The "technically correct answer" to the ending is that he is in reality. His actual totem is his wedding ring, which he wears on his finger in a dream, but not in reality. At the very end he has no ring on. But as others have mentioned in the comments, the point of the ending is that he doesn't care. He just wants to be with his children.
A lot of people want to know if the top stops spinning at the end, but that misses the point: for the only time in the movie Cobb walks away before waiting to see if it falls, because he no longer cares if it's real or not.
My favorite Easter egg is if you watch the credits the last song is a warped version of Edith Piafs song followed by the main theme, implying we the audience are in a dream and need to wake up.
Nolan is just creative mastermind and sets seeds in the film if you can see them. The top does fall at the end Nolan revealed but it wasn't the point of the film. The theory is whenever cobb is wearing his wedding ring is when it's a dream also. But yeah overall the reality is really reality Cobb infected Mel's mind making her think limbo wasn't reality because she lost herself. Cobb even warns Elliot pages character not to draw from reality or you lose yourself in the dream which is what Cobb and Mel did in limbo and Mel chose to forget that limbo wasn't real and that's why he never wants to see his kids faces in his dreams because he is afraid he will slip into limbo forever because he wants to be with them so much which is exactly why he just walks away from the top because he doesn't care anymore if it's really or not it's over for him as he has let Mel go and wants to move on even if its not real very trippy. Great film great reaction I think we all were just like you after finishing the film. You should definitely watch memento also by Christopher Nolan another mind bender and just as amazing imo.
In addition to looking at who's in a movie, you should focus on who directs and writes the movies. Generally, who directs is a good barometer for whether you like a movie. When you start paying attention to this and IMDBing their work, you'll find you like lots of other stuff that person directed. This is more true for some directors than others. Some will take jobs directing projects being pushed by studios/producers, but "auters," directors like Nolan, Spielberg, Tarantino, etc. tend to be the main driving force behind their films, often writing them as well (Nolan usually works with his brother on scripts). Your viewers will probably start suggesting you watch all Nolan's other work now (which is all fantastic) because of this.
Some of the hotel scenes were filmed inside the US Air Force's zero-gravity simulator, which is a KC-135 Comet cargo jet that goes to very high altitude and then plummets in free fall for 40 seconds so that inside the plane feels weightless. It's nicknamed the "Vomit Comet" for reasons you can guess.
the top is wobbling so it could have dropped.. but i think there are two sides of the theory... one theory is he didn't wake up.. the other is the top fell and he did wake up... in the end it didn't really matter to cobb whether he was still dreaming or in the real world because he believed his kids are real... my theory is cobb's totem is his kids.. only in the real world will he see their faces... which is why cobb did not dare to see his kids faces in limbo when mal called to them... cos he is afraid he will be stuck in limbo believing it is real because he see the kids faces...
he's not dreaming still, that was mal's totem not his, his totem is his wedding ring that he has on in dreams but not in reality. he's not wearing the ring in the end. the "it was all a dream" mania is silly. furthermore the children are wearing different, tho similar, clothes and they're also played by two sets of children of different ages so no, its not a dream in the end
The "technically correct answer" to the ending is that he is in reality. His actual totem is his wedding ring, which he wears on his finger in a dream, but not in reality. At the very end he has no ring on.
But as others have mentioned in the comments, the point of the ending is that he doesn't care. He just wants to be with his children.
55:40 Cobb convinced Saito to comeback with him meaning he had to shoot Cobb then himself to wake up in the plane.
A lot of people want to know if the top stops spinning at the end, but that misses the point: for the only time in the movie Cobb walks away before waiting to see if it falls, because he no longer cares if it's real or not.
it doesnt matter anyway, thats not his totem
@@princesadelaosRight?! He tells everyone what the tell is, so it can't work on him at all.
The ring is his totem, and Michael Caine confirmed it was real. It's really as simple as that.
My favorite Easter egg is if you watch the credits the last song is a warped version of Edith Piafs song followed by the main theme, implying we the audience are in a dream and need to wake up.
For a first watch, you understood this movie really well. Incredibly perceptive. Bravo!
you should really watch shutter island, its a masterpiece
I'm jealous of people who haven't seen it yet because the reveal will shock them. I cannot have the same experience again since I've seen it already.
Nolan is just creative mastermind and sets seeds in the film if you can see them. The top does fall at the end Nolan revealed but it wasn't the point of the film. The theory is whenever cobb is wearing his wedding ring is when it's a dream also. But yeah overall the reality is really reality Cobb infected Mel's mind making her think limbo wasn't reality because she lost herself. Cobb even warns Elliot pages character not to draw from reality or you lose yourself in the dream which is what Cobb and Mel did in limbo and Mel chose to forget that limbo wasn't real and that's why he never wants to see his kids faces in his dreams because he is afraid he will slip into limbo forever because he wants to be with them so much which is exactly why he just walks away from the top because he doesn't care anymore if it's really or not it's over for him as he has let Mel go and wants to move on even if its not real very trippy.
Great film great reaction I think we all were just like you after finishing the film. You should definitely watch memento also by Christopher Nolan another mind bender and just as amazing imo.
In addition to looking at who's in a movie, you should focus on who directs and writes the movies. Generally, who directs is a good barometer for whether you like a movie. When you start paying attention to this and IMDBing their work, you'll find you like lots of other stuff that person directed. This is more true for some directors than others. Some will take jobs directing projects being pushed by studios/producers, but "auters," directors like Nolan, Spielberg, Tarantino, etc. tend to be the main driving force behind their films, often writing them as well (Nolan usually works with his brother on scripts). Your viewers will probably start suggesting you watch all Nolan's other work now (which is all fantastic) because of this.
Some of the hotel scenes were filmed inside the US Air Force's zero-gravity simulator, which is a KC-135 Comet cargo jet that goes to very high altitude and then plummets in free fall for 40 seconds so that inside the plane feels weightless. It's nicknamed the "Vomit Comet" for reasons you can guess.
the top is wobbling so it could have dropped.. but i think there are two sides of the theory... one theory is he didn't wake up.. the other is the top fell and he did wake up... in the end it didn't really matter to cobb whether he was still dreaming or in the real world because he believed his kids are real...
my theory is cobb's totem is his kids.. only in the real world will he see their faces... which is why cobb did not dare to see his kids faces in limbo when mal called to them... cos he is afraid he will be stuck in limbo believing it is real because he see the kids faces...
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An easy piece of symbolism to pick up is that "Mal" means "bad" in Latin. I feel like Captain Obvious for even pointing it out. 😅
he's not dreaming still, that was mal's totem not his, his totem is his wedding ring that he has on in dreams but not in reality. he's not wearing the ring in the end. the "it was all a dream" mania is silly. furthermore the children are wearing different, tho similar, clothes and they're also played by two sets of children of different ages so no, its not a dream in the end
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