Marathon night

With every Monday night that comes along, it brings another night of high profile movies that are not only well crafted and exciting to watch, but they also provoke deep thought and self reflection within the hidden messages and themes they present. Tonights marathon is about deciding whether you take the red pill or the blue pill, whether you take a two week trip to Mars presented to you by the company Total Recall, or whether its possible for dreams to become a reality or just another part of the subconscious. Tonights marathon is about all three of those scenarios and the lineup we have here is amazing. Here is our menu for tonoght.

                         The Matrix 1999, Total Recall 1990, and Inception 2010

There is no other way to describe the impact of these three movies coming together to form a story arc of whats real and whats not other than the fact that its going to be amazing. Each film was groundbreaking for the times they came out, and challenged technology as well as the basic conventional forms of storytelling. The Matrix is an amazing film and reminds viewers that there was a time that the Wachowski Brothers knew how to make great movies. Not only are the special effects great in this movie and still holds up to this day but the writing in this film is intelligent. Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, and Agent Smith are some of the most iconic characters in film. Trinity def goes down as one of the best female characters in an action movie next to Sarah Conner from T2 Judgment Day. Total Recall also reminds us that there was a time when Arnold Schwarzeneggar was a major movie star before his days in office as California governor, and director Paul Verhoeven was an action and science fiction director in demand before his career took a nosedive with Showgirls. This is one of Arnolds rare films that carried with it brains and intelligence along with the absurd action. You're never really certain if Arnold is dreaming everything that happens in the movie or if its truly reality. And finally with Inception, we see the true potential of Christopher Nolans skills as a filmmaker, and his first major movie coming off The Dark Knight. Compared to that movie, inception is almost on the same level of awesomeness and masterful filmmaking. Tonight is all about sitting back and allowing reality to completely get turned upside down on its face.