Many of you may already know Marian as one of the smiling and friendly faces at the cashier station in the North Hills Cafeteria. Besides her cheerful nature and sense of humor, she's probably best known for calling everyone she meets "Sis" or "Bud." What you might not know is that she has an absolute passion for movies.-Washington Regional Medical Center Employee Newsletter. There is no more employee newsletter, so we started a blog. All entries typed by Marian's granddaughter, Dawn.
Friday, December 11, 2009
NEW MOON
It was really and truly good. It was terrific. Honey, I'm telling you, I have never seen so many women go see a movie. The line was clear out the door. Go see it. I didn't think I would like it. I mean to tell you, it was really, really great. It was much better than the first one. I couldn't understand why everyone was so nuts about this vampire. Now I know. He was a good vampire. I give it a 10.
BROTHERS
It was about two brothers. One is a Captain in the Airforce. The other is kind of an outcast. The one in the Airforce is in Iraq. They thought he was dead. But he wasn't dead. They kept in a hole for I don't know how long. They wanted him to mke tapes saying the US was wrong. Then the head guy of the creeps (you know, those guys over there) made him kill a private. Well, he never gets over it. Meanwhile, his brother has been taking care of his wife and children, taking them ice skating. I think maybe there was one kiss between them. When he goes home and sees his brother with his family he goes beserk. It was sad. What happened at the end? I don't remember. Sheila and I saw it. It was a war movie.
EVERYBODY'S FINE
You will like this one. I know you will. He's a father who has 4 children. His wife just died. They are supposed to come visit him and they all cancel. So he decides to go see them. It's sort of a learning experience for him. I hadn't seen Robert Deniro play in a long time. He was great. He's getting old.
2012
BLINDSIDE
It was a great movie. It will put tears in your eyes. Sandra Bullock played a great part. She was a southern girl. She was real proper. Quinton Aaron, he played the black boy. He was fantastic. They sam him walking home and he had no clothes on. They stopped and took him home. It was just a wonderful movie. It showed you what people can do for other people when they make up their minds to. I give it a 10.
ZOMBIELAND
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE BOX
OLD DOGS
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
You know, it was a good movie. The kid played a great part. And of course Spike Jonze made it. I thought it would be a little bit different though. I thought it would be funnier. I gave it a 9. Sheila liked it. It started out real crazy. He got in trouble and he went in a boat and that's where these wild things were. And they [the wild things] were great. I don't know how they did that. Then they sent him home in his boat. It wasn't what I thought it was supposed to be. They always show the best parts in the preview.
COUPLE'S RETREAT
THE INVENTION OF LYING
THE INFORMANT
WHITE OUT
ALL ABOUT STEVE
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
SHORTS
DISTRICT 9
G FORCE
Monday, June 22, 2009
LAND OF THE LOST
UP
[I'm reading a list of new movies to Granny. No recollection. Then I start telling her what happens in the movies] Oh, I saw that. It was cute. Good for kids. It was cute. They had everything in that, they had monsters, everything. It's in 3D. We didn't go see it in 3D. You have to pay 3 or 4 dollars for them glasses. And you don't get that money back, but you don't keep the glasses. I give it a good 8 1/2.
HANGOVER
DRAG ME TO HELL
I thought it was a bunch of crap. It was awful. It was sickening. I thought to myself "Marian, why did you spend six bucks on this stupid movie?" I don't know what happens, I had my eyes closed half of the time. This old lady regurgitating in someone else's mouth. I thought I was gonna die. Please don't take your kids. Don't even go yourself. I give it a one. And you know how generous I am with my movies. I have seen some horrible movies in my time, 'cause you know how I go, but this might be the worst movie I've ever seen.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
ANGELS AND DEMONS
GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST
It was cute, really cute. It was with Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner. It was funny. I give it a 9. You can take the kids to see it. There's nothing bad in it. It's about this guy who is a photographer. It has all his past girlfriends in it. Honey, he had a whole damn roomful of old girlfriends. He was busy! He found Jennifer Garner and he really liked her. Jennifer Garner was really great.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN
THAT was hilarious. Oh God, that was so funny. It was really great. Take the kids to see it, they will crack up. It was hilarious. They were taking the people from the last time to Washington, DC. Ben Stiller wouldn't let them do it. He went to Washington and fought for them. They all came alive. It was just hilarious, them trying to get out of Washington, DC. It was better than the first one. Go see it. They had the wacky comedy with the monkeys, they just had everything. Ben Stiller played a great part.
