He has finally made it back home and he finally has his children. The fact that he no longer is looking at the top means that he no longer cares if it's a dream or not.
in does not matter whether it is really dream or reality, like the man said who are you to decide what is reality and what is the dream, therefore in the end is does not matter whether it is a dream or not because in the end he is where he wants to be with his happy with his kids.
you have to say out of all the academy awards given the best pic oscar sometimes doesnt always go to the `best film' (LA Confidential, Saving Private Ryan, Shawshank should all have won in recent times)..this film for me tops that list.
i think the whole point of the show is to have this ambiguity. whats important in the end is how he is no longer obsessed with dream or reality but is settled with what he has without even looking at the totem.
im 28 years old and i can say for sure that in my life i never seen a master piece movie like this one ... this is just brilliant , amazing, and all the subject who takes u to think on something perfect it self.
Don't bother yourself with whether it fell or not because the director intended to leave it a cliffhanger. The little details the public picks out weren't intended to be clues. Like an author intending to leave their story a mystery, it's a beautiful alternate ending.
Inception came out in the cinemas July 27th in my country. Since then, it has been 1 year and 8 months.
And many are still baffled about the ending. Only a man with a passion for cinema can do this. Fuck, hands down Christopher Nolan is THE best director in the world. In my opinion of course.
Well now what's he gona do? Since that was supposedly his "last job" that means he's not gona be in the dream sharing business anymore. So how is he gona raise his kids and support them without a job? He can't always rely on his dad cause eventually he's gona die.
@Geomyfighter No, but he can rely on YOU, Captain Obvious. Why don't you register your concerns with the script writer? He'll surely address them in the sequel.
I wonder if were all in a dream, just waiting to come back up. So that we all have a second chance, to change what we've broken. To fix all things shattered. To have world, a heaven, finally a peace.
The ending, in my opinion, is reality. The totem he spins is not his totem, it is in fact Mal's. You can therefore not worry about whether it tumbles at the end or not. His actual totem is his wedding ring. He wears it in his dreams, but not in reality. In this scene - correct me if im wrong - he is NOT wearing the ring. Consequently the scene is reality.
@peacocean The ring is literally the only thing that settles the argument about whether it is a dream or not. The top spinning is completely irrelevant. I've debated this subject so much, and the tiny detail of the ring is the only piece that points to which side is right.
@peacocean Take a look at 1:35. My theori is that he still is dreaming but i'm too lazy to explain why, but if you look closely in the movie there are many scenes that indicates everything is a dream.
Its a great ending. One which gets you thinking about time, and how were so bound to it. Makes you wonder if all our chaotic lives are really necessary. Beyond that, the whole morale of this movie, is that sometimes, we just need to accept. It's not about him escaping a dream, its about a guy whose obsessed with finding reality on a journey to a guy whose learnt to accept reality, as it is for him.
The team do remember as they all awoke from the dream, including Saito and Cobb as the only way to wake up from LIMBO is to realise and accept that it is not reality.
Wait so does the team remember that they did all that? Because they just one by one look at him and don't even say anything while he passes through luggage claim lol. Someone reply please, thanks.
I always just assumed it was real because thinking about the other possibilities makes my brain hurt. Like for example when Cobb says....OWWWWW DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!
here's a simple explanation.. here are the rules(correct me if im wrong) a dream within a dream = a deep sleep + deep sleep.. while LIMBO* means forgetting the reality and accepting the dream as your reality (meaning your under a deep sleep).. so when cobb awakes in the oceanshore (saitos dream(LIMBO)) they both dont remember anything until they saw the totem and the oath.. they suddenly feels that they are in the dream and that what is needed to awake from limbo.. so the ending.. IT IS REAL..
@DennisBayazitov Inception is about putting an idea in someones brain, You don't really remember someone in a dream that you never have seen before. Another explanation could be that he took the faces from people that he last saw, because they were all on the plane, and thought it was just a dream he made up.
If you look at the kids clothes from the begining of the movie they arent wearing EXACTLY the same thing. The little girls shoes are different colors and she's wearing a white shirt under her dress. All of Cob's memories of his kids are identical but the ending when he finally see's his children is just SLIGHTLY different :)
you choose the end of the movie.. nolan explained that you choise to believe whats the end of the movie, if its a dream or a reality google it if you dont believe me. it doesnt have a ending
This movie presents a great thought analysis-all things come from thought, even dreams. The houses people live in, work in,etc.
Everything is real and nothing is impossible. There is no such thing as 'not real.' People are always creating their own reality through sub/conciousness to the elemental world around them made of atoms. In other words, there isn't even really anything there, only raw material fastened together, i.e. wood, plastic, etc. Man uses for itself. Light moves fastest.
