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Grizzly Man: Oh. My. God. |
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Written by FullMetal Alchemist - View Profile
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Monday, 24 July 2006 |
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I made the mistake of turning on the Discovery channel last night before I went to bed.
10:00pm - 1:00am: Grizzly Man
A 3 hour documentary about the dumbest asshole ever to have lived. I watched like 20 min. of it before I decided "this can't be real!" I tried to rationalize with myself because if it was real, it would have been scary. . .F***ing DUMB scary! I had heard of the film before, but thought it was a satire (because of some of the clips) because it's 3 hours long however, I slept a bit uneasily. . .
Out of morbid curiosity I checked the internet this morning and much to my horror I see that this jackass really did exist. The cover to the documentary makes him look like this incredible guy standing right next to a bear:
Yes, that is a Cannes film festival award it shows at the top. Yes it's OK to scream. . .
Just based on some of the comments of the people that were interviewed, I desperately wanted it to be a satire and in a LOT of ways it really seemed like it. They interviewed the pilot of the Helicopter that found the remains of him and his girlfriend half eaten by bears. The pilot said something like: "he got what he deserved." I guess throughout the whole movie that's what everyone says. Then I get to see his footage. he's walking up to bears like they're his buddy!
I read an article on him by people from the World Wildlife Federation and they never considered him a real expert on anything and in fact condemns him for interacting with the bears and even some foxes. The reason: Human interaction with any animals will give them a sense of false security about ALL humans (hence the signs that might as well be stapled to your forehead when going to ANY national park: DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. This should include any interaction, but there isn't a lot of ways to prevent or enforce that.
in the 20 min. I saw, they talked to some of the people who created some stupid group with this guy and they had absolutely nothing relevant to say. They looked and sounded like idiots. (adding to the fuel and hope that this wasn't real)
He would name the damn bears and interfere in their territory, all the while yelling at the bears "I love you" in this sick sadistic voice like nails on a chalkboard. You mess with a bear's environment, you might as well be suicidal. ESPECIALLY when it comes to Grizzly Bears. 20 years of National Geographic films should have told him that. I just can't believe someone wasted 3 hours of film on this moron. The guy who filmed it is probably an even bigger idiot and somehow conned his way into getting an award from Cannes. NOTHING that I saw of the film garnered anything that I could call "Remarkable" or "Award worthy" and has moved the whole idea of Cannes down a couple of notches to me.
I give you the same advice that a very wise man gave the crew of the Lewis & Clark in "Event Horizon"
LIBERATE TUTEMAE EX INFERIS
(SAVE YOURSELF FROM HELL)
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