02-26-2006, 10:16 PM
Yes they did leave and come back and it was stated very clearly that his girlfriend at the time was scared of these bears and not as into this as he was.
Sorry guys, those of you who defend this whacko have your sympathy misplaced.
This was a person who was obsessed with himself and trying to up his stature via these bears. They were a convenient vehicle for him and he seized it and used them.
First of all, there is NO reason for him to appear so much on his own films at all, except maybe to point out things like the incredible damage the two bears did to the ground when they were fighting. Appearances such as those are valuable for the purpose of showing scale, a human size reference. He could have narrated off camera or later in post production...and much more effectively. his grandiose appearances were rambling, chaotic and redundant, peppered with statements about how great he was for doing this...crazy.
Yeah, maybe he didnt "deserve" to be eaten...but hey...you have to think that those bears probably were threatened by his constant presence...Bears can eat you when they feel threatened.
I dont buy this crap about him being there to protect the bears. Sorry If I come across as callous but I have several friends that are bi-polar...after awhile that sort of behaviour is intolerable. These people are master manipulators and in case you mightn't have realized...if you fell for this guys mask of being a genuine conservator, you have been manipulated.
The film was compelling, very well done and, IMHO, was the portrait of master manipulator who seemd to be trying to prove to the world that he was a hero...he said it over and over...crediting himself for all the good he is doing, slapping himself on the back. It disgusted me. Real hero's dont have this need, they go about there biz quietly and dont try to snatch credit.
Ugh..I changed my mind...you go messing with bears, year after year, getting in their face, trying to touch them (this clearly pissed the particular bear off) invading their turf AND in as he called it.."the maze" a dangerous place...then you could deserve to be eaten, you can at least expect it at some point.. It's bogus, as is he, The Grizzly Man.
His parents should have stepped in and put a lid on their childs craziness. If anything in the world was worthy of an intervention, this was it.
Sorry guys, those of you who defend this whacko have your sympathy misplaced.
This was a person who was obsessed with himself and trying to up his stature via these bears. They were a convenient vehicle for him and he seized it and used them.
First of all, there is NO reason for him to appear so much on his own films at all, except maybe to point out things like the incredible damage the two bears did to the ground when they were fighting. Appearances such as those are valuable for the purpose of showing scale, a human size reference. He could have narrated off camera or later in post production...and much more effectively. his grandiose appearances were rambling, chaotic and redundant, peppered with statements about how great he was for doing this...crazy.
Yeah, maybe he didnt "deserve" to be eaten...but hey...you have to think that those bears probably were threatened by his constant presence...Bears can eat you when they feel threatened.
I dont buy this crap about him being there to protect the bears. Sorry If I come across as callous but I have several friends that are bi-polar...after awhile that sort of behaviour is intolerable. These people are master manipulators and in case you mightn't have realized...if you fell for this guys mask of being a genuine conservator, you have been manipulated.
The film was compelling, very well done and, IMHO, was the portrait of master manipulator who seemd to be trying to prove to the world that he was a hero...he said it over and over...crediting himself for all the good he is doing, slapping himself on the back. It disgusted me. Real hero's dont have this need, they go about there biz quietly and dont try to snatch credit.
Ugh..I changed my mind...you go messing with bears, year after year, getting in their face, trying to touch them (this clearly pissed the particular bear off) invading their turf AND in as he called it.."the maze" a dangerous place...then you could deserve to be eaten, you can at least expect it at some point.. It's bogus, as is he, The Grizzly Man.
His parents should have stepped in and put a lid on their childs craziness. If anything in the world was worthy of an intervention, this was it.