The truly beautiful thing about the ending is that, it doesn't matter whether it's real or not. As soon as he sees his kids, he forgets about the top, since his kids are more real than anything else to him. At least that's my interpretation.
why is cobb's totem backwards?, i mean, in a dream, you would expect it to fall, like it would normally be, just like any other totem, but it doesn't.
I've watched this about 4 times, and every time I do I think that life could be inception itself and the movie is my brain telling me I'm in limbo and I need to wake up
You might say he does not become "real" till his family/kids look on him. He's guided by many but only made "real" by that. And you can work backwards visually from there.
The first time I watched it, I thought the twist was at the end with the totem, leaving it unanswered whether it was a dream or reality.
After carefully watching it a second time, you realize the whole movie is a twist. Nolan makes it hard to tell what was reality and if anything was reality. The movie itself could be inception. o.O
@violet2981 His totem is his children's faces, so when they looked at him he knew it was all real and didn't care about Maul's totem. Also if Maul was awake by killing herself, she would have woken him up by now.
What an amazing movie! Leonardo is truly blessed as well as all the other actors to be able to be part of something so artistic, so genuine and to not only be a apart of something so captivating but overall to perform in something I will always consider a masterpiece! Being an actor pays big money $ but when I watch movies like these, its not even about that, its about the performance. You become the character, you adopt the emotions and you become the art.
@urrejhipokritet Because the ppl at the Oscar committee some sons of bitches. Leonardo DiCaprio should have atleast 5 or 6 Oscars by now. 20 yrs of acting?? And making good ass movies w// no Oscars. Something aint right in the water.
I can't be the only one who thinks that it's not even a cliffhanger whether it was going to fall or not?? It was clearly slowing down and shaking just as it would before it drops
@DoTheDanwah Yes, I agree on some levels. But you (and the majority of ppl) are focusing on the wrong thing. The question is not whether or not Cobb woke up. Throughout the movie, Cobb keeps spinning his totem unstoppably, because he needs to define what’s “real” and what’s not. But in the end, all he cares about is to be with his kids. He turns his back to his totem. The place where he can be with his kids is his reality. At least that's what I think :-)
I remember when i was in the theatres watching this and the theatre crowd was so silent, paying attention to everything happening in the movied, then once the camera started to go to the totem i hear the guy behind me whisper "Oh My God" then all of a sudden right before it looks like its going to fall the movie ended and he yelled so loud "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?"
Anyone see the common theme that Nolan tries to explore in his movies - the notion of creating our own reality - real or fake - that will make us happy
Memento: Lenny chooses to accept his reality that John G is alive and his search is never-ending, but that keeps him happy
Dark Knight: Alfred burns Bruce's letter & Batman takes Harvey's fall to preserve his reputation and keep Gotham hopeful
Inception: Cobb ignores the totem and chooses to see his kids instead
I like your observation because I'm a Nolan fan. But you forgot The Prestige. The ending is very similar to Inception: Cutter realizes there were more than one Angier.
This movie presents a great thought analysis-all things come from thought, even dreams. The houses people live in, work in,etc.
Everything is real and nothing is impossible. There is no such thing as 'not real.' People are always creating their own reality through sub/conciousness to the elemental world around them made of atoms. In other words, there isn't even really anything there, only raw material fastened together, i.e. wood, plastic, etc. Man uses for itself. Light moves fastest.
I saw from another video that the ending is actually to show that he's not wearing his wedding ring. Every time he's in the dream world he's always wearing it so there you go. Don't reply to me since it's not really my idea - look up 'inception ending in 30 seconds' and feel free to practice your free speech there.
The last scene is real life. The reason why they made it spin at the end is because we learn through the movie that being with his children is his "dream", so by spinning, it shows us that he have finally gotten what he wanted.
i think its real, one point is, the people in the airport doesn't attack someone, in dreams they attack, because they know there i someone other in their dreams
Here's my theory: The spinning totem at the end isn't for Cobb-it's for us. It's letting us know that the movie isn't real, and that it's time to come back to reality. That's why the "Dream is Collapsing" music plays over the credits- haven't you noticed how, when a movie ends, the illusion of reality it creates comes apart? The audience "awakens" to the real world.
Please explain how Ariadne and Fischer both require an extensive kick from limbo back to level one, but Cobb and Saito do not.
I myself have done extensive work proving the movie is a flashback where Cobb and "Saito" put together a narrative which makes up the entire movie, which ends in some sort of limbo.
@gemini850 It's been debated on, but the key point is that the top that he spun was wavering as though it was about to fall. If you look at the other times that he spun the top, it spun without wavering.
he is not dreaming because his children turned around and in the memory he failed to see his childrens faces. He also cannot dream himself , only relive memories.
I saw this for the first time last week and i was literally freaking out over how epic the ending to this movie is. Never felt the same feeling in any other movie before.
The answer to the conclusion of Inception lies in the riddle The Cobbs introduced: "You're waiting for a train, a train that will take you far away..."
