http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grizzly_man/

Grizzly Man to me is the most interesting of the 2005 documentaries. It's all about the thin line between love and obsession. Having something you love so much eat you, that's very powerful.

I can't wait to see it.

Yeah, I remember when he went on Letterman and Dave made some joke about him getting eaten. Not so funny now.

It's one of the few films I'll probably be seeing for while. Looks damn good.

Here's what Ebert had to say about Grizzly Man:

This new documentary by Werner Herzog is an astonishing portrait of Tim Treadwell, who like many of Herzog's subjects is possessed of a serene ecstasy that forces him to go too far, try too much, risk his life in his search for the sublime.

You read about Treadwell in the papers, or maybe you saw him on “Letterman.” He's the guy with the Viking haircut who spent 13 summers in Alaska living with grizzly bears. He spoke their language, he said, and knew their moods, and survived unarmed among them. But in the autumn of 2003 the communication broke down, and Treadwell and his girl friend were killed and eaten by a bear -- a bear he didn't much like.

Herzog, a great filmmaker, doesn't simply tell this story but transcends it, engaging in a debate with the dead man over the nature of Nature. Treadwell thinks Nature is harmonious. Herzog says he thinks it is made of "chaos, hostility and murder." When Treadwell looks into a bear's eyes, he sees a friend. Herzog sees a wild animal, curious and possibly hungry.

Treadwell got a video camera in 1999, and left behind 80 hours of extraordinary footage taken in the wilderness. The footage includes shots taken hours before his death, at the place where his bones were found, and shots of the bear that would eat him. He comes across as an engaging, exuberantly childish man who talks to the animals as if they were children, and dramatizes his own mission and the constant danger he says (accurately) surrounds him. Herzog talks to his friends, former lovers and partners, to the pilot who dropped him off and found his remains, and the coroner who opened up the bear.

"Grizzly Man" is chaotic, hostile, deadly, harmonious, and brilliant.

-- Roger Ebert, reporting from the 2005 Sundance Film Festival

I saw the trailer quite a few times. Looks very interesting and seems to be, along with Murderball and March of the Penguins, a lock for a Doc nod.

its at 92% now with over 30 reviews.

This one is pretty special - certainly a unique documentary about a damaged individual. With director Werner Herzog's presence and narration, it's almost turns out to be an anti-nature documentary. It contains many very challenging ideas to anyone who fancies themselves a "nature-lover". The movie within the movie made by Treadwell himself, is beautiful, shocking, and believe it or not funny. The tragedy is surely tempered by the subject's clear agenda and ultimate accomplishment of his goals. This movie needs to be seen to be believed...

5 out of 5.

Read Loyal's review here:

http://www.worldofkj.com/reviews/Loyal/GrizzlyMan.php

One thing's for sure, the movie Grizzly Man (thankfully) didn't sentimentalize nature like the turgid March of the Penguins!