in my opinion the director chris nolan put an inception to the audiences brian with this spinner thing.
if the spinner falls then he is in reality, if the spinner keep on spinning he is dreaming. this is what the audience believes or should believe because this is his totem. but if we try to remimber how he gets this spinner we will realize that this was acutally mals totem and after her death he gets it as his own.
a totem does work if its the persons own totem and no one else do know its characteristics. but this is not the case. so cobbs spinner never works in this hole movie but the audience thinks to know when coob is dreaming or not.
great inception from chris nolan to us the audience....
i have to agree with cassiegb365. the ring is cobb's totem, remember, the top that he uses to check whether he is dreaming or not belong to mal not him. he only wears the ring during dreams because he is attached to mal in the dream not reality.
the fact that his children have the same clothes on when he sees them is false. both the girl and the boy have similar cloths on with different shoes. the boy has shorter hair and the girl has white sleeves in the end. rewatch the ending of the movie.
Here is a thought for you all. Notice that cobb does not have his wedding ring on in mombasa, is it possible he was not in his own dream...but could've been in eames dream? think about it jumping out of the window fighting off a bunch of armed (possibly projections) corporate security guards, dodging bullets, and to have but who appear to rescue him of all people??? Saito! hmmm makes you wonder if this whole inception was performed on cobb. =/
Yes the ring theory suggests that he is back in his original world. However, the important lesson of the movie is that we can never be sure of reality, only assume it. So, YES, he is back where he started, but how do we know that this is reality in the first place? The world we see is the one we assume to be real, but the coolest thing about this movie is that it calls into question what we experience. So this theory actually magnifies the power of the argument that reality is always uncertain
I have another theory if it was really a dream shouldn't his wife be there as well? because she's always there in his subconscious, always in his memories. Just a thought
@linghu7 I disagree with your opinion, because Cobb, when he went into limbo to save Fisher, admitted that Mel does not exist anymore and decided to let her go, but after that, when Cobb met with old Saito, he had a ring at hand, which means that the ring does not appear only if Cobb thinks Mel is alive, I think that the ring appears only in a dream
The only explanation for this is that Cobb was wearing the ring because Mel was still alive, and after Mel died he was no longer wearing the ring but the ring appeared only in dreams
I am also for this "ring theory" and I also watch the entire film slowly and I found the ring in all the scenes of dreams (I have not found the ring in scenes that are not a dream) but one thing is left unexplained.
that was very interesting, I didn't know that hteory. but in my opinion... how come the children don't have new clothes, hair cut, size.... and why are they in the same position, at the garden? if they are not memories... shouldn't they change? =D and notice, Maude is Guilt.... grandpa is Forgiveness? (sorry about the mistakes xD)
The ring itself does not tell you whether its dream or reality, it reflects what Cobb thinks about Mal. When he wears the ring, he thinks/knows that Mal is connected; and when he doesn't, he is in a state where he accepts that Mal is gone. While it seems the appearance of the ring coincides with dreams, there is no causal relationship. If Cobb accepts the fact that Mal is gone, that he lost her forever, that its time to live without her, no matter its in dream or reality, the ring won't appear.
@linghu7 not necessarily... you see I thought about that as well but when he is in tne second level of the dream as Mr. Charels and talking to Fischer telling him it's a dream he sees his kids TWICE as he saw them after Mal died thus accepting she is already dead PLUS she never apeard in that level of dream yet he still was wearing the ring :)
yes the ring means the crossing of the worlds this is correct it is said that Telsa himself spoke of the ring that appeared in the process of teleprocessing.
You forgot the mention that every scene where he wears the ring it is on his LEFT hand however the hand visible at the very END of the movie is his RIGHT hand. The end may still be a bit of a mystery
@ballathug69 At the airport and on the plane, you see his left hand. However, it's not quite clear at the very final scene if he's wearing it or not but you could assume that the plane, airport and the house is all in a smooth sequence so he shouldn't be wearing it.
The thing I'm wondering is how this specifically makes any significance. If the ring is a totem, then he should have it at all points to check reality, that's the whole point of a totem. There's more I need to say, but I can't :P
it just makes more sense that it's in limbo because otherwise there's no WAY he could have jumped back thru all the other levels so quickly just from one shot.
I'm aware that this video has quite a few flaws. I didn't expect this video to blow up to 24k views.. I was barely expecting a couple hundred. Because of this I'm remaking the video, and I will provide a link when it's finished. It may take me a while, because I'm busy. I'm sure the new video will have some flaws too.. but nothing is perfect. - Thank you all for watching, liking, and sharing the video. It's been great to respond to you guys, and talk about the movie.
@cassiegb365 hmm this theory is interesting but he is always wearing the ring in his left hand and in the end I cant really see his left hand, so i cant understand how you can tell if he's sleeping or awake.
@rewinder2008 @ the end you can see Cobb's totem spinning perfectly like if it were inside a dream, but suddently your eye catches some wobbling in the totem (watch it carefully)... so means he was living in reality.
But the top isn't necessarily his token...it's Mal's. That just indicates that Mal is no longer dreaming. Unless, he and Mal both had the same token, or he's in someone else's dream. Also, why aren't the kids any older, and why are they playing in the same scene as before?
Ok, they were married, that´s true, but then the wedding ring theory "collapses" with this scene. No ring = real / ring = no real. If in this scene Mal is so sure about all is not real and Cobb brings the ring, it means that is not real, so Mal have reason, almost in this scene. Is a bit brain blow....
@MarioVicoDrums The theory does not collapse. He would always have a reason to wear the ring when she is alive. The flashback shows when she is alive. After she commits suicide, he would have no reason to wear the ring outside the dream.
I´m totally agree with the Wedding Ring theory, but there´s a disturbing scene that makes me think other theories. Near the end of the movie, Cobb is explaining to Ariadne what happened in the room hotel during their wedding aniversary. Nolan uses the whole scene as explanation, the scene where Mel suicides herself because she thinks that Is not real. Cobb try to convince Mel that is real, that to suicide gives Mel to Limbo. But....if this is real...why Cobb is wearing the Wedding Ring?? Ooupss.
I think you're right, but maybe it could be a movie mistake that they thought no one would notice. That is why I came up with the theory that his wife is dead in the dream and in real life and he is still in limbo. That theory is a speck of doubt, but I still think you're right.
the ring theory is nicely deduced however, it might be just me but why was it that his kids were wearing the same clothes in the beginning and the end of the film and they were in the same position in both parts of the movie as well. coincidence???
Its implied at the end that he got passed his wifes death, so when he dreams, he wouldn't be fixated on her, and therefore, wouldn't have the ring. He'd be fixated on his kids, and since the guilt is lifted, will allow himself to see their faces.
