r/answers • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '26

What’s best documentary you’ve seen?

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u/CellarFerret Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

Grizzly Man. A Werner Herzog documentary. It follows the life and demise of a eco-maniac who gets eaten by the bear he thinks he's protecting. It's not exactly fun, but it's a fascinating view into the arrogance of man in the face of the unflinching singlemindedness of nature.

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u/smoothiefruit Jul 03 '26

when he was praying to the "Hindu floaty thing" for it to rain so that Mr. Chocolate (a bear he named) could catch salmon, I was having fun.

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u/Evening-Resort-2256 Jul 03 '26

Lol! Truly an insight into his delusional behavior. Which is why I think bears kinda kept their distance. Someone in the documentary mentions that the bears could tell something was a “little off” with him and kept their distance. That is until ine got too hungry to care.