What a harrowing experience! I've never seen anything like it and I doubt I ever will. I was so moved by this incredible true story that I couldn't say anything for hours. I just had to sit alone and contemplate what Herzog's film and Treadwell's life both meant.

Grizzly Man is about Timothy Treadwell, a troubled man passionate about understanding and protecting wild grizzly bears. He would often live amongst grizzly bears, documenting his adventures through film and running an organization dedicated to his cause. You find out early on that he was killed by a grizzly bear during one of his missions, but the film manages to maintain the breathless tension established from the first time you hear a…

As Werner Herzog rightly states towards the ending of this masterful documentary, it is not the nature of the bears into which the viewer is gaining an insight, but rather the nature of humanity. By focusing on 'grizzly man' Timothy Treadwell, Herzog is able to pose questions of remarkable profundity in a simple and unassuming way. Was Treadwell right to abandon human society in search of meaning and contentment with his life? Was his apparent clarity a facade? What is so wonderful is that Herzog is satisfied with asking the questions and leaving them unanswered, inviting the viewer to engage themselves into the debate.

As with all truly great documentaries, Herzog remains unobtrusive, and his opinions on his subject are…

Ok, so this is why everyone loves Herzog docs. I've seen his three most recent documentaries and didn't love any of them, but Grizzly Man is totally fascinating. I think the subject(Treadwell) was the most interesting of the four films, and the available material made the difference. It let Herzog tell a story without having to interject himself too much, and we were able to see an amazingly foreign personality in life and death, as opposed to relatively normal people in less unusual scenarios.

It does have a little Herzog quirkiness, but who wants to see a Herzog film without that? Also, the pace slows down a bit about 3/4ths through, which prevents me from rating this 4.5 stars. It's…

I had the good fortune to see this when it came out, courtesy of a science teacher with an eye for a different means of education. I'd not heard of Werner Herzog (I wasn't remotely close to being interested in films in those days), but as soon as I heard his voice I fell in love. The old idea of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object is one overused to the point of triteness, yet here it's one worth considering. Treadwell is a man of passion so immense and belief in his work so enormous that, much as you may well disagree with him, it's all but impossible not to respect. His overpowering fervour meets Herzog's cold rationalism—our immovable…

A documentary about a man who is shunned by two worlds; who becomes so enthralled by the domain of grizzly bears, that he loses his love for the human realm, and is tragically destroyed by the species he became paranoid protecting. My first Herzog film, and the final film that Tetramoose planned to introduce me to. I viewed this film without his company, but that will probably be only occurring whenever I got to a cinema to view a new film from now on.

This documentary has moments that range from magical instances that no scripted film could ever capture; as if Mother Nature just took advantage of Treadwell's camera and decided to create her own film with the animals…

A documentary about a man who is shunned by two worlds; who becomes so enthralled by the domain of grizzly bears, that he loses his love for the human realm, and is tragically destroyed by the species he became paranoid protecting. My first Herzog film, and the final film that Tetramoose planned to introduce me to. I viewed this film without his company, but that will probably be only occurring whenever I got to a cinema to view a new film from now on.

This documentary has moments that range from magical instances that no scripted film could ever capture; as if Mother Nature just took advantage of Treadwell's camera and decided to create her own film with the animals…

The word that always comes to mind with Herzog is 'fascination.'

Herzog is a man who is utterly fascinated by people who see the world differently, who are fascinated with the features of this world, who obsessed by it. He knows that even after hours, days, even years of studying, he might never fully understand these people. But in the end, he remains ineffable fascinated by them.

It probably goes without saying that embarking on a yearly journey to the Alaskan wilderness to live with grizzly bears is a signal that something might not be alright with Treadwell. Some might even right out call him a nutjob and I find it hard to defend his negligence when faced with such…

This was an incredible story to experience. Timothy Treadwell, a recovering alcoholic, learns to self-medicate by dedicating his life to grizzly bears. He lives with them throughout each Alaskan summer for many years and considers himself to be a member of their family unit. During the dark months, he travels and presents his research in order to raise awareness and do what he can to assist in the conservation effort.

Even though almost all of the footage seen in this documentary was filmed by Treadwell, Werner Herzog has done an amazing job combing through hundreds of hours of footage to present the story in a very personal and touching way. It never feels exploitative or unfair; Herzog allows the audience…