The real totem is the phrase, "Take a leap of faith, or grow old with regrets," that only Saito and Cobbs know. Thats how Saito knew he was dreaming when Cobbs found him as an old man. They both escaped after that (suicide). That quote was the totem.
Oh come on EVERYONE KNOWS that Dicaprio drowns in Titanic, he is just in Limbo and thinks that he woke up on a dream, thus the whole movie was a dream, thus dreams inside his own dreams werent really there, since he was dead, and even though if mal really even did exist, she wanted to escape a dream level INSIDE multiple dream levels in limbo, thus both of them were dead and never escaped unless they somehow made it out of the titanic alive and even then, they would be in 3 dream states.
Holy shit, besides the reading, I love this version of the score. ^-^ With the movie playing along in certain parts it's addicting, I listen to it alllll the time
you can say that the wedding ring represented MAL. In the end, mal dies in limbo and he states that he has to let her go. So i believe the wedding ring will not appear during the dream state since Mal has died in his dream, limbo and real life. Cobb was still asleep
Michael Caine said it himself a long time ago that the ending is real because his character only appears in the real world. After second watch it was obvious to me how this ended and the ring theory just confirms this. It's a better ending too if he makes it back rather than being stuck in limbo.
The spinning top was only there to throw people off the truth. During the movie, we see a scene that clearly shows that the spinning top was Mal's totem, NOT DOM'S. Him spinning the top is totally pointless because it's not his totem; it can be inaccurate.
What if after he meets his wife in Limbo and 'moves' on from her memory she lost her grip on his memory of children and he is therefore able to see their faces again at the end. And since he 'let her go' in Limbo his subconcious removes his wedding ring after the Limbo scene; even if he is still dreaming.
I say he's still in Limbo with his wife, and all this was just a dream while being in Limbo. Why do i say this because his kids are the same age all throughout the film. He either left limbo and his brain is just mush or he's still stuck in limbo, and his mind is playing out this story trying to make everything right. What do ya think about that.
@voirdire If we follow the ring theory, there is a scene with the train-induced, double suicide. We see Mal laying on the bed. Then there's a kitchen scene with Mal slicing vegetables and Cob rests his hand on hers ( revealing the wedding ring ). Cob can tell the difference between a projection ( his "shade of a wife ) and the real deal. The wife is in a level different from him or escaped to reality. Cob is stuck in Limbo. Mal is constantly trying to save Cob by incepting the children
Debate is a healthy hallmark of great filmmaking IMHO. Ring theory, very interesting, a lot of importance is placed on their r/ship in the film. And I doubt he decided to wear a ring sometiems and not in other crucial moments. I also like that because it wasn't his totem it doesn't mean anything, HA! If it was and there was a question itd be when he 'wakes up' in Mumbasa and drops the top. I think he's just totally lost it and the fact that it's not even his Totem!? Wow LOL it means NOTHING haha
as much as I liked the Idea of this theorie and your video itself, I still think that if Cobb made up his own "world" in a dream and loosed awareness of the reality he would simply make his ring dissapear, cause in his mind the dream would be reality.
But you can never be 100% sure, thats the buitiful thing about inception, even if i do believe that it was a happy ending after all, or at least I hope so =)
i think the point of the ending to inception is that, whether he is dreaming or not, he is happy. that is why he walked away after he had spun the top, because he was content with this reality.
A question.Cobb said Saito after he has been shot "if you go to limbo,you remember nothing about real life".It happened Mal too.She forget all about real life and made limbo world her real world,but Cobb didnt forget the reality.He convinced her to kill themselfs and then they reached the real world.Saito forgot the real life too in limbo.Cobb reminded him that this isnt the real life and they came back.Why Cobb is the only one who doesnt forget real life in limbo?Because of he has totem?(ring)
While I'm a believe in the ring theory, plus I would like to think it was a "good" ending...
One thing that crossed my mind was that IF he was dreaming the whole time, it could be that each time Mal appears it is her re-entering into his dream trying to get him to come back to her. Like she is trying to preform the same inception on him that he did on her, and convince him that his current world isn't real, but she doesn't succeed.
you see what you want to see.. that was the theme. The ending doesn't matter if it's a dream or not.. it won't matter to Cobb because he doesn't know (or more importantly, care) that he's dreaming. It's serenity, he's still dreaming but he's happy. Ring or not
Cobb is also wearing his ring as an elderly man in the scene just after he shoes Mal. i know the "clothing" argument has been used also.. but really, when Ariadine, Cobb and Mal are in the 3rd level together in that appartment, Cobbs children are wearing the same clothing as they are in "reality" just 5 minutes later in the movie when Michael Cain takes him home. How did he know what his kids will be wearing the following day when he lands in LA?
Caine, the guy who played Leo's father in the movie said that [The spinning top] drops at the end, that's when he comes back on. If he is there it's real, because he is never in Leo's dream. He's the guy who invented the dream.
@free54rough fischer brought browning in with his own subconscious, why couldnt Cobb bring Miles? just saying, thats one of the beauties of this movie
The one thing which is clear is that we do not know what was Cobb's original totem. Our reality is that Cobb removed his wedding ring once Mal was dead in reality. Although Cobb substitutes the top, his metaphorical "totem" is the wedding ring. It is the "link" representing his inability to free himself from Mal. His subconscious populates any dream he is in, with Mal and the ring. Nolan gives you all you need at end. Mal's totem is perfect, it will spin on one imagined point perfectly. forever
I buy the grandfather theory, he was only in the reality, never dreaming with Cobb, never one of his projections. His father was the gateway to reality. In the movie he sees him in the airport and stares right into him, knowing that his Dad also means he is home. So i buy the theory that his Grandfather was the totem.
is it possible that the ring disappeared on the 3rd level after he shot mal? the scene you showed was after he had killed mal which makes him a widower in his mind on that level, even if it is in a dream. (the screen shot from the description didn't load for me)
@DDgrinder No. The ring is there, I just didn't catch it when editing the video. And I checked the screenshot. It still works for me.. so it can't be a broken link.
No that's not possible because in LIMBO (deeper then the 3rd level he still has the ring. Limbo is the place, Mal dies and Sato is an old man. And you can clearly see he is wearing his ring there.
@DDgrinder I didn't see it in the vid either after he shot Mal but the screenshot did it for me. It didn't load when I copied & pasted as is, just take out the spaces in the URL and retry it...
2:05:02 into the movie. It's a flashback, when Cobb is talking to Mal about how he achieved Inception. They just "killed" themselves with the train and wokeup, He's talking about how Mal was never the same again. There's a scene where Mal is holding a knife. Cobb holds her hand and he's wearing a ring. NOTE this was supposed to be reality.
@TackyNames They were married and together then, that was in the past when she was still alive, so It makes sense that Cobb is still wearing his ring. But once she dies he probably took it off and since she died the ring now appears in his dreams.
