As you asked, I shall respond.
Tonari No Totoro (just because I don't like Anime. I've tried and tried, but I just can't do it)
Mean Creek (Because it does look like a mean, nasty film. Also, I don't like the 'look' of the film and that's something that I can never get past. It's why I've never seen Withnail & I)
Fried Green Tomatoes (I love chick flicks, but this just looks so boring. Sorry.)
Broken Flowers (It looked like that years "Must See American Indie Film", there's usually one a year. Others I've given that title include Rushmore, Lost In Translation, Little Miss Sunshine, Napoleon Dynamite, The Royal Tenenbaums. The only one I saw and enjoyed was Sideways)
Life is beautiful (The Italian bloke just annoys me. Also, it looked like there was a lot of 'physical comedy' in it and that's not my thing)
On the plus side, there's only 6 films so far that I really don't like.
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My Neighbor Totoro: fair enough.
i have no idea what your taste in films are, but i find it really hard to believe that you'd find
Fried Green Tomatoes boring. i can't think of a person that has actually seen the film that would think so. [anyone who responds and says they do will be smacked upside the head!]
i'm not sure what you mean by 'a mean, nasty film', but
Mean Creek is definitely not feel-good, if that's what you mean. but its intense, and the acting is amazing. but if you don't like the 'look' then you may want to steer clear. its a bit raw.
i myself hadn't wanted to see
Broken Flowers at first, but its actually quite a gem. also, because i'm curious, how many of the films you titled "Must See American Indie Film' did you actually
see?
it sort of seems like most of what you weren't interested in seeing was your assumptions based loosely on something that has no real depth to it. i'm not trying to be insulting or anything, obviously i really love all of these movies so of course i'd stick up for them, but i always feel a bit of pity when people are quick to refuse to see movies for the reasons you listed above, [it looks nasty, "too indie looking"]. see, there are probably a lot of films i would have never bothered with if it hadn't been for my boyfriends recommendations. i just happen to respect his taste in film--and fawn all over his opinions, so now i'll basically see anything he tells me to. its probably why i love him so much. he's my other half.
and he's also inspired nearly 50% of this list. amazing!