about this man and his movie, but ...

Pros: Treadwell's film footage, Interesting story
Cons: The coroner, the ex-girlfriend

The line between brilliance and insanity can, and often is, a thin one. For me, nothing has defined that thought better than Grizzly Man. This true story of Timothy Treadwell makes that line so hazy that I finally settled for the term ...

Pros: Beautiful camera shots of scenery and animals; editing
Cons: Treadwell's rants and obsessive nature

Due in no small part to the recent film by Werner Herzog, there are few people who haven’t at least heard of Timothy Treadwell, now better known as the Grizzly Man. I’d heard quite a bit about the film, and read a few reviews, so ...

Pros: Great Video of Alaska, Footage of Bears, Interesting Subject
Cons: Tim Treadwell may have hurt bears more than he helped them.

As someone who has spent a fair amount of their life in the woods, I am constantly in awe, of the beauty and danger that wild animals are capable of. There's something incredible about watching bats fly at night, listening to the sounds of birds chirp in ...

Pros: Herzog's Direction, Narration, Footage, Viewpoints, Score, & Editing.
Cons: None.

One of Germany's most renowned and prolific directors in feature films and documentaries, Werner Herzog is a man who knows no boundaries. Whether he does a variety of documentaries or being the subject of them like 1982's Burden of Dreams ...

Pros: Awesome, unforgettable footage; powerful subject matter
Cons: Graphic but tasteful details of a savage death may put off some

Timothy Treadwell stands in a stream in the Alaskan peninsula, recording himself with a video camera, talking about his dedication to bears and himself as a dedicated wildlife preserver. Behind him, maybe ten to twenty yards away hunting for fish, is a ...

Pros: Herzog turns the life and sorry death of a dummy into something more profound.
Cons: Somebody at ogrish.com, please try to get ahold of the "Treadwell dying" audio tape.

Werner Herzog understands lunatics, mainly because he himself is probably one. Directors are often known for their quirky and/or dictatorial personalities, but how many have held a gun to the head of their actors or enlisted hundreds of Amazon Indians to ...