@soccerdude12793 If you've watched the movie, then you know the riddle I'm referring to. If you read the entire riddle and know the answer, then you know what the ending means.
Spoiler: THIS IS THE ONLY PART OF THE MOVIE THAT IS REAL!!! Cobb is an ordinary business traveller (most likely a widower, his parents-in-law taking care of the kids while he works), who meets another business traveller Fisher on the flight, perhaps engages in some small talk with him, and then falls asleep during the flight and has a vivid dream involving all of the passengers, and needless to say is not a fugitive and can enter US when he pleases.
@profesoriquique fue acusado de matar a su esposa, ella se las ingenió para que parezca que tuvieron un discusión que se salió de control, además sobornó a psiquiatras para tener pruebas de su cordura, ella creía que este mundo es un sueño y que solo la muerte la haría ver el mundo real y fue Cob quien implantó esa idea en su mente así que sí provocó su muerte.
Cobb only has his wedding ring on in the dream sequences. He's not wearing it throughout this whole end scene. You can tell when he goes to give his passport at the airport. He is finally home. NOT A DREAM.
@elisaloxx Really? I always miss important details, but the endings... his totem didn't stop of course it seemed to fall soon but then the credits screen....
The most bothering part that make no sense at all is the air plane and airport scenes in the end:Cobb wakes up and he is very shocked,why?
he looks at Arthur and Ariadne like they are some strangers who just flying with him in the same plane,both of them looking at him and smiling to him without saying a word.Saito wakes up and Cobb looking at him with very angry face.
in the airport it seems like Cobb dosent know who are those people.
So is it all just bad acting or are we missing something
but the part that he dosent talk to anyone and looks at them like he dosent know who they are all seems wierd to me.
or maybe I am just trying to creat my own ending cause this one was a bit disappointing
to me,the movie beggins with cobb visting the old man and the scene stops.
at the end when this scene continues I kind of expected to something more surprising than "Saito got older and was waiting along time for Cobb to come back for him".
@foucsmain247 He's not shocked, he's overwhelmed. Think about the massive journey he just undertook in his own mind. Its similar to how you might wake up after an absolutely exhausting nightmare. He looks around, gaining his bearings, trying to determine if the world he is in is real. I think this was the most beautiful and well acted scenes of the movie.
@0909scotfield You rant about Transformers having better sales and so it's better? I checked that in 2010 December in Europe, Wii had 24,9 million sales, PS3 had 19,7 million and Xbox 360 had 13,7 million. Using your logic, Wii is the best console. So in my opinion, it's not always the sales that matter. Thank you for reading my opinion.
He has finally made it back home and he finally has his children. The fact that he no longer is looking at the top means that he no longer cares if it's a dream or not.
Medafets 6 hours ago
in does not matter whether it is really dream or reality, like the man said who are you to decide what is reality and what is the dream, therefore in the end is does not matter whether it is a dream or not because in the end he is where he wants to be with his happy with his kids.
SwaveyMike 19 hours ago
We do not die, we awaken from the dream that we lived.
CaptiveRiticuli 1 day ago
you have to say out of all the academy awards given the best pic oscar sometimes doesnt always go to the `best film' (LA Confidential, Saving Private Ryan, Shawshank should all have won in recent times)..this film for me tops that list.
HIPCPETER 1 day ago
i think the whole point of the show is to have this ambiguity. whats important in the end is how he is no longer obsessed with dream or reality but is settled with what he has without even looking at the totem.
aeee 1 day ago
im 28 years old and i can say for sure that in my life i never seen a master piece movie like this one ... this is just brilliant , amazing, and all the subject who takes u to think on something perfect it self.
MrWarmazor 2 days ago
the totem is his children faces . in my opinion
denisceno88 2 days ago
Damn this movie is one of the best ever!!!
TheZzZzZzZzZzA 2 days ago 2
there will be an inception 2
jackmorton37 3 days ago
Nolan is genius, cant wait for the The dark knight rises
mohsdef 3 days ago
his totem is his children's face
KevinJALax 3 days ago
@KevinJALax its actually his ring, that determines wether or not he is dreaming.
Lakeshowhawks 2 days ago
Don't bother yourself with whether it fell or not because the director intended to leave it a cliffhanger. The little details the public picks out weren't intended to be clues. Like an author intending to leave their story a mystery, it's a beautiful alternate ending.
thegreatkosmo 3 days ago
Leonardo DiCaprio + Christopher Nolan + Hans Zimmer.
bast movie ever , this is movie for further
i dont think there other way the movie can be more perfect :)
3aaa6 3 days ago
Inception came out in the cinemas July 27th in my country. Since then, it has been 1 year and 8 months.
And many are still baffled about the ending. Only a man with a passion for cinema can do this. Fuck, hands down Christopher Nolan is THE best director in the world. In my opinion of course.