THE SOLOIST
That was really good. It was a sad movie, kinda. Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr lived on the street. They lived in a place where people could go, like a shelter. But there were people who couldn't make it into the shelter. Jamie Foxx played a real good part in it. So did Robert Downey Jr. Boy, he's made some really good movies since he straightened up. It was worth seeing.
STAR TREK
It was great! I give it a 9 1/2. The kids who payed in that, they were all Australian. They were really, really good. It was great. At the end, you got to see Spock in real life. That was really good. I heard William Shatner was upset when they asked Spock to be in it and not him. He was really pissed, or so I hear.
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
Oh God, that was good. I give it a 9 1/2. They come out with some good ones. They are kind of on the creepy side, but they are good. Hugh Jackman is in it. And Liev Schreiber. Oh he's a creep! I never like him in anything. He was good in this. I don't know about taking little kids. It was kind of scary.
Monday, April 20, 2009
I LOVE YOU, MAN
FAST AND FURIOUS
Oh that was a good movie! You have to go see it! It kept you on the edge of your seat. It's about car racing. When I read about it in the paper, I thought they were going around the track. Honey, this was street racing! Honest to God. You held onto your seat, because you were right there with them. If you like action, boy it was good. Go see it. I gave it a 9 1/2. Vin Diesel was great in it. I love an action movie!
ADVENTURELAND
KNOWING
DUPLICITY
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
WATCHMEN
INKHEART
PUSH
THE READER
HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU
I saw the one with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Anderson. That was pretty cute. It was funny. There were these girls who were dating. They were after different guys and half the time [the guys] didn’t really like them. These guys wouldn’t call them back. You know how kids are. They thought these guys would just fall all over themselves for them and they didn’t!
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
PAUL BLART MALL COP
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Friday, January 23, 2009
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
SPOILER ALERT We went to see that Buttons movie yesterday. Poor Sheila got sick in the movie. She thought she was gonna vomit. But we didn't leave. It was a pretty good movie. It was interesting. And how young he was. He turned into a young baby and he died as a little baby...he died like that. I don't know how they did it. It was worth going to see.
DEFIANCE
It was a pretty good movie. They escaped from the holocaust with the Germans. I enjoyed this movie. It had a lot of action in it. How they stayed in those woods, I'll never know. They lived in those woods for 2 years. I give it a 8 1/2. Those poor jews really suffered. I felt bad for them. It was really bad.
BRIDE WARS
It was okay. It wasn't as cute as I thought it was gonna be. It was two girls fighting over who was gonna get the date for their wedding. They turned against each other. it was funny in parts and in other parts it was...eh. It was just a mediocre movie. I wouldn't go see it again. I'd give it a 7. or a 6 1/2. It was kind of ickey.
GRAN TOURINO
SPOILER ALERT Clint Eastwood played a wonderful part in it. He was a true Clint Eastwood, a tough guy. He acted like he used to in his movies. I give it a 9. Go see it. He came back from the military. The neighborhood had changed. There were a lot of immigrants. He had a pretty nice place and all the rest of the places were pretty run down. He made friends with a Mexican boy. He took him under his wing. You know how gangs are. They were pretty violent. Clint Eastwood had a Gran Tourino that he had before the war. He died at the end, and he left that Gran Tourino to that little Mexican boy. His grandaughter thought she was gonna get it. Boy was she disappointed.
DOUBT
BEDTIME STORIES
THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
It wasn't all it was cracked up to be. I was really disappointed in it. It wasn't as good as the previews. I would only give it a 6. It was really disappointing. He's this big-eared mouse who had a hard time. It just wasn't as cute as I thought it would be. Sometimes it does you and sometimes it don't do you. It was cute but not what i expected.
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