The ring (and the top incidentally) do not make sense as totems. Remember that a central point of the film is Cobb coming to terms with the loss of his wife. Throughout we are told that Cobb is unable to let go of Mal, which is why she haunts his dreams. That he has the ring on when he thinks he is dreaming signifies that he hasn't let go of her yet.
The wedding ring is a visual clue to Cobb's state of mind - it is not a totem. Just think about Arthurs explanation of how a totem works.
@cassiegb365 It wasn't in your video, its in the movie though. You know when Ariadne was asking Cobb about his past or something ( When they were in the warehouse in the first dreamsate in fischer's mind). In the flash back whe mal jumped off the ledge, I'm pretty sure i saw Cobb have his wedding ring on. Try to analyse that scene in the movie.
@IkilledChocolate They were married and together then, that was in the past when she was still alive, so It makes sense that Cobb is still wearing his ring. But once she dies he probably took it off and since she died the ring now appears in his dreams.
@IkilledChocolate Cobb should have his ring on the entire time. Reason being: They were in a dream when he was explaining it. Then as he was explaining it, it was either a flashback of him and his wife in reality, or a flashback of him and his wife while they were in the dream. So it makes sense for all situations. Either he was dreaming, or still married to his wife (while she was alive). Sorry for the late response.
the people that subscribe to this ring theory are somewhat ridiculous... not because they're wrong, i think it's reasonable and right... but you're going to buy something like the wedding ring theory then why overlook the obvious one... the fact that he can finally SEE his kids at the end... no need to pay attention to whether he is wearing a ring in this scene or that scene... he could never see his kids in his dream because MAL was blocking him from doing so...
@ANTIMKrebirth I was a bit late seeing this comment.. I wasn't notified of it. - Yeah. You're right. Like I said.. there's a lot of theories behind this all. This is just one of them. When I read about it, I was curious to see if it was true or not, so I made the video showing the scenes for everyone else to see as well. There may be a better video now, but at the time there wasn't a video showing the scenes, or pictures, or anything.
@ANTIMKrebirth Copp was giving a chance to see his kids in dreams when he went down to save fischer, instead he chose not to, so i guess he couldve seen his childern if he wanted to. that's just my guess though, i can be wrong.
The presence of the ring coincides with the presence of Mal. In every level the audience is told Cobb is in a dream state, Mal is also present in every dream level right until the end. From the beginning of the film, Cobb's motivation is to keep Mal and his memories of her alive in his dreams but on the top level/reality, he motivation is to get home to see his kids. If Cobb were in a dream state at all times, Mal would also be there until the let go of the memory of her at the end of the film.
I'm not arguing whether Cobb is wearing his ring ornnot. Just that it doesn't matter. He could be in a dream in which he doesn't wear his ring. I have an alternative theory: Cobb does not have wires attached to him when he wakes up on the plane. What? They detached him the instant they got out of Saito's limbo? He's still in a dream! Ring-wearing doesn't matter - it's and extra detail.
@SxbYT Him and Saito were in limbo after the kicks were done. There was no need for Authur to keep the wires attached to them because all they needed to do was wake up after the sedative wore off. Also had they kept the wires on them, Fisher would've known something was up. They had to remove everything before Fisher woke up.
Unfortunately, Cobb not wearing a ring in one of the dream/reality layer is not sufficient to distinguish between them - even if Nolan intended it, it could be that in this top most layer he doesn,t wear the ring because he THINKS it's reality while he know the others are dreams
@SxbYT Cobbs was wearing his ring. The video I had just wasn't clear enough and I didn't catch it. Someone else did, and took a screenshot. The screen shot is in the description.
I just love how "fans" are trying to solve the "mystery" of the ending. Nolan himself said that the audience is not supposed to know whether it's a dream or not due to the fact that Cobb is not sure. You can come up with all these theories to prove or disprove, but it all comes down to: You're not supposed to know.
@ikarithereaper You're wrong. Nolan did not say that. Show me some proof. He said himself that he believes that Coob came back to his real kids. But also that Cobb deosn't care anymore either. However, he doesn't comment on the ending because he doesn't want to give anything away. he started explaining Memento at Venice but his brother stopped him there also and told him to let the audience figure it out on their own. And there is more evidence that he is in reality besides the one mentiond here
i know that theory is 100% true.. i did posted after my 3th time watching the movie on IMDB :D so, every 1 got a totem to tell if he's dreaming or not, every1 including us (the Audience) and our totem is Cobb's Wedding Ring !... the end was on real life for sure.. another prove.. after the screen goes black at the end... w8 a lil then the music will stop.. and u can hear the top tobbel clear and sound :)
i know that theory is 100% true.. i did posted after my 3th time watching the movie on IMDB.com :D so, every 1 got a totem to tell if he's dreaming or not, every1 including us (the Audience) and our totem is Cobb's Wedding Ring !... the end was on real life for sure.. another prove.. after the screen goes black at the end... w8 a lil then the music will stop.. and u can hear the top tobbel clear and sound :)
the ring theory is very interesting in its attention to details, but it does not prove anything. the whole movie is based on its own flimsy logic which makes it possible for an innumerable number of interpretations - including this one.
I think the top is his wifes totem and has no validity just used as a distraction...the wedding wring is the viewers (our) totem and the kids faces are cobbs totem
this is a great theory, but the ring is put there by Cobbs own illusion, and he thinks its real at the end... but it may not be, what he couldn't remember was his children's face which the film didn't show, but the children had the same clothes, which is one of the reasons why he is still in the dream world.
@lilsn00py1 At the end of the film Cobb’s kids are wearing similar outfits to the ones he remembers, but their shoes are different. As for their ages: if you check IMDB, there are actually two set of actors credited with playing Cobb’s kids. The daughter, Phillipa, is credited as being both 3 and 5 years old, while the son, James, is credited as being both 20 months and 3 years old. -- This movie has a lot of things to look out for. The ring was just the only thing I covered.
@cassiegb365 at the end they dont show cobbs hand to see if he is wearing his wedding ring, becouse they only show his right hand that he spins the top with,, and he wears his wedding ring on the left, which we dont get a shot of
@JOKAWILD26 I'm aware that he spins the top with his right hand, but he shows the back of his left hand to the camera when he places his hand on the chair.
@lilsn00py1 The little girl doesn't have the same clothes on... at the start she is wearing a pink dress with pink sleeves but at the end shes wearing a pink dress with white sleeves...this coupled with the ring theory makes me think it was not a dream at the end.