DavidAProduction 3 days ago
You realise that the spinning top has no bearing on the ending as it wasn't his totem, right?
TheSittingDuck1 3 days ago
I FUCKING LOVE THIS SCENE!
G0ssipG1rlL0ver 4 days ago 2
One of the best movies I ever seen!
sophielann 4 days ago
Ending: reality. The spinning thingy was almost gonna cut out and fall
thirdlucila 5 days ago
@thirdlucila But you don't know it for sure, do you?
phrasel14 3 days ago
@phrasel14 I know but I just don't understand abit
thirdlucila 3 days ago
My friend was texting at the very last 10 seconds of the movie, ROFL!!
dude21322324 5 days ago
nobody can look like that after 10 hour sleep-but this movie is still great
MrVideocritic2011 5 days ago
This movie is golden
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Well now what's he gona do? Since that was supposedly his "last job" that means he's not gona be in the dream sharing business anymore. So how is he gona raise his kids and support them without a job? He can't always rely on his dad cause eventually he's gona die.
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@Geomyfighter No, but he can rely on YOU, Captain Obvious. Why don't you register your concerns with the script writer? He'll surely address them in the sequel.
deflonable 6 days ago
I wonder if were all in a dream, just waiting to come back up. So that we all have a second chance, to change what we've broken. To fix all things shattered. To have world, a heaven, finally a peace.
MagicXXMadness 6 days ago
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Lost24break 6 days ago
The ending, in my opinion, is reality. The totem he spins is not his totem, it is in fact Mal's. You can therefore not worry about whether it tumbles at the end or not. His actual totem is his wedding ring. He wears it in his dreams, but not in reality. In this scene - correct me if im wrong - he is NOT wearing the ring. Consequently the scene is reality.
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@peacocean The ring is literally the only thing that settles the argument about whether it is a dream or not. The top spinning is completely irrelevant. I've debated this subject so much, and the tiny detail of the ring is the only piece that points to which side is right.
Scofthe7seas 2 days ago
@peacocean awsome your a good detective
stonersnjunkies123 1 day ago
@peacocean Take a look at 1:35. My theori is that he still is dreaming but i'm too lazy to explain why, but if you look closely in the movie there are many scenes that indicates everything is a dream.
MrFredex 1 day ago
Its a great ending. One which gets you thinking about time, and how were so bound to it. Makes you wonder if all our chaotic lives are really necessary. Beyond that, the whole morale of this movie, is that sometimes, we just need to accept. It's not about him escaping a dream, its about a guy whose obsessed with finding reality on a journey to a guy whose learnt to accept reality, as it is for him.
ssskpgt 1 week ago 2
One of the greatest endings ever.
CloudX100 1 week ago 2
I get goosebumps so hard it fucking hurts.
toams7 1 week ago 2
i think this was a phenomenal ending. was it all a dream. does it matter?
aro327 1 week ago
This ending is not reality - Cobb's kids haven't grown up. They would have changed during his time on the run if it was reality.
43LightYears 1 week ago
This film is just something else.. In the most positive way.
TheEhkiddo 1 week ago
my favorite soundtrack ever !
MrTVERSKOE 1 week ago
This is my favourite film everrrrrr!
The team do remember as they all awoke from the dream, including Saito and Cobb as the only way to wake up from LIMBO is to realise and accept that it is not reality.
lala28991 1 week ago
Wait so does the team remember that they did all that? Because they just one by one look at him and don't even say anything while he passes through luggage claim lol. Someone reply please, thanks.
Geomyfighter 1 week ago
What is reality?
Is this reality we are living in right now?
What if our life is just a dream of some being and we are the projections?
Itachi21x 1 week ago
@Itachi21x we weould never know , and we never will . we have to just go with it and live this ilusion we call life .
TonySwellington 1 week ago
really enjoyed this movie, very complex and had me thinking several times, the ending scene made me go. oh fuckoff..
Reminds me alot of the movie MR.nobody, and just like MR.nobody reallllllly good
umadbrahful 1 week ago
I always just assumed it was real because thinking about the other possibilities makes my brain hurt. Like for example when Cobb says....OWWWWW DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!
velveetaslingshot 1 week ago
here's a simple explanation.. here are the rules(correct me if im wrong) a dream within a dream = a deep sleep + deep sleep.. while LIMBO* means forgetting the reality and accepting the dream as your reality (meaning your under a deep sleep).. so when cobb awakes in the oceanshore (saitos dream(LIMBO)) they both dont remember anything until they saw the totem and the oath.. they suddenly feels that they are in the dream and that what is needed to awake from limbo.. so the ending.. IT IS REAL..
Gingin913 1 week ago
The one thing I didn't really understand was how Fischer didn't recognize Cobb's team from his dream...
