OH PLEASE, MAKE IT GO AWAY

I would say it has a small entertainment value.

But an uncomfortable kind of entertainment....like laughing at someone because they seem crazy, which is actually more judgemental and mean.

I think also there are some city people who like to laugh at the 'country bumpkins' but that also is just discrimination.

So, in the end, it only has a mild interest and value, because as you say, nothing really happens that is of any particular value.

Why bother building a bearproof suit anyway?

Such a suit would cost a huge amount of money, and be very heavy so most people would never be able to use it.

The whole documentary and project seems like a waste.

The only value seems to be as a commentary about machismo and the stupidity of males fighting bears, and throwing knives, and shooting guns.

But I doubt if the director intended to do an expose on the stupidity of militaristic minded men.

Troy is an annoying Jerk. He exhibits little to no humility in his endeavors, he's terribly full of himself, his suit doesn't work, its a total fluff job on his ego. Notice most movies about people whose inventions actually function don't come across as overbearing self obsessed jerks. The movie had next to nothing to do with bears. If Troy was building the suit for gladiatorial combat that would be awesome, he's obviously into stuff like that, but he was doing it pretty much to get beaten up be a grizzly. And where is the scientific merit in that, again? Really, had the suit in any way functioned, what would the point have been? Being locked in a giant awkward suit where your sensory perception is next to nothing [he couldn't even see what the guys outside the bar were hitting him with] how is that at all coexisting with the bears? Yes, i've never built a suit that serves no purpose and have no documentary filmed about me talking myself silly. Why does this negate the fact that this film was terrible?

I loved the part where the idiot was talking about serving in "Nam" and he and his men were on patrol in a quiet sector, so lacking no VC to kill they decided to try and kill each other playing chicken with a grenade. Are you kidding me? This moron never served in any war or with any disciplined platoon. First there is no such thing as a quiet sector and you don't need moronic games to keep your adrenaline up, that occurs naturally with fear. You treat every area you are in as if the enemy is right around the corner which they very well might be. Intel is frequently wrong concerning enemy positions especially when the enemy uses an underground cave system to move men and supplies. Second the game this idiot describes would definitely kill you and anyone within 30 feet as well and if you did survive I am sure giving your position away in such an idiotic manner would allow the VC the opportunity to do so. When you are on patrol you rarely talk and nothing above a whisper, hand signals are preferred. If I were leading a platoon and some moron pulled a stunt like this he would not make it back to face a court martial. All of these guys are a bunch of weekend warriors that carry big knives, talk big and carry big guns, Freud could tell you what they probably are carrying between their legs. I have seen guys like this in every bar I have ever been in and they are always bragging about some war they served in and you know instantly they are frauds. If you ever saw combat the last thing you would do is brag about it and if you were on patrol only an idiot would play chicken with a hand grenade. Stay on the compound and play pretend army that way the only person that can be hurt is you.

Maybe if you thought more about it, the film is as much about him as it is about his quest, which makes how his quest to confront a grizzly bear irrelevant in the end. He's a Don Quixote-type who challenges forces beyond his capability, only to get knocked down by Mother Nature. But it's all about his irrepressible desire to get back up and challenge again. That's what makes the film entertaining, beyond whether he gets to finally go up against a grizzly.