Heres a theory. something ive often heard is that he doesnt have the ring in the airport or att home because he let go of mal. BUT: i didnt check but if he has the ring when hes talking to saito at the end in the limbo then that would prove he wakes up in the end because he already let go of mal wen he spoke to saito.
is it just me or did we not a get clear shot of his left hand at home in the end....he spins the token with his right hand...wedding bands go on the left hand which he rests on the chair...clarification please?
in my opinion the director chris nolan put an inception to the audiences brian with this spinner thing.
if the spinner falls then he is in reality, if the spinner keep on spinning he is dreaming. this is what the audience believes or should believe because this is his totem. but if we try to remimber how he gets this spinner we will realize that this was acutally mals totem and after her death he gets it as his own.
Sariz38 4 weeks ago
a totem does work if its the persons own totem and no one else do know its characteristics. but this is not the case. so cobbs spinner never works in this hole movie but the audience thinks to know when coob is dreaming or not.
great inception from chris nolan to us the audience....
Sariz38 4 weeks ago
The whole film wasn't a dream, it was a nightmare.
Extra credit goes to Hans Zimmer for those fantastic scores.
I'm probably asleep typing this, who knows...
viciouswhips 1 month ago
i have to agree with cassiegb365. the ring is cobb's totem, remember, the top that he uses to check whether he is dreaming or not belong to mal not him. he only wears the ring during dreams because he is attached to mal in the dream not reality.
the fact that his children have the same clothes on when he sees them is false. both the girl and the boy have similar cloths on with different shoes. the boy has shorter hair and the girl has white sleeves in the end. rewatch the ending of the movie.
soto293 1 month ago 2
Here is a thought for you all. Notice that cobb does not have his wedding ring on in mombasa, is it possible he was not in his own dream...but could've been in eames dream? think about it jumping out of the window fighting off a bunch of armed (possibly projections) corporate security guards, dodging bullets, and to have but who appear to rescue him of all people??? Saito! hmmm makes you wonder if this whole inception was performed on cobb. =/
rednosechulo 1 month ago
@rednosechulo mombasa is real...
shoelaceking 1 month ago
Yes the ring theory suggests that he is back in his original world. However, the important lesson of the movie is that we can never be sure of reality, only assume it. So, YES, he is back where he started, but how do we know that this is reality in the first place? The world we see is the one we assume to be real, but the coolest thing about this movie is that it calls into question what we experience. So this theory actually magnifies the power of the argument that reality is always uncertain
aWinkler2010 1 month ago
Also his children are no older and are still wearing the Sam close
gamersgamersgamers 1 month ago
I have another theory if it was really a dream shouldn't his wife be there as well? because she's always there in his subconscious, always in his memories. Just a thought
SxySkySxy 1 month ago
@linghu7 I disagree with your opinion, because Cobb, when he went into limbo to save Fisher, admitted that Mel does not exist anymore and decided to let her go, but after that, when Cobb met with old Saito, he had a ring at hand, which means that the ring does not appear only if Cobb thinks Mel is alive, I think that the ring appears only in a dream
cubanrastaman 1 month ago
The only explanation for this is that Cobb was wearing the ring because Mel was still alive, and after Mel died he was no longer wearing the ring but the ring appeared only in dreams
cubanrastaman 1 month ago
Second screenshot is in the hotel room when Mel decided to kill herself, Cobbs also had a ring (screenshot2) and this also was a
dream. If this was a dream, Mel did not kill herself???
What do you think about this? Can someone explain my doubts?
I'm sorry if my English are not very good
cubanrastaman 1 month ago
(I don`t have time to read all posts to se if someone has already explained my question) :)
First screenshot is the scene when Cobbs remembers when Mel and he came out of limbo and back to reality, but Mel is thought
that is not reality, she thought it was a dream and that they must kill yourself to get back to reality. Cobbs is thought that
this was reality and he thought that Mel went crazy, but in this period, Cobbs had a ring (screenshot1) so it can be concluded
that this was a dream.
cubanrastaman 1 month ago
Excellent video,
I am also for this "ring theory" and I also watch the entire film slowly and I found the ring in all the scenes of dreams (I have not found the ring in scenes that are not a dream) but one thing is left unexplained.
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cubanrastaman 1 month ago
@cubanrastaman He was wearing the ring because his wife was still alive at that moment.. After she died there was no need for the ring..
OneOfTheSmurfs 1 month ago
@cubanrastaman Those are screenshots from the flashback when he's still married to a living Mal. They don't count.
cory849 1 month ago
Effort!
TheGreatlookinguy 1 month ago
B&O remote at 4:56 :)
bjarkeml 2 months ago
whoa. i have only seen this movie once. my mind. it is blown.
MovieMusicNerd1 2 months ago
I still think that Cobb's totem is about to fall in the very end. It starts to shake just a little bit in the very very end.
huikuri 2 months ago
that was very interesting, I didn't know that hteory. but in my opinion... how come the children don't have new clothes, hair cut, size.... and why are they in the same position, at the garden? if they are not memories... shouldn't they change? =D and notice, Maude is Guilt.... grandpa is Forgiveness? (sorry about the mistakes xD)
silvercopo 2 months ago
@silvercopo actually they do grow
they are even casted by two diferent sets of children, check IMDB
their is casted a kid for the song age 5, and another kid for the song age 7
so with the girl, age 7 and then age 9
mrcoolyandoporlavida 2 months ago
The ring itself does not tell you whether its dream or reality, it reflects what Cobb thinks about Mal. When he wears the ring, he thinks/knows that Mal is connected; and when he doesn't, he is in a state where he accepts that Mal is gone. While it seems the appearance of the ring coincides with dreams, there is no causal relationship. If Cobb accepts the fact that Mal is gone, that he lost her forever, that its time to live without her, no matter its in dream or reality, the ring won't appear.
linghu7 2 months ago 10
@linghu7 not necessarily... you see I thought about that as well but when he is in tne second level of the dream as Mr. Charels and talking to Fischer telling him it's a dream he sees his kids TWICE as he saw them after Mal died thus accepting she is already dead PLUS she never apeard in that level of dream yet he still was wearing the ring :)
AngmarKingBG 1 month ago
@linghu7 dude you are so deep...
wow
tomasthegreen 1 month ago
That wife is FUCKING CREEPY!!!
StickManProductionss 2 months ago 3
@StickManProductionss that doesnt matter, as long has he has 3 warm holes to stick it in.
icodize 1 month ago
How many times did you have to watch this to catch the ring thing ? I've seen this I don't know how many times and never noticed it. I feel unworthy.
tonihka57 2 months ago
yes the ring means the crossing of the worlds this is correct it is said that Telsa himself spoke of the ring that appeared in the process of teleprocessing.
BusinessButterfly 2 months ago
listen carefully to the spinning sound of the totem at the end of this movie and you'll see what really happened >_^
LonglivethekingMJJ 2 months ago
@TheMasamura112 what about he time when Cobb was unable to spin his totem the restroom? Did you think about that?