DennisBayazitov 1 week ago
@DennisBayazitov Inception is about putting an idea in someones brain, You don't really remember someone in a dream that you never have seen before. Another explanation could be that he took the faces from people that he last saw, because they were all on the plane, and thought it was just a dream he made up.
zKingdomHearts 1 week ago
@zKingdomHearts
good point, i was thinking of that too. still though, i've never seen a more complex and well made movie.
DennisBayazitov 1 week ago
@DennisBayazitov He probably just assumed he dreamed of Cobb's team because he'd seen Cobb's team when getting on the plane.
Skwinkster 1 week ago
1:14 bane?
Cryptically 1 week ago
@CrimsonTide019 yes it js
MrHockeybeast43 1 week ago
I love how people try to guess if it's reality or still a dream...the whole idea surrounding the ending is the create such debate :)
krum118118 1 week ago
With that unreal music Hans Zimmer definitely makes me a projection of his subconscious.
DrPepmothafucker 1 week ago
wait... what? he runs to pick up his girl and then he is holding the boy?! what???!!
fuzzlecousie 1 week ago
inception, one of the best movies i've ever seen.
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Music is my totem. As long as there's great music in this world, I know I am not living in a dream.
lennyd44 1 week ago
If you look at the kids clothes from the begining of the movie they arent wearing EXACTLY the same thing. The little girls shoes are different colors and she's wearing a white shirt under her dress. All of Cob's memories of his kids are identical but the ending when he finally see's his children is just SLIGHTLY different :)
Erinashley19 1 week ago
What we perceive as REALITY is the dream !
That is the meaning.
djzoneboro 2 weeks ago
Isn't it strange... Cob's kid saying he's building a house on a cliff?
whitetrooper 2 weeks ago
zorunda mıyım? -parçanın adı zorunda mıyım? eserin adı zorunda mıyım?
mutluakkurt 2 weeks ago
whats the name of the songplayed throughout this whole scene?
niggamax11 2 weeks ago
@niggamax11 time by hans zimmer
thatoneguy855 2 weeks ago
you choose the end of the movie.. nolan explained that you choise to believe whats the end of the movie, if its a dream or a reality google it if you dont believe me. it doesnt have a ending
acwhiteglint 2 weeks ago
They should rename it mind-fuck lololo
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This movie presents a great thought analysis-all things come from thought, even dreams. The houses people live in, work in,etc.
Everything is real and nothing is impossible. There is no such thing as 'not real.' People are always creating their own reality through sub/conciousness to the elemental world around them made of atoms. In other words, there isn't even really anything there, only raw material fastened together, i.e. wood, plastic, etc. Man uses for itself. Light moves fastest.
21227hend 2 weeks ago
The truly beautiful thing about the ending is that, it doesn't matter whether it's real or not. As soon as he sees his kids, he forgets about the top, since his kids are more real than anything else to him. At least that's my interpretation.
snovvball 2 weeks ago 2
why is cobb's totem backwards?, i mean, in a dream, you would expect it to fall, like it would normally be, just like any other totem, but it doesn't.
3dwardelric 2 weeks ago
Best ending ever
epicdudes3 2 weeks ago
I've watched this about 4 times, and every time I do I think that life could be inception itself and the movie is my brain telling me I'm in limbo and I need to wake up
hllbrngr1220 2 weeks ago 31
@hllbrngr1220 then go kill yourself.
suberkin 1 week ago
@hllbrngr1220 Go right ahead and kill yourself then. LOL.
deflonable 6 days ago
his eyes are so beautiful
cloudberrys 2 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos
fake this isn't the real ending!!!!!!!
CrimsonTide019 2 weeks ago
Greatest movie experience of my life.
PinkFloydJon 2 weeks ago
@PinkFloydJon Go see Source Code, and you will have a new greatest movie experience of your life.
krisp8888 2 weeks ago
@krisp8888 I have seen Source Code, nothing compared to this movie.
PinkFloydJon 2 weeks ago
@PinkFloydJon definitely an experience
meeg2005 2 weeks ago
You might say he does not become "real" till his family/kids look on him. He's guided by many but only made "real" by that. And you can work backwards visually from there.
grindhaus 2 weeks ago
The first time I watched it, I thought the twist was at the end with the totem, leaving it unanswered whether it was a dream or reality.
After carefully watching it a second time, you realize the whole movie is a twist. Nolan makes it hard to tell what was reality and if anything was reality. The movie itself could be inception. o.O
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THE CHARACTERS OF INCEPTION:
Dom
Robert
Eames
Arthur
Mal
Saito
THE BEGINNING OF THEIR NAMES SPELL "DREAMS"!
a name within names
NAMECEPTION!!!
egharib2015 2 weeks ago
Was I the only one in this world who totally forgot that they have been in the plane all the time and had this facepalm moment when he woke up?
