Timmy the retarded Grizzly Man
Grizzly Man is a phenomenal movie, but not for the reasons you might imagine. It is an unintentional comedy of legendary proportions.
Honestly, when I rented this movie I was expecting something along the lines of BBC Living Planet with a sad ending of Richard Attenborough meeting his demise in an unfortunate set of circumstances.
I couldn’t have been more wrong. Think a gay(er) Steve Irwin with bears. An obnoxious dim wit begging to be slaughtered.
If you told me Grizzly Man was a mockumentary starring Andy Dick and directed by Christopher Guest, it would be exactly what I would expect.
Whenever I see Christopher Guest films I just think how campy and exaggerated the characters are. Grizzly Man is proof that these deranged goofballs do in fact roam the earth, in all sincerity. Christopher Guest has yet to put together such an amazing ensemble cast of characters.
In describing Timmy the Grizzly Man, one of the interview subjects flatly stated, “I think those bears put up with him for so long because they thought he was retarded”.
Undeniable proof of this comes when Timmy gleefully prances up to a pile of bear shit, fondles it, and then squeals “Oh my gosh! The bear, Miss Chocolate, has left me her poop! It’s her crap! It was just in her butt and it’s still warm! This is a gift from Miss Chocolate!”.
I had to grab the DVD box to make sure this wasn’t a put on.
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Wayne | February 24, 2007 @ 7:27 am
It was one of the weaker Herzog movies because he was trying to stick with his Big Themes of man vs. nature, when like you say, it was more about some guy’s mental illness. And it went on and on. The Treadwell footage some of it was interesting, but not for two hours. And once again, that footage was more about reality tv, people desperate to become famous than man vs. nature.