Kebedew 2 months ago
You forgot the mention that every scene where he wears the ring it is on his LEFT hand however the hand visible at the very END of the movie is his RIGHT hand. The end may still be a bit of a mystery
ballathug69 2 months ago
@ballathug69 At the airport and on the plane, you see his left hand. However, it's not quite clear at the very final scene if he's wearing it or not but you could assume that the plane, airport and the house is all in a smooth sequence so he shouldn't be wearing it.
The thing I'm wondering is how this specifically makes any significance. If the ring is a totem, then he should have it at all points to check reality, that's the whole point of a totem. There's more I need to say, but I can't :P
lyndsayiu5 2 months ago
The ring is in the screenshot!
NagChompers 2 months ago
the ring is the audience's totem and not Cobb's totem
WheatDos 2 months ago
it just makes more sense that it's in limbo because otherwise there's no WAY he could have jumped back thru all the other levels so quickly just from one shot.
DanielMarrin 2 months ago
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mramirez1974 2 months ago
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@DanielMarrin He could have if the sedative had worn off by that point.
mramirez1974 2 months ago
Mal scares me.
chocobosROK 2 months ago
I'm aware that this video has quite a few flaws. I didn't expect this video to blow up to 24k views.. I was barely expecting a couple hundred. Because of this I'm remaking the video, and I will provide a link when it's finished. It may take me a while, because I'm busy. I'm sure the new video will have some flaws too.. but nothing is perfect. - Thank you all for watching, liking, and sharing the video. It's been great to respond to you guys, and talk about the movie.
-Cassie
cassiegb365 2 months ago 10
@cassiegb365 hmm this theory is interesting but he is always wearing the ring in his left hand and in the end I cant really see his left hand, so i cant understand how you can tell if he's sleeping or awake.
rewinder2008 2 months ago
@rewinder2008 @ the end you can see Cobb's totem spinning perfectly like if it were inside a dream, but suddently your eye catches some wobbling in the totem (watch it carefully)... so means he was living in reality.
TheMasamura112 2 months ago
@cassiegb365 thank you cassie for making this video...i LOVE this movie and I've gotten more insight into it now.
irish8110 1 month ago
@cassiegb365 just saying great video, but its cobb. Not cobbs
darknesox7 1 day ago
in the dream he can't see the face of his kids, so its reality...something else? (i don't use to write english e,e)
matasangrones 2 months ago
@matasangrones no in the dream he didnt want to see their faces so that he wouldnt remember them as projectiles (or someting)
swe98geek 2 months ago
But the top isn't necessarily his token...it's Mal's. That just indicates that Mal is no longer dreaming. Unless, he and Mal both had the same token, or he's in someone else's dream. Also, why aren't the kids any older, and why are they playing in the same scene as before?
SafetysuitEnthusiast 3 months ago
Ok, they were married, that´s true, but then the wedding ring theory "collapses" with this scene. No ring = real / ring = no real. If in this scene Mal is so sure about all is not real and Cobb brings the ring, it means that is not real, so Mal have reason, almost in this scene. Is a bit brain blow....
MarioVicoDrums 3 months ago
@MarioVicoDrums The theory does not collapse. He would always have a reason to wear the ring when she is alive. The flashback shows when she is alive. After she commits suicide, he would have no reason to wear the ring outside the dream.
falco621 3 months ago
I´m totally agree with the Wedding Ring theory, but there´s a disturbing scene that makes me think other theories. Near the end of the movie, Cobb is explaining to Ariadne what happened in the room hotel during their wedding aniversary. Nolan uses the whole scene as explanation, the scene where Mel suicides herself because she thinks that Is not real. Cobb try to convince Mel that is real, that to suicide gives Mel to Limbo. But....if this is real...why Cobb is wearing the Wedding Ring?? Ooupss.
MarioVicoDrums 3 months ago
@MarioVicoDrums because they were married at that time. Obviously.
MasonGillis 3 months ago 2
The children were casted as different actors, and it was just a theatrical method, giving the children the same clothes and position.
PurpleTaco55 3 months ago
I think you're right, but maybe it could be a movie mistake that they thought no one would notice. That is why I came up with the theory that his wife is dead in the dream and in real life and he is still in limbo. That theory is a speck of doubt, but I still think you're right.
dudbomb3000 3 months ago
IM CONVINCED NOW THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO...HE WAS NOT DREAMING YAY!
jordyboy321 3 months ago
THEY DONT WEAR THE SAME CLOTHES FFS! get over it
jordyboy321 3 months ago
the ring theory is nicely deduced however, it might be just me but why was it that his kids were wearing the same clothes in the beginning and the end of the film and they were in the same position in both parts of the movie as well. coincidence???
fnkytklr7 3 months ago
Brilliant. Well done.
gomcse 3 months ago
God, the ring thing is just a hoax, it's not his totem! I think the little top may be his totem too.
doublediamondskier 3 months ago
The hands you are showing are different. At times it is his right hand, and when he is wearing the ring it's on his left hand.
ForeverDemiAndSelena 3 months ago
Its implied at the end that he got passed his wifes death, so when he dreams, he wouldn't be fixated on her, and therefore, wouldn't have the ring. He'd be fixated on his kids, and since the guilt is lifted, will allow himself to see their faces.
The real totem is the phrase, "Take a leap of faith, or grow old with regrets," that only Saito and Cobbs know. Thats how Saito knew he was dreaming when Cobbs found him as an old man. They both escaped after that (suicide). That quote was the totem.
Karnezar 3 months ago
Oh come on EVERYONE KNOWS that Dicaprio drowns in Titanic, he is just in Limbo and thinks that he woke up on a dream, thus the whole movie was a dream, thus dreams inside his own dreams werent really there, since he was dead, and even though if mal really even did exist, she wanted to escape a dream level INSIDE multiple dream levels in limbo, thus both of them were dead and never escaped unless they somehow made it out of the titanic alive and even then, they would be in 3 dream states.
lizardgizzard108 3 months ago
Holy shit, besides the reading, I love this version of the score. ^-^ With the movie playing along in certain parts it's addicting, I listen to it alllll the time
Amandahernandez8 4 months ago
you can say that the wedding ring represented MAL. In the end, mal dies in limbo and he states that he has to let her go. So i believe the wedding ring will not appear during the dream state since Mal has died in his dream, limbo and real life. Cobb was still asleep
kalel0984 4 months ago
in the words of biggie.... It was all a dream!
benjaminmoxley 4 months ago
Michael Caine said it himself a long time ago that the ending is real because his character only appears in the real world. After second watch it was obvious to me how this ended and the ring theory just confirms this. It's a better ending too if he makes it back rather than being stuck in limbo.
shadowguy20004 4 months ago
The spinning top was only there to throw people off the truth. During the movie, we see a scene that clearly shows that the spinning top was Mal's totem, NOT DOM'S. Him spinning the top is totally pointless because it's not his totem; it can be inaccurate.
