Grizzly Man: First Thoughts

           Initially, after watching Grizzly Man, the first thought I had was that Timothy Treadwell had lost his mind. I don't necessarily think that this had anything to do with the bears or the passion that he expressed when it came to caring for them. I just think that his focus on them was so strong that this is where his instability manifested itself the most. However, this post isn't an analysis on everything wrong with Treadwell's mental state so I'm going to move on before I digress.
           One thing that I quickly gathered from Grizzly Man  was that while Treadwell and Herzog both have very strong, distinctive views on nature, those views are extremely different. Treadwell comes across a little extreme and "out there" with his beliefs that nature is pure and free of all harm or evil while Herzog has a more realistic view of nature, recognizing the dangers that exist within and the need for humans and nature to remain separate. Treadwell believes that he not only is meant to be in nature as opposed to civilization, but that it is his sole duty to protect the grizzly bears in their habitat from their biggest threat: humans. Herzog seems to think the complete opposite, seeing grizzly bears as the ones who are the threat and humans as the ones who need to be protected.
          However, I feel like it's important to point out the one similarity between the two that I picked up on relatively quickly. Both reflect at the least, a respect for nature. While Timothy Treadwell may take this to extremes, showing not only a respect, but an extremely emotional, empathetic connection to nature, Herzog at no point, claims that nature should be stopped or anything along those lines. At the very least, we can say that Herzog respects nature while maintaining a realistic view of all of nature's capabilities.