The Cobretti To-Watch Super Mega Ultra List

The Cobretti To-Watch Super Mega Ultra List AKA Balder's Recommendations of Weird & Awesome Accessible Curiosities. Since cobretti has made me watch 50 movies that he deems important, I'll counter that by giving him 10 really cool movies that are easily accessible for everyone to watch. cobretti should watch these, but I think everyone should check some of them out if they interest them. I've put some effort into the order of the movies, so if you want to watch them I suggest you start from the top, however you're free to watch them in any order you'd like. The films get weirder as the the list progresses, so the final film is definitely an acquired taste which I'm sure most people will never acquire. Think of it as the endgame boss. I've watched all of these, and I think they're pretty cool. The public may not think all of these are great, but I do think most people would see these movies as an experience.

This is basically the anti-Balder To-Watch Mega List as this include very deep movies that may or may not be entertaining, whereas the list cobretti made has many very entertaining but mostly mindless action movies. None of the lists are better than the other, they are simply different. Come on in and join this cinematic journey.

We start of with a very interesting short film called the candidate. It features a white collar cubicle worker who is tired of the people around him, and at work he is met by a weird stranger who represents an interesting organization which changes everything. This short has great visuals, and even though it might play on gullible people, I still think it is executed extremely well. Fun for everyone.

The first documentary of this list. It features the Grizzly Man himself. This guy is either crazy or is brave as fuck, or maybe a combination of the two. This guy lives out in the wild and hangs around with grizzly bears. He has no weapons to defend himself and he just likes to hang out with bears and film them. The footage here is unbelievable. It is such a curiosity within documentaries. Fun for everyone.

My personal favorite short film of all time. It came out last year and was nominated for Best Live-Action Short Film but lost for some ungodly reason (The Academy suck!). It is about two young boys who have dares with each other with greater and greater risks. That is all I will say for now. The ending hits me like a ton of bricks. One of the most powerful movies ever made.

From the newest movie to the oldest, here is Battleship Potemkin. You have probably heard about this one. A little bit of Communistic propaganda will serve you Americans greatly. Anyways, aside from the political stuff, this is one of the best movies ever made. It basically showed everyone how to edit a movie. It feels very modern even though it is from 1925 due to its excellent pacing and cutting. The step scene is such a powerful scene, a must-watch for everyone interested in film history.

My favorite silent movie ever. You might think these silent movies are outdated as fuck, but watch this movie and admit it rules. The actor performs so well here even though she has no voice to be head. Excellent through and through, powerful as hell.

Now this is a hard movie to watch. It is the other documentary in this list, and it covers a society in Iran where everyone who lives there has leprosy. It is morbidly interesting to watch these people continue to live even though their lives are in a way really fucked up. This is not only important to cinema history, but to history in itself. So incredibly unique footage.

Okay now we are delving into the weird and abstract. This is Japanese movie about a guy who takes a janitor job at a mental institution to try to get his wife out of there because their daughter is to marry a rich guy, and at this time it was believed that mental problems were hereditary. So to not let the husband of his daughter know that his mother-in-law is mentally insane, he has to get her out. This has so many cool visuals, and the ending is pretty weird and abstract, but in a cool way.

There is nothing wrong with the video. This is actually a slideshow movie, but it is very powerful. This is the movie that inspired Twelve Monkeys, or rather Twelve Monkeys is a remake/re-imagining of this. It is very important to cinema history.

Okay, now we are officially very weird. This short film is more a tech-demo than anything else. But it is so mesmerizing to watch. Its visuals are haunting, a visual blast, not to be watched by photo-sensitive people. Fantastic.

Now we are at the endgame boss of this list. The most weird, the most abstract and perhaps the most beautiful if you ask me. Many people would say that nothing happens in this movie, and in a way they would be correct. Visually mesmerizing. It is the Jackson Pollock of the movie world. People either hate it or love it, there is no in-between. Watch this last because if you could watch the other ones, you might find the patience to watch this.