AsgraDragon 2 weeks ago
@AsgraDragon thats the point. the fact that u got lost and forgot u were on the plane is the awesome part of that scene. the looks on their faces
meeg2005 2 weeks ago
can someone please explain
was it all a dream or not
they're two entirely different things
if it WAS a dream, getting back to his kids, then mal's NOT insane
violet2981 3 weeks ago
@violet2981 His totem is his children's faces, so when they looked at him he knew it was all real and didn't care about Maul's totem. Also if Maul was awake by killing herself, she would have woken him up by now.
VonNietzsche 2 weeks ago
What an amazing movie! Leonardo is truly blessed as well as all the other actors to be able to be part of something so artistic, so genuine and to not only be a apart of something so captivating but overall to perform in something I will always consider a masterpiece! Being an actor pays big money $ but when I watch movies like these, its not even about that, its about the performance. You become the character, you adopt the emotions and you become the art.
Johncarson9113 3 weeks ago
The main thing is it's the first and only time in the movie we see the kids faces.
grindhaus 3 weeks ago
@urrejhipokritet Because the ppl at the Oscar committee some sons of bitches. Leonardo DiCaprio should have atleast 5 or 6 Oscars by now. 20 yrs of acting?? And making good ass movies w// no Oscars. Something aint right in the water.
1974LDC 3 weeks ago
I can't be the only one who thinks that it's not even a cliffhanger whether it was going to fall or not?? It was clearly slowing down and shaking just as it would before it drops
05fgardner 3 weeks ago
Why hasn't this man won an Oscar yet! Why!!!!!!!
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wake up! wake up!
raoulhery 3 weeks ago
The music made the ending, such a beautiful song.
MLGBrownCat 3 weeks ago 3
@MLGBrownCat I cried when the music started ^^
tarik44100 3 weeks ago
Different clothes, saw their faces, but most importantly, the totum wobbles. Laws of motion say that it fell. Perfect ending.
DoTheDanwah 3 weeks ago
@DoTheDanwah Yes, I agree on some levels. But you (and the majority of ppl) are focusing on the wrong thing. The question is not whether or not Cobb woke up. Throughout the movie, Cobb keeps spinning his totem unstoppably, because he needs to define what’s “real” and what’s not. But in the end, all he cares about is to be with his kids. He turns his back to his totem. The place where he can be with his kids is his reality. At least that's what I think :-)
dreamline1993 3 weeks ago
@dreamline1993 beautiful....but...we can agree that the top fell right?
CreationSGame01 3 weeks ago
@CreationSGame01 Whatever makes you sleep comfortably at night :-) But to be honest, I myself like to believe that it fell.
dreamline1993 3 weeks ago
@CreationSGame01 It is a Cliffhanger, we don't know the sequal, anyway, BEST CLIFFHANGER FOR THE BEST MOVIE!
tarik44100 3 weeks ago
The stare Leo gave Ken Watanabe aka Mr. Saito is priceless!
1974LDC 3 weeks ago
best movie ive ever seen and i love that they leave the ending up to you to decide...
ThEc00lEr 3 weeks ago
i think this is this best movie i ever seen!
manuel34255 3 weeks ago 2
the question is, who watched the kids while they were at the airport ?
Carstiemon 3 weeks ago
@Carstiemon grandma remember? he talked to her over the phone.
kitty67041 3 weeks ago
its not a dream in the end right???
Chesus96 3 weeks ago
@Chesus96
not a dream
keko4321 3 weeks ago
TIME = TIMELESS X
Kishishev1903 4 weeks ago 5
k if Nolan shows the ending , it'd be a horrible movie. if he doesn't show it "IT'S THE BEST ENDING OF THE CENTURY!!"
ieatscience 4 weeks ago
This is movie making at its best and it's great that the ending inspires so much debate. I love reading peoples' analysis of this film.
darrenom 4 weeks ago
I remember when i was in the theatres watching this and the theatre crowd was so silent, paying attention to everything happening in the movied, then once the camera started to go to the totem i hear the guy behind me whisper "Oh My God" then all of a sudden right before it looks like its going to fall the movie ended and he yelled so loud "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?"
supertyty93 1 month ago 29
I've seen this scene countless times and I still scream at the screen in frustration when I see that thing wobble and the screen goes black!
Giants2082 1 month ago
I don't always buy songs on iTunes, but when I do, they're usually by Hans Zimmer.
AnimalCrossingFor3DS 1 month ago 4
One of the last great movies of the '00s, and I think it may be the best.
AnimalCrossingFor3DS 1 month ago
Anyone see the common theme that Nolan tries to explore in his movies - the notion of creating our own reality - real or fake - that will make us happy
Memento: Lenny chooses to accept his reality that John G is alive and his search is never-ending, but that keeps him happy
Dark Knight: Alfred burns Bruce's letter & Batman takes Harvey's fall to preserve his reputation and keep Gotham hopeful
Inception: Cobb ignores the totem and chooses to see his kids instead
Just Saying...
majafaja999 1 month ago 59
@majafaja999
I like your observation because I'm a Nolan fan. But you forgot The Prestige. The ending is very similar to Inception: Cutter realizes there were more than one Angier.