Shawn4815162342 4 months ago
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Theories... I guess I need to see this movie..
RodaSmash 4 months ago
I'm not convinced and here is why:
What if after he meets his wife in Limbo and 'moves' on from her memory she lost her grip on his memory of children and he is therefore able to see their faces again at the end. And since he 'let her go' in Limbo his subconcious removes his wedding ring after the Limbo scene; even if he is still dreaming.
Thoughts?
JayBrandPS3 4 months ago
I say he's still in Limbo with his wife, and all this was just a dream while being in Limbo. Why do i say this because his kids are the same age all throughout the film. He either left limbo and his brain is just mush or he's still stuck in limbo, and his mind is playing out this story trying to make everything right. What do ya think about that.
voirdire 4 months ago
@voirdire If we follow the ring theory, there is a scene with the train-induced, double suicide. We see Mal laying on the bed. Then there's a kitchen scene with Mal slicing vegetables and Cob rests his hand on hers ( revealing the wedding ring ). Cob can tell the difference between a projection ( his "shade of a wife ) and the real deal. The wife is in a level different from him or escaped to reality. Cob is stuck in Limbo. Mal is constantly trying to save Cob by incepting the children
MrAgmoore 3 weeks ago
@MrAgmoore no, because that time he was actually married with her and she was alive. But after she dies he only uses the ring on dreams...
fajflai 1 week ago
Debate is a healthy hallmark of great filmmaking IMHO. Ring theory, very interesting, a lot of importance is placed on their r/ship in the film. And I doubt he decided to wear a ring sometiems and not in other crucial moments. I also like that because it wasn't his totem it doesn't mean anything, HA! If it was and there was a question itd be when he 'wakes up' in Mumbasa and drops the top. I think he's just totally lost it and the fact that it's not even his Totem!? Wow LOL it means NOTHING haha
easydoesitproducions 4 months ago
WHAT SONG IS THIS?!?!?!?
AndysMouseRatBand 4 months ago
@AndysMouseRatBand hans zimmer-time....amazing right hahahahaha
kaithebb720 4 months ago
@kaithebb720
all of the history on earth...from the dawn of man to now can be shown with this song as the score....there is simpily no other way *-*
AndysMouseRatBand 4 months ago
@AndysMouseRatBand haha this song is just the best. for the movie dark knight rises i can't imagine what hans zimmer will be composing
kaithebb720 4 months ago
You know his name is Cobb right? :)
watchit123412 4 months ago
YES!!! I can die happy now that I know he is awake.
pinklavigne231 4 months ago
as much as I liked the Idea of this theorie and your video itself, I still think that if Cobb made up his own "world" in a dream and loosed awareness of the reality he would simply make his ring dissapear, cause in his mind the dream would be reality.
But you can never be 100% sure, thats the buitiful thing about inception, even if i do believe that it was a happy ending after all, or at least I hope so =)
Sooleawaa 4 months ago
i think the point of the ending to inception is that, whether he is dreaming or not, he is happy. that is why he walked away after he had spun the top, because he was content with this reality.
MomentumFreerunners 5 months ago
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A question.Cobb said Saito after he has been shot "if you go to limbo,you remember nothing about real life".It happened Mal too.She forget all about real life and made limbo world her real world,but Cobb didnt forget the reality.He convinced her to kill themselfs and then they reached the real world.Saito forgot the real life too in limbo.Cobb reminded him that this isnt the real life and they came back.Why Cobb is the only one who doesnt forget real life in limbo?Because of he has totem?(ring)
marul07 5 months ago
While I'm a believe in the ring theory, plus I would like to think it was a "good" ending...
One thing that crossed my mind was that IF he was dreaming the whole time, it could be that each time Mal appears it is her re-entering into his dream trying to get him to come back to her. Like she is trying to preform the same inception on him that he did on her, and convince him that his current world isn't real, but she doesn't succeed.
roosterfish17 5 months ago
Do you have a good still shot at the end of Cobb not wearing a wedding ring? I did a still shot and it looks like he is at 9:01
They're really blurry though. I can send you the shots if you're curious.
Einsteinium007 5 months ago
Nice theory, but I am still not convinced. In my opinion the whole movie takes place in the dream...
Drudenfusz 5 months ago
Yay for evidence of a happy ending!!
rcarass1 5 months ago
did any one think how did the kids call him at some hotel in japan from the US...?
kryptox666 5 months ago
you see what you want to see.. that was the theme. The ending doesn't matter if it's a dream or not.. it won't matter to Cobb because he doesn't know (or more importantly, care) that he's dreaming. It's serenity, he's still dreaming but he's happy. Ring or not
jesusbunny88 5 months ago
Cobb is also wearing his ring as an elderly man in the scene just after he shoes Mal. i know the "clothing" argument has been used also.. but really, when Ariadine, Cobb and Mal are in the 3rd level together in that appartment, Cobbs children are wearing the same clothing as they are in "reality" just 5 minutes later in the movie when Michael Cain takes him home. How did he know what his kids will be wearing the following day when he lands in LA?
jesusbunny88 5 months ago
@jesusbunny88 shoes=shoots. And he didn't shoot her, Ariadine did. I got a little ahead of myself haha
jesusbunny88 5 months ago
i remember watching and everyone was so quiet concentrating on the totem and then when its finished everyone was like noooooo
queenzakiya91 5 months ago
His name isn't Cobbs... Its Cobb. Just sayin'.
barricade3 5 months ago
you sir have saved me countless nights of restlessness thinking about this. thank you.
BlindFist 5 months ago
great video, i think you did a great job of putting it together
luciddreamer124 6 months ago
Frodo should be here, it'll be easier finding that ring.
jmelaya 6 months ago 38
Caine, the guy who played Leo's father in the movie said that [The spinning top] drops at the end, that's when he comes back on. If he is there it's real, because he is never in Leo's dream. He's the guy who invented the dream.
free54rough 6 months ago
@free54rough fischer brought browning in with his own subconscious, why couldnt Cobb bring Miles? just saying, thats one of the beauties of this movie
kryptox666 5 months ago
arhur is hot
tashaMELY 6 months ago
Why the name of this movie is INCEPTION? :)))))
VisualEffects777 6 months ago
@VisualEffects777 Uh.. did you even watch the movie?
cassiegb365 6 months ago 114
People overlook the most obvious aspect of why it's reality. If it WERE a dream, Mal would have WOKEN HIM UP.
End of story. I don't even need to explain any further because that's honestly the most obvious it can get.
