Inception (SPOILERS!!!)

imokhuede said:

I do think the third level's kick is the building falling off. If you notice where Eames plants the explosive on the building, it's right below pillars that hold it up. They have to feel a sense of falling in the dream to wake up, but they can't fall in on an upper level first because they'll probably just end up in limbo anyways for failing to make the kick that why all the levels involve dropping. Ariadne and Fisher drop in the last to get to the first. Also, if you notice, Fisher goes first to open the giant safe where his dad is. The defibrillator is just the warning for the last level like the music is for the others. There was no music to play in the third to warn them of when that level's kick was going to come in so they improvised using the defibrillator as a warning through the lightning.

Click to expand...

Kanye Rest said:

I see the defib reference, but wouldnt them killing themselves automatically send them to limbo? Unless we hold true to the theory that there were indeed in limbo and not in cobbs dream. However, wouldn't killing themselves in Limbo, then, make them wake up from the dream completely, and not just go to the other layers. But then again the other levels of the dream were still not destroyed and I guess they were able to go through the levels and kicks. Whereas since all the dream layers had (assumably) been destroyed by the end, I guess Cobb and Saito go straight to reality instead of going through the different layers.

Ok I am more satisfied now.

Click to expand...

kidprodigy said:

I think Cobb ended up in reality because I believe that his wedding ring was his true totem and not the top. The top I believe was Mal's totem and Cobb would always have his ring on in a dream because he still hadn't let her go due to his guilt & love for her. At the end his ring isn't on anymore which means either he's still in a dream but has finally let go or that he's in reality.

Click to expand...

Mr West said:

The whole point of the movie is that Cobb's father-in-law (Michael Caine) is actually doing Inception on Cobb, with the idea that is being planted that Cobb can live with his kids in reality.

When Cobb goes to Michael Caine's school and asks for a good architect for his plan, Caine gives him some random chick who Cobb ends up trusting completely.

You know why? Because Caine is also a forger like Eames and is actually Ariadine(juno girl).

This is why the girl is able to go deep inside with Caine, and why Mal(Cobb's natural defense system, like the security guards for Fischer in the car chase) never attacks Ariadine, because she would never attack her own Father.

When Cobb finds old Saito at the end, Saito shoots him and sends him further into Limbo. By doing this he allows Cobb to see his kids again, even though it is in limbo it is so real that Cobb doesn't know he is dreaming.

Honestly, how can Saito make a call and in 5 minutes Interpol, US Customs, the FBI, and local police all let Cobb go? Impossible.

Why does Caine say your welcome when Cobb arrives home off the plane? How did he even know which flight Cobb was on? Because he was Ariadine as a forger.

Why are Cobb's kids in the same position, wearing the same clothes, and the same age as when Cobb last saw them? Because in Limbo you construct things based on memory.

Click to expand...

Mr West said:

The whole point of the movie is that Cobb's father-in-law (Michael Caine) is actually doing Inception on Cobb, with the idea that is being planted that Cobb can live with his kids in reality.

When Cobb goes to Michael Caine's school and asks for a good architect for his plan, Caine gives him some random chick who Cobb ends up trusting completely.

You know why? Because Caine is also a forger like Eames and is actually Ariadine(juno girl).

This is why the girl is able to go deep inside with Caine, and why Mal(Cobb's natural defense system, like the security guards for Fischer in the car chase) never attacks Ariadine, because she would never attack her own Father.

When Cobb finds old Saito at the end, Saito shoots him and sends him further into Limbo. By doing this he allows Cobb to see his kids again, even though it is in limbo it is so real that Cobb doesn't know he is dreaming.

Honestly, how can Saito make a call and in 5 minutes Interpol, US Customs, the FBI, and local police all let Cobb go? Impossible.

Why does Caine say your welcome when Cobb arrives home off the plane? How did he even know which flight Cobb was on? Because he was Ariadine as a forger.

Why are Cobb's kids in the same position, wearing the same clothes, and the same age as when Cobb last saw them? Because in Limbo you construct things based on memory.

Click to expand...

Mr West said:

The whole point of the movie is that Cobb's father-in-law (Michael Caine) is actually doing Inception on Cobb, with the idea that is being planted that Cobb can live with his kids in reality.

When Cobb goes to Michael Caine's school and asks for a good architect for his plan, Caine gives him some random chick who Cobb ends up trusting completely.

You know why? Because Caine is also a forger like Eames and is actually Ariadine(juno girl).

This is why the girl is able to go deep inside with Caine, and why Mal(Cobb's natural defense system, like the security guards for Fischer in the car chase) never attacks Ariadine, because she would never attack her own Father.

When Cobb finds old Saito at the end, Saito shoots him and sends him further into Limbo. By doing this he allows Cobb to see his kids again, even though it is in limbo it is so real that Cobb doesn't know he is dreaming.

Honestly, how can Saito make a call and in 5 minutes Interpol, US Customs, the FBI, and local police all let Cobb go? Impossible.

Why does Caine say your welcome when Cobb arrives home off the plane? How did he even know which flight Cobb was on? Because he was Ariadine as a forger.

Why are Cobb's kids in the same position, wearing the same clothes, and the same age as when Cobb last saw them? Because in Limbo you construct things based on memory.

Click to expand...

bradgawthem said:

the best movie i have ever watched in my life. unique ass plot and everything is just so..........right

Click to expand...

bradgawthem said:

the best movie i have ever watched in my life. unique ass plot and everything is just so..........right

Click to expand...

Hype LVL said:

what about interstellar

Click to expand...

Hype LVL said:

what about interstellar

Click to expand...

Frank Black said:

I came out of interstellar questioning if I even existed. walking out of the theater felt like a dream or hallucination to me. That's not healthy. Only saw it once never seeing it again

Click to expand...

Hype LVL said:

same
was crazy

Click to expand...

mayday said:

i've seen this movie a lot of times and it's one of my favorites, i personally believe he's dreaming and i'll explain why..

remember the scene when ariadne and fischer are in limbo with mal, saito and cobb?​

when ariadne and fischer died in limbo, they went 1 level up to the snow fortress level and with each kick synchronized they ended up going one level up until they reached reality which was the plane.​

fischer waking up from the previous dream level (snow fortress)​

now that we know what happens when you die in limbo (you end up going one level up if there is an existing level)

cobb even says this to ariadne, "after exploring the concept of a dream within a dream, i pushed us too far" so essentially they went too far within dreams and entered limbo.

so how did mal and cobb escape limbo? they committed suicide by getting run over by the train.​

they woke up one level up!
​

now to the ending, both cobb and saito are the only ones left in limbo as fischer and ariadne used the kicks to get back up to reality meaning the levels above cobb and saito are completely destroyed. arthur even tells ariadne when they get back up that cobb would be lost down there.​

so when cobb and saito kill themselves, where do they go? the levels above them are gone, total blackness so the only reasonable thought would be that cobb fills it with his subconscious and memory bringing us to the plane, now we know that the subconscious works its way through dreams so when cobb comes home and asks his children what they're doing?​

his son replies with "we're building a house on a cliff" ​

cobb was just in a house on a cliff, saito's house.​

i believe that after killing himself in limbo, cobb just wanted to dream about his kids, he wanted to finally meet them and his subconscious filled it with his needs on an empty level.​

Click to expand...