BasicallyBiz 2 weeks ago
@m3Grizzlee You got it wrong, They only attack if you modify there dreams.
5huffl3k1ng 1 month ago
Christopher Nolan ft Hans Zimmer: Combo God
letuhieuthien 1 month ago 5
Genius i remember being in the theater feeling something i could not explain........whatever that feeling was.....it felt real to me
techprettyp 1 month ago 3
the music is just divine...Hans is a god!
stgianaful 1 month ago 4
This movie presents a great thought analysis-all things come from thought, even dreams. The houses people live in, work in,etc.
Everything is real and nothing is impossible. There is no such thing as 'not real.' People are always creating their own reality through sub/conciousness to the elemental world around them made of atoms. In other words, there isn't even really anything there, only raw material fastened together, i.e. wood, plastic, etc. Man uses for itself. Light moves fastest.
21227hend 1 month ago
I saw from another video that the ending is actually to show that he's not wearing his wedding ring. Every time he's in the dream world he's always wearing it so there you go. Don't reply to me since it's not really my idea - look up 'inception ending in 30 seconds' and feel free to practice your free speech there.
CouldsSkyHigh 1 month ago
The last scene is real life. The reason why they made it spin at the end is because we learn through the movie that being with his children is his "dream", so by spinning, it shows us that he have finally gotten what he wanted.
Gulldreggen 1 month ago 3
i think its real, one point is, the people in the airport doesn't attack someone, in dreams they attack, because they know there i someone other in their dreams
m3Grizzlee 1 month ago
doesnt matter if its fake or not, that is his reality.
TheZoelzer2 1 month ago
@TheZoelzer2 its our reality too. THANK THE HEAVENS!!!
CreationSGame01 3 weeks ago
Here's my theory: The spinning totem at the end isn't for Cobb-it's for us. It's letting us know that the movie isn't real, and that it's time to come back to reality. That's why the "Dream is Collapsing" music plays over the credits- haven't you noticed how, when a movie ends, the illusion of reality it creates comes apart? The audience "awakens" to the real world.
JimJava007 1 month ago
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Please explain how Ariadne and Fischer both require an extensive kick from limbo back to level one, but Cobb and Saito do not.
I myself have done extensive work proving the movie is a flashback where Cobb and "Saito" put together a narrative which makes up the entire movie, which ends in some sort of limbo.
davisstdude 1 month ago
its real because when he was dreaming he always was wearing a ring on his finger but now he has no ring so its real
JamilTagh 1 month ago
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JamilTagh 1 month ago
Doesn't this HAVE to be real??
In Cobb's dreams only the kids' backs are visible.
He's never able to get to them because of the regret that he didn't meet them before leaving.
So if his kids hugged him and spoke to him, doesn't it mean that he is not dreaming??
shia2cool 1 month ago
He doesn't care anymore. The point is he has let go of his past and just cares about the present.
JG129 1 month ago
-sigh-
It's real. The totem's wobbling and the director said you can hear a thud at the end.
msanntuyet 1 month ago
Perfect movie. Perfect music. Perfect ending.
UndercoverCracker 1 month ago 125
people say that totem is wobbling. I don't see no wobble.
gemini850 1 month ago
I need to know the ending. Is it real or fake. Is his real kids still fatherless?
gemini850 1 month ago
@gemini850 It's been debated on, but the key point is that the top that he spun was wavering as though it was about to fall. If you look at the other times that he spun the top, it spun without wavering.
ExMachina70 1 month ago
Perfect Ending.
YRQRM0 1 month ago
love the music as well...classic scene...
scenelover78 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
awesome music & film
what was that at 2:59 :)
MrTVERSKOE 1 month ago
There is no answer to the ending.
Whether it's a dream or reality.
It was done on purpose, to get us thinking and realize what is important o us.
If it was purpose done, you can bet that there's no "proof" saying it was a dream or a reality.
I would like to know the answer, but i don't mind not knowing.
This type of ending is what makes it a masterpiece.
Im proud to say i have a favorite "movie" now, and this is the only one on that list.
meikaina 1 month ago
@meikaina
WORD!
igorbugi 1 month ago
he is not dreaming because his children turned around and in the memory he failed to see his childrens faces. He also cannot dream himself , only relive memories.
thewatman 1 month ago
I saw this for the first time last week and i was literally freaking out over how epic the ending to this movie is. Never felt the same feeling in any other movie before.