Bassbait 6 months ago 2
The top isn't the totem. Obviously. Remember he said to never let anyone touch your totem? Many people touched his totem so that's not the totem :)
Rockstarpimpftw 6 months ago
The one thing which is clear is that we do not know what was Cobb's original totem. Our reality is that Cobb removed his wedding ring once Mal was dead in reality. Although Cobb substitutes the top, his metaphorical "totem" is the wedding ring. It is the "link" representing his inability to free himself from Mal. His subconscious populates any dream he is in, with Mal and the ring. Nolan gives you all you need at end. Mal's totem is perfect, it will spin on one imagined point perfectly. forever
CWMax 6 months ago
I buy the grandfather theory, he was only in the reality, never dreaming with Cobb, never one of his projections. His father was the gateway to reality. In the movie he sees him in the airport and stares right into him, knowing that his Dad also means he is home. So i buy the theory that his Grandfather was the totem.
PapomanResurrect 6 months ago
is it possible that the ring disappeared on the 3rd level after he shot mal? the scene you showed was after he had killed mal which makes him a widower in his mind on that level, even if it is in a dream. (the screen shot from the description didn't load for me)
DDgrinder 6 months ago 4
@DDgrinder No. The ring is there, I just didn't catch it when editing the video. And I checked the screenshot. It still works for me.. so it can't be a broken link.
cassiegb365 6 months ago
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9mizzle 3 months ago
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No that's not possible because in LIMBO (deeper then the 3rd level he still has the ring. Limbo is the place, Mal dies and Sato is an old man. And you can clearly see he is wearing his ring there.
yenr35 5 months ago
@DDgrinder I didn't see it in the vid either after he shot Mal but the screenshot did it for me. It didn't load when I copied & pasted as is, just take out the spaces in the URL and retry it...
natitg 2 months ago
2:05:02 into the movie. It's a flashback, when Cobb is talking to Mal about how he achieved Inception. They just "killed" themselves with the train and wokeup, He's talking about how Mal was never the same again. There's a scene where Mal is holding a knife. Cobb holds her hand and he's wearing a ring. NOTE this was supposed to be reality.
TackyNames 6 months ago
@TackyNames They were married and together then, that was in the past when she was still alive, so It makes sense that Cobb is still wearing his ring. But once she dies he probably took it off and since she died the ring now appears in his dreams.
DDgrinder 6 months ago
The ring (and the top incidentally) do not make sense as totems. Remember that a central point of the film is Cobb coming to terms with the loss of his wife. Throughout we are told that Cobb is unable to let go of Mal, which is why she haunts his dreams. That he has the ring on when he thinks he is dreaming signifies that he hasn't let go of her yet.
The wedding ring is a visual clue to Cobb's state of mind - it is not a totem. Just think about Arthurs explanation of how a totem works.
TawntheAtheist 6 months ago 5
@TawntheAtheist You're right the ring isn't truly a totem but I think that we can still use it to tell between reality and the dream world
DDgrinder 6 months ago
@DDgrinder How can it help tell between reality and the dream if it isn't even a totem?
TawntheAtheist 6 months ago
In his flash back when Cobb tells Ariadne how mal died, Cobb had his ring on. Does that mean they were just married, or was mal really in a dream?
IkilledChocolate 7 months ago
@IkilledChocolate Can you show me what scene you are talking about specifically by typing in the time that it came on? Example: 3:31
cassiegb365 7 months ago
@cassiegb365 It wasn't in your video, its in the movie though. You know when Ariadne was asking Cobb about his past or something ( When they were in the warehouse in the first dreamsate in fischer's mind). In the flash back whe mal jumped off the ledge, I'm pretty sure i saw Cobb have his wedding ring on. Try to analyse that scene in the movie.
IkilledChocolate 7 months ago
@IkilledChocolate They were married and together then, that was in the past when she was still alive, so It makes sense that Cobb is still wearing his ring. But once she dies he probably took it off and since she died the ring now appears in his dreams.
DDgrinder 6 months ago
@IkilledChocolate Cobb should have his ring on the entire time. Reason being: They were in a dream when he was explaining it. Then as he was explaining it, it was either a flashback of him and his wife in reality, or a flashback of him and his wife while they were in the dream. So it makes sense for all situations. Either he was dreaming, or still married to his wife (while she was alive). Sorry for the late response.
cassiegb365 7 months ago
his name is cobb, not cobbs.
DownWithLiquid 7 months ago
@DownWithLiquid lol.. so sue me. It's a bit late to change that now, isn't it?
cassiegb365 7 months ago
@cassiegb365 yeah just pointing it out, wasn't sure you knew
DownWithLiquid 7 months ago
The ring theory makes sense, Cobb can only see Mal in his dreams, Mal was his wife.
Therefore, he only has a wedding ring on in his dreams, because Mal is there.
Rayman4321 7 months ago 3
Leo's character does admit that no one is supposed to know what each others totem is. That would include the audience. I like this theory.
MrCaptainDerp 7 months ago 3
this seems legitimately conclusive. it's too perfect to be coincidence.
Erodyne 8 months ago
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Erodyne 8 months ago
the people that subscribe to this ring theory are somewhat ridiculous... not because they're wrong, i think it's reasonable and right... but you're going to buy something like the wedding ring theory then why overlook the obvious one... the fact that he can finally SEE his kids at the end... no need to pay attention to whether he is wearing a ring in this scene or that scene... he could never see his kids in his dream because MAL was blocking him from doing so...
ANTIMKrebirth 8 months ago 18
@ANTIMKrebirth I was a bit late seeing this comment.. I wasn't notified of it. - Yeah. You're right. Like I said.. there's a lot of theories behind this all. This is just one of them. When I read about it, I was curious to see if it was true or not, so I made the video showing the scenes for everyone else to see as well. There may be a better video now, but at the time there wasn't a video showing the scenes, or pictures, or anything.
cassiegb365 6 months ago 6
@ANTIMKrebirth this is not true because in one scene mal wants cobb to see the kids and cobb says no because he refuses to see them in a dream.
fedhayoster 6 months ago
@ANTIMKrebirth Yeah, but the people on the other side say it's a trick of his dream that he can see his kids, so the ring people go into detail, lol.
