INCEPTION Discussion Thread (***Spoilers!!!***)

[The Josh]

Pretty damn impressed with the film and glad I bought it. I haven't read this thread but I could see where folks could see multiple things in the ending.

 

[Shropt]

Ah yes. You have it straight. And he is not wearing the ring at the end.

Just saw this movie on Blu-ray last night for the first time. This movie was really good and amazingly it wasn't confusing. I gotta give Nolan 2 points for not confusing the hell out of the audience.

As for the ending. It was 100% not a dream. The totem was spinning out of control before the cut and it didn't do that any other time when in a dream. I was actually confused how people could even think the ending was a dream when I watched it.

 

[Wetanut]

Picked this up on blu last night. Will be watching this soon.

about time!

 

[The ill Jedi]

...As for the ending. It was 100% not a dream. The totem was spinning out of control before the cut and it didn't do that any other time when in a dream. I was actually confused how people could even think the ending was a dream when I watched it.

 

[CelticPredator]

It doesnt matter if it was a dream or not. Cobb accepts what he has. That's the point.

 

[Shropt]

It doesnt matter if it was a dream or not. Cobb accepts what he has. That's the point.

You couldn't be more wrong!! What movie were you watching?









J/K

 

[The Josh]

about time!

I know. Late to the game but glad I came.

I could see the ending being either way honestly. Though I agree he has come to grips and is happy with whichever way you want to take it.

 

[Maglor]

It doesnt matter if it was a dream or not. Cobb accepts what he has. That's the point.

I still maintain that the ending is shot the way it is so that we as the audience can take the same leap of faith that Cobb has learned to make. He now has faith that what is real is real. It's in my sig.


Anyway, here's some help for those who like to speculate:

 

[BadMoon]

I think it's hilarious that some tools need an entire diagram so they can understand the movie. God help them if they watch Momento.

 

[Maglor]

Not sure if you looked at the diagram closely, but it's not intended to explain the mechanics of the plot, but rather to frame the different ways to interpret 1) The ending 2) The subtext.


They only give three options for each, and there could be more. There are a couple points I would love to add.

 

[shocktrooper_au]

I received the movie for christmas on BR, hadn't seen it before & thought it was great (not what i was expecting from the trailers) having not heard any spoilers or read any threads previously I saw the ending as a choice for each veiwer. Personally I took it as real & not a dream as you hear the spinning top begin to become unstable as it cuts, but as soon as it fades out i had the opposite thought that it was a dream as too much seemed to fall in place..either way a sweet movie

 

[DiFabio]

I remember sitting in the theater and as soon as I saw those kids I was thinking, "better not show the totem and fade to black, better not show the totem and fade to black..."

Then of course, it happened. This is one of the reasons I'm not very fond of the film. It always bothered me how predictable it was, as if Nolan was trying to pull a Kubrick or something.

 

[daikkenaurora]

Would have been nice to see Sub Basement lvl 2 : Cobb's Lewsbian fantasies.

 

[ironwez20]

Anybody else think cobb's name reminds you of corn ?









lol im sorry

 

[Maglor]

I remember sitting in the theater and as soon as I saw those kids I was thinking, "better not show the totem and fade to black, better not show the totem and fade to black..."

Then of course, it happened. This is one of the reasons I'm not very fond of the film. It always bothered me how predictable it was, as if Nolan was trying to pull a Kubrick or something.

No. the movie is nothing without that moment. Just because you suspected it might happen in the last few seconds doesn't make the movie "predictable" or even that scene predictable. It was the right way to end the movie. Would you have honestly prefered to see it fall? Then we don't get to take a "leap of faith" with Cobb. And if you think it spun forever... well there's obviously no way to film that without eventually fading to black.


Sooooo:

 

[CelticPredator]

Anybody else think cobb's name reminds you of corn ?









lol im sorry

You should be.

 

[DiFabio]

No. the movie is nothing without that moment. Just because you suspected it might happen in the last few seconds doesn't make the movie "predictable" or even that scene predictable. It was the right way to end the movie. Would you have honestly prefered to see it fall? Then we don't get to take a "leap of faith" with Cobb. And if you think it spun forever... well there's obviously no way to film that without eventually fading to black.


Sooooo:

No, I think it is predictable, which is why I stated it as such. Have you ever created a story before? Usually you have an idea and you brain storm. In this case, I'm sure Nolan always had an "end" in mind, the ambiguity of the totem. Good story telling shows that you back up this idea to cement it in the audience's minds so to speak.

This is why we have scenes prior to the ending that explain the rules and significance of the totem as both an object for the plot and a narrative tool.

Things like Cobb explaining that the totem was used to know if you were in a dream or a reality was enough to give clever moviegoers a clue of what to expect, atleast it happened with me anyway.

I fully expected it to happen, especially with the nature of a film like Inception. You can't tell me in the very beginning that audiences didn't expect to be "fooled" a number of times with a film about dreams. I was never on edge or surprised by the outcome, especially the end.

After the characters "woke up" on the plane I got this sense that there might be a closure after all, until I looked at my watch and noticed the film had a few minutes left.

But then, once he's in the house I figured it would end the way it did, thus making all my preconceptions and misgivings true.

I understand the reasoning for it and understand the film, but that doesn't mean I enjoy it.

If you want to sue me for not liking it, well, so be it. I thought it was weak, and the fact that I could predict makes it weaker, in my opinion.

 

[CelticPredator]

I agree. I saw the ending coming. I was HOPING it wouldnt do that....but whatever.

 

[Maglor]

DiFabio, that post makes my blood boil for some reason, but I'm just going to let it go....

 

[DiFabio]

DiFabio, that post makes my blood boil for some reason, but I'm just going to let it go....

I predicted that you would post this based on your previous replies...

...now you're thinking "what a ******"...

...now you're getting ready to reply...or not reply.


U mad bro?