| [Visit Bear Films] |
| Vids: | 205 (avg. 15 min.) DRM: video streams only | ||||
| Format (mode) | Size (px) | Speed | |||
| Flash (stream) | 480x360 | 1000k | |||
| Win. Media (stream) | 480x360 | 775k | |||
| QuickTime (stream) | 480x360 | 600k | |||
| Pics: | 68,800 | ||||
| Type | # Sets | Size (px) | |||
| Photos | 688 sets of 100 images | 450x600 | |||
| Extras: | bear erotica; video feeds | ||||
| Hot: | A good bear site is hard to find. | ||||||
| Not: | No downloads; unpredictable format options. | ||||||
If you go out in the Bear Films woods today you'll have many wild and sexy bear sightings. But while bear lovers will be very pleased with the overall quality of this well-designed studio site, they'll be disappointed with the fact that there are no downloads -- on video or photos -- included with the membership.
Bear Films features web exclusive videos, along with video scenes and thousands of pictures drawn from the studio's long list of DVD titles. They call themselves the biggest bear site on the web and it's probably true. The frequently updated site is full of big bears and cubs, and also offers some extra features such as a section of bear erotica, a calendar of furry events and video feeds.
Tour
The Bear Films tour is a mirror of the site and gives you a chance to roam around and see all the different bear content available. It also offers a sneak peek of models to come, and makes the ones recently added easy to find. The tour will take you right up to the first page of each picture and video episode. Click any further and you'll be sent to the Join page.
Navigation
This bear forest can be disorienting as there are too many navigation links. There are buttons across the top of the page for the main content areas, including: "Action Pics", "Model Pics", and "Video Clips." When you check the page for an individual model you'll also find links to his featured videos and the video capture galleries he's in. In the Video Clips area you can do a limited search of clips by title.
The Men and the Action
These men are the real deal. Big and furry, masculine and studly, they are rough-looking everyday guys. Cowboys on a ranch, mechanics, construction foremen, daddies, or just your average bears enjoying a romp with a young cub. You'll find quite a variety of ages, races, body types and facial hair, but most are big, white, hairy and hunky. Even though there are some young guys featured, cubs make up a minority of the model count. A lot of these guys are chubs, but there are also some trim studs in the mix.
Models are identified by name, place of origin, body stats, their preferences, and the videos they’re in. In the videos, the action gets down and dirty. There's plenty of sucking, fucking, butt munching, and lots of growling. In the fetish department, these guys are into leather, domination, fisting, slings, among other kinks. The models are interviewed briefly during the "Screen Test" videos.
Video Details
There is a lot to watch at Bear Films: more than 200 video scenes, with up to three added every week. Their length averages around 15 minutes.
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Videos will stream (but won't download) in Flash, Windows Media or Quicktime, depending on the
scene you're watching -- not every format is offered for every scene and sometimes there is only one
choice. (Some scenes that appear to offer Windows Media do not, even though the button is there).
Loading time is minimal for cable and DSL users. The videos play in an embedded 480x360 window with
maximum speeds from 780 kbps to 1000 kbps.
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Production values of the videos are consistently good at the medium and higher speeds. There's lots
of light, a crisp picture, clear sound and a decent variation of medium and closeup shots. Cumshots
are almost always caught. We were a bit frustrated that the Quicktime vids were not playable in a
larger window.
Image and Other Content
Bear Films has a roster of more than 400 models. Picture quality is good and some sets feature more than 200 pictures (average is 60 to 100 pictures per set.) The images are divided into Action Pics and Model Pics, with more than a hundred of sets per category. Photos can be displayed in a Flash slideshow, but are not available for download. There are also photosets from bear events around the country, showing real guys attending bear roundups, poolside parties and beef balls. Pictures from the Events section are also available to non-members.
An unusual feature that Bear Films presents is a section of erotic bear fiction, 17 hot and steamy tales available to members only. Bear Films also offers a 20% discount to members in their online store, where you can get DVDs of these furry bears roaming around the world. Videos for sale include “Rocky Mountain Bears,” “Bears of Venice,” “Bears in Heat” and a variety of amateur bear compilations.
There are also video feeds from Cyber Bears, Rearstable, Hot Desert Knights and Treasure Island. These open in a new window, so set up your pop up blocker to allow pop ups from the site.
Summing Up
These bears are big, sexy and horny. With 3 updates a week and feeds from 4 hot bear-related sites
-- plus discounts on DVDs -- Bear Films sounds like
a great deal. But keep in mind you won’t be able to download anything from this site, whether they
are picture sets or videos. Even so, this is a relatively small niche that's handled very well and
fans of big and hairy men will find that Bear Films is
g-r-r--r-r-eat.
