Not even bad in a good way

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Admirable film.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

This is by far one of the worst documentaries I have ever seen. Not at all engaging, unbearably slow, mostly irrelevant narration and imagery. Almost no content/actual footage used of any interview, news report and any other thing you can imagine. Goes paper thin deep into the world of Zoophilia and the events that transpired. Seriously, don't waste your time. I ended up watching this based off of a list of "Seven Utterly Traumatizing Documentaries." Perhaps traumatizing by means of boredom. Watching this give the impression that the creators never watched or made a documentary before. I kept watching hoping that it would eventually become interesting. You're better off just watching news reports online.

Well, a government operative loves horses, really loves them. He forgot to use a shim, and wound up taking "the whole thang". I'm not sure if the Affordable Care Act covers internal injuries inflicted from "farm accidents", but this guy didn't make it. Most of the people involved wouldn't agree to appear in this docudrama, however, one of the animal husbands actually played himself in the film. It's an interesting story, and kind of a PSA for those who might want to try this at home-use a spotter!! If you loved this film, you'll certainly love the Boner City USA podcast, where similar topics are covered on a twice weekly basis.

I was really looking forward to this documentary as i like things out of the ordinary and would pretty much watch a documentary on paint drying (well, maybe be not that far, but i feel like i just have) To put it politely, it was so F**king Boring! They don't even get round to what happened till about 40 minutes in, before that it's just different interviews on things nothing to even do with the story. And even more annoyingly, all the way through it has a constant drone of music! another IMDb user titled his review "good for insomnia" and i'm gutted he beat me to it! hah :) What annoyed me most about this documentary is that it has the potential to be a good story. I just feel they went the wrong way about it. To say its 1 hr 15 mins long they could have told it in 25 minutes. I really wouldn't bother with this one.

Upon getting hold of a copy of Zoo, my girlfriend asked me what it was about. I ummmed and aaahhh before informing her that it is in fact a documentary about a man who died from internal injuries, caused by having sex with a horse. That's putting it nicely. I may have even used the phrase 'bummed to death'. She then asked me why I would want to watch a film about such a thing. I couldn't reply. The fact is, since Zoo was released back in 2007, I had been dying to see it. I don't know what that says about me. Perhaps it's revealing my disturbing levels of curiosity about all things that shouldn't really be discussed. Anyway, I had the last laugh, as the film is genuinely very good.On a small farm in King County, Washington, groups of men would get together every now and then to escape their hectic lives and family. They would talk, drink, joke and play games together. They also had one thing in common - they were in love with horses, and enjoyed having sex with them. When a withdrawn character called Mr. Hands arrived at the farm, the men were curious. He seemed unsure and unattached. In 2005 he was rushed to the hospital, dying of internal injuries. He subsequent death caused a media storm and the investigation uncovered the farm and what was happening there. The state was forced to immediately pass laws against bestiality and the recording of the act.While it would be quite easy to make a joke of the situation, or to make a straight-laced documentary uncovering the seedy goings-on at the farm and the incident that later became known as 'the Enumclaw horse sex case', credit must go to director Robinson Devor for creating something entirely different. It was completely not what I expected. Zoo is a mysterious, dreamlike documentary that allows its real-life participants to give their point of view over slow-motion reconstructions of the incidents. It's a brave artistic move that never feels pretentious or meaningless.I can only describe the feeling of the film as a mixture between Errol Morris' The Thin Blue Line and Andrew Jarecki's Capturing The Friedmans. It had the slow-building, crime-oriented feel of the former, and the storyline that you just can't quite believe actually happened of the latter. It's a fine mix and works surprisingly well given the taboo subject matter.In regards to the subject matter, it is handled both sensitively and with an air of curiosity. It allows the participants on the farm to tell their story, and doesn't misrepresent them in a way to make the viewer feel disgusted. Not to say that I didn't feel that way. Hearing these men talk about having genuine feelings of love for the horses, and relating to them on a basic, animalistic level just made me pity them. Not to say that I wasn't fascinated by what they had to say.A strange, hypnotic film about a shocking and unbelievable incident. I urge people to see past what the film is about and allow themselves to be moved by this quite unique film.www.the-wrath-of-blog.blogspot.com