Last updated June 5 2025
Chapter 41
Movies
We tried to watch a movie at least once a week. We would look at the clock and estimate when it would end to determine bedtime. Quite often we would start a movie with the understanding that we would watch half and finish the next day, but rarely would this ever happen as once Marlene got into a movie we did not stop.
It must be noted however that she did not like anything she called gory such as slasher movies, tense and people killing other people. She would cover her eyes and asked me when a certain scene was over, and I would try to skip that part as best I could.
I was successful in getting her to watch certain science fiction, Marvel or other such films but they were not her cup of tea.
Below is a partial list only but provides an idea and a sense of what she liked.
1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. E.T.
3. The Goonies
4. Christmas Vacation
5. The Cider House Rules
6. Jerry McGuire
7. Forrest Gump
8. The Help
9. The Color Purple
Occasionally our eyes would meet usually around the 15–20-minute mark and we would both decide this was not for us and stop it.
Mostly however the movie would end, and she would say, “What a good movie” and then proceed to google some more the music and the actors involved.