D1LWEED 1 month ago
at the end when the totem keeps spinning, is it about to fall? or is he still in a dream?
cpbishurr 1 month ago
such a great movie, awesome ending as well. props to hans zimmer for composing such awesome music.
joshman879 1 month ago
This has to be the best movie ending ever.
italkshyt14 1 month ago
The main thing is that his back is turned towards his totem that he doesnt care hes with his kids now great movie =]
gabz777 1 month ago 48
@gabz777 Seriously, the top is NOT HIS TOTEM. His totem is his children's faces.
VonNietzsche 2 weeks ago
The answer to the conclusion of Inception lies in the riddle The Cobbs introduced: "You're waiting for a train, a train that will take you far away..."
longtran927 1 month ago
@longtran927 what do you mean?
soccerdude12793 1 month ago
@soccerdude12793 If you've watched the movie, then you know the riddle I'm referring to. If you read the entire riddle and know the answer, then you know what the ending means.
longtran927 1 month ago
This film has changed me and made me see things in different ways. This was a great achievement best film so far in my life
Trafalgarlaw990 1 month ago
Spoiler: THIS IS THE ONLY PART OF THE MOVIE THAT IS REAL!!! Cobb is an ordinary business traveller (most likely a widower, his parents-in-law taking care of the kids while he works), who meets another business traveller Fisher on the flight, perhaps engages in some small talk with him, and then falls asleep during the flight and has a vivid dream involving all of the passengers, and needless to say is not a fugitive and can enter US when he pleases.
SerbAtheist 1 month ago
@SerbAtheist
IMHO the worst theory about this ending
ELRingoFa 1 month ago
Porque Cobb no podía regresar a su hogar?
profesoriquique 1 month ago
@profesoriquique porqe tiene una orden de aprehension por "Matar a su esposa", aunque en realidad no lo hizo, ella se suicido
alanarturo 1 month ago
@profesoriquique fue acusado de matar a su esposa, ella se las ingenió para que parezca que tuvieron un discusión que se salió de control, además sobornó a psiquiatras para tener pruebas de su cordura, ella creía que este mundo es un sueño y que solo la muerte la haría ver el mundo real y fue Cob quien implantó esa idea en su mente así que sí provocó su muerte.
aspinia 1 month ago
who's that song?
SuperElizabetka 1 month ago
@SuperElizabetka Time by Hans Zimmer
danielpivo 1 month ago
@SuperElizabetka "Time" by Hans Zimmer, naturally. :)
anthony0242 1 month ago
Cobb only has his wedding ring on in the dream sequences. He's not wearing it throughout this whole end scene. You can tell when he goes to give his passport at the airport. He is finally home. NOT A DREAM.
elisaloxx 1 month ago
@elisaloxx Really? I always miss important details, but the endings... his totem didn't stop of course it seemed to fall soon but then the credits screen....
aspinia 1 month ago
soooo....hes lost forever then.
TheZoelzer2 1 month ago
3:15 "we're building a house on a cliff " aka it was all a dream
Bboydragon25 1 month ago
The most bothering part that make no sense at all is the air plane and airport scenes in the end:Cobb wakes up and he is very shocked,why?
he looks at Arthur and Ariadne like they are some strangers who just flying with him in the same plane,both of them looking at him and smiling to him without saying a word.Saito wakes up and Cobb looking at him with very angry face.
in the airport it seems like Cobb dosent know who are those people.
So is it all just bad acting or are we missing something
foucsmain247 1 month ago
@foucsmain247 Saito promised to let him into the country, Cobb was making sure that he made the call. Hopes this helps.
bmerriam5991 1 month ago
@bmerriam5991 ok so about this part I was wrong.
but the part that he dosent talk to anyone and looks at them like he dosent know who they are all seems wierd to me.
or maybe I am just trying to creat my own ending cause this one was a bit disappointing
to me,the movie beggins with cobb visting the old man and the scene stops.
at the end when this scene continues I kind of expected to something more surprising than "Saito got older and was waiting along time for Cobb to come back for him".
foucsmain247 1 month ago
@foucsmain247 He's not shocked, he's overwhelmed. Think about the massive journey he just undertook in his own mind. Its similar to how you might wake up after an absolutely exhausting nightmare. He looks around, gaining his bearings, trying to determine if the world he is in is real. I think this was the most beautiful and well acted scenes of the movie.
Cactusgod11 1 month ago
Inception has one of my all time favorite endings.
NafitzK 1 month ago
@0909scotfield You rant about Transformers having better sales and so it's better? I checked that in 2010 December in Europe, Wii had 24,9 million sales, PS3 had 19,7 million and Xbox 360 had 13,7 million. Using your logic, Wii is the best console. So in my opinion, it's not always the sales that matter. Thank you for reading my opinion.
Iwantedtosaythis 1 month ago
All the movie is a dream, he wakes up in the airplane, just notice that nobody recognise Cobb
micheckcheck 1 month ago