KaesoCorvinus 5 months ago
@ANTIMKrebirth Copp was giving a chance to see his kids in dreams when he went down to save fischer, instead he chose not to, so i guess he couldve seen his childern if he wanted to. that's just my guess though, i can be wrong.
balla7t 4 months ago
it actually does show his ring for a split sec in the whole cafe scene so ur right :)
geoff0707 8 months ago
The presence of the ring coincides with the presence of Mal. In every level the audience is told Cobb is in a dream state, Mal is also present in every dream level right until the end. From the beginning of the film, Cobb's motivation is to keep Mal and his memories of her alive in his dreams but on the top level/reality, he motivation is to get home to see his kids. If Cobb were in a dream state at all times, Mal would also be there until the let go of the memory of her at the end of the film.
c4james1 8 months ago
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c4james1 8 months ago
I'm not arguing whether Cobb is wearing his ring ornnot. Just that it doesn't matter. He could be in a dream in which he doesn't wear his ring. I have an alternative theory: Cobb does not have wires attached to him when he wakes up on the plane. What? They detached him the instant they got out of Saito's limbo? He's still in a dream! Ring-wearing doesn't matter - it's and extra detail.
SxbYT 8 months ago
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c4james1 8 months ago
@SxbYT Him and Saito were in limbo after the kicks were done. There was no need for Authur to keep the wires attached to them because all they needed to do was wake up after the sedative wore off. Also had they kept the wires on them, Fisher would've known something was up. They had to remove everything before Fisher woke up.
c4james1 8 months ago
Unfortunately, Cobb not wearing a ring in one of the dream/reality layer is not sufficient to distinguish between them - even if Nolan intended it, it could be that in this top most layer he doesn,t wear the ring because he THINKS it's reality while he know the others are dreams
SxbYT 8 months ago
@SxbYT Cobbs was wearing his ring. The video I had just wasn't clear enough and I didn't catch it. Someone else did, and took a screenshot. The screen shot is in the description.
cassiegb365 8 months ago
The ring was cobbs totem, because the top was malls that totem would not work for Cobb so the ring must be his.
JJ75991 9 months ago
I just love how "fans" are trying to solve the "mystery" of the ending. Nolan himself said that the audience is not supposed to know whether it's a dream or not due to the fact that Cobb is not sure. You can come up with all these theories to prove or disprove, but it all comes down to: You're not supposed to know.
ikarithereaper 9 months ago
@ikarithereaper Ouch. My heart.
cassiegb365 9 months ago 5
@ikarithereaper You're wrong. Nolan did not say that. Show me some proof. He said himself that he believes that Coob came back to his real kids. But also that Cobb deosn't care anymore either. However, he doesn't comment on the ending because he doesn't want to give anything away. he started explaining Memento at Venice but his brother stopped him there also and told him to let the audience figure it out on their own. And there is more evidence that he is in reality besides the one mentiond here
regulator619 8 months ago
@ikarithereaper False. Nolan says himself that he left a specific way to distinguish the ending, and that there is one ending.
ranma763 7 months ago
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i know that theory is 100% true.. i did posted after my 3th time watching the movie on IMDB :D so, every 1 got a totem to tell if he's dreaming or not, every1 including us (the Audience) and our totem is Cobb's Wedding Ring !... the end was on real life for sure.. another prove.. after the screen goes black at the end... w8 a lil then the music will stop.. and u can hear the top tobbel clear and sound :)
ViVaLaBaRCA10 10 months ago
i know that theory is 100% true.. i did posted after my 3th time watching the movie on IMDB.com :D so, every 1 got a totem to tell if he's dreaming or not, every1 including us (the Audience) and our totem is Cobb's Wedding Ring !... the end was on real life for sure.. another prove.. after the screen goes black at the end... w8 a lil then the music will stop.. and u can hear the top tobbel clear and sound :)
ViVaLaBaRCA10 10 months ago
the ring theory is very interesting in its attention to details, but it does not prove anything. the whole movie is based on its own flimsy logic which makes it possible for an innumerable number of interpretations - including this one.
chrishim18 10 months ago
1:38 HE DOES SHOWS HIS HAND WITH THE RING (WATCH ANOTHER VIDEO WITH THIS SCENE TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF).
moefurbino 10 months ago
@moefurbino invert this: srt6k4/moc.ciptiwt//:ptth
moefurbino 10 months ago
I think the top is his wifes totem and has no validity just used as a distraction...the wedding wring is the viewers (our) totem and the kids faces are cobbs totem
christy05h 11 months ago 37
i love you for proving this. I wanted it to be real. :)
iMason6216 11 months ago
this movie was crazy amazing i want a part 2 but it would ruin the first
lionzzz24 11 months ago
this is a great theory, but the ring is put there by Cobbs own illusion, and he thinks its real at the end... but it may not be, what he couldn't remember was his children's face which the film didn't show, but the children had the same clothes, which is one of the reasons why he is still in the dream world.
lilsn00py1 11 months ago 2
@lilsn00py1 At the end of the film Cobb’s kids are wearing similar outfits to the ones he remembers, but their shoes are different. As for their ages: if you check IMDB, there are actually two set of actors credited with playing Cobb’s kids. The daughter, Phillipa, is credited as being both 3 and 5 years old, while the son, James, is credited as being both 20 months and 3 years old. -- This movie has a lot of things to look out for. The ring was just the only thing I covered.
cassiegb365 11 months ago
@cassiegb365 at the end they dont show cobbs hand to see if he is wearing his wedding ring, becouse they only show his right hand that he spins the top with,, and he wears his wedding ring on the left, which we dont get a shot of
JOKAWILD26 11 months ago
@JOKAWILD26 I'm aware that he spins the top with his right hand, but he shows the back of his left hand to the camera when he places his hand on the chair.
cassiegb365 11 months ago
@lilsn00py1 The little girl doesn't have the same clothes on... at the start she is wearing a pink dress with pink sleeves but at the end shes wearing a pink dress with white sleeves...this coupled with the ring theory makes me think it was not a dream at the end.
datasafe00 11 months ago
Your welcome way better than the idiots who have no clue what they mean :)
ilovewhiteboy30 11 months ago
This video deserves more views, very accurate theory, good job
ilovewhiteboy30 11 months ago
@ilovewhiteboy30 Thank you very much. :]
cassiegb365 11 months ago
Thumbs up if you think that thumbs up beggers are complete and utter losers.......Oh wait. Shit.
TheJH2010 11 months ago
took a ss from 720p version, can see the ring clearly
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Timown 11 months ago
@Timown Thanks. I'll put that in the description.
cassiegb365 11 months ago
@Timown Excellent.
kur1tan 11 months ago
@Timown yes it is in d dream right?
Jasonpang1987 11 months ago
I like the ring theory it makes so much sense.
ForeverNeverland100 11 months ago 17
Heres a theory. something ive often heard is that he doesnt have the ring in the airport or att home because he let go of mal. BUT: i didnt check but if he has the ring when hes talking to saito at the end in the limbo then that would prove he wakes up in the end because he already let go of mal wen he spoke to saito.
adamdabomb8 1 year ago
is it just me or did we not a get clear shot of his left hand at home in the end....he spins the token with his right hand...wedding bands go on the left hand which he rests on the chair...clarification please?
tarah225 1 year ago