Grizzly Man-Blog #12

I thought this film was interesting because it shows the relationships humans have with animals, especially the relationship with Timothy Treadwell and grizzly bears. I never really thought of humans having close relationships with wild and dangerous animals until watching the movie. Even though his life was ended by a grizzly bear, he enjoyed what he did for the 13 summers. The movie the audience a better view on the grizzly bears habitat and the way they live. I don't think that the film would have turned out the way it did without Treadwill's up close and personal taping of the bears. His videography shows how he loved nature and the animals that are a part of it. He cared for animals especially grizzly bears and it really surprised me how close he would get to the grizzly bears, knowing they are the most dangerous animals living on this earth.

I feel like Treadwell brought his death upon himself because of the way he acted towards the grizzly bears. I would like to think that he knew grizzly bears are wild animals and you never know what they might do next. It is a shame to know that the bear that killed him and his girlfriend had to be killed because I think if Treadwell had a say, he wouldn't want the bear to be killed because of the love and respect he showed towards grizzly bears. Even though Treadwell's death is a tragedy I feel like he should have known better and maybe not have gotten so close to them in the first place. I honestly think Treadwell was not in the right state of mind when he decided to venture to Alaska and live with the grizzly bears, because who in the right mind would do that knowing bears can and will do anything in a split second.

Overall, the main point of the movie was to show how people need to respect nature and the animals that surround nature. I think the movie takes it to an extreme to show a human's close relationship with grizzly bears, because since they are grizzly bears they are considered wild animals and their needs will be met on their own. I think Treadwill went a little too far when he practically moved into the grizzly bears home and environment. Since they are wild animals I think that their habitat should be left alone and not interrupted especially by humans. Even though he did nothing to harm the grizzly bears, they don't know how to react to a human 10x smaller than them who came into their territory.