I love the disoriented look on Saito’s face when he wakes up on the plane. Imagine living your whole life and then suddenly snapping back to your younger self and having to try to remember who you were!
Isn't that what a lot of people desperately want to be able to do? Take all your wisdom and knowledge and experience and use it back when you were young, go back and unmake all those mistakes. 'Youth is wasted on the young' is the saying, because as you get older you think 'why didn't I just...' every time you think about your younger self. But Saito gets a redo.
Michael Caine was confused and went to Christopher Nolan about if the end was a dream or not. Nolan told him, “every scene you are in is in the real world.”
@@richb227the only thing that makes it "yours" is the special properties it has that only you know, IE. Arthur with his loaded die he wouldn't tell Ariadne the specifics of it only that it was a loaded die because if she knew the specifics then he wouldn't be able to know if someone else was manipulating the outcome in a dream because they know how the die is loaded. Cobb knew what the special properties of the spinning top were so the totem could be applied to him and anyone else that knows the specifics. People say that his ring is the totem but that ring is only being used as symbolism for if he's in a dream or not, he's wearing the ring whenever he's in a dream because he said "in my dreams we're still together" when talking about Mal
@@TagrEndy No, the real Cobb's totem is his wedding ring, if you pay attention, you'll see that Cobb doesn't wear a ring in reality, only in dream phases. And at the end, we see that he doesn't have his wedding ring, so he returned home to his children.
You HAVE to watch this type of movies more than once to see it all. All y’all questions are there you just have to watch it again. This is a masterpiece of a movie.
My take on the ending is, even if he was still dreaming, the poor guy finally gets to be happy and see his kids faces again. I'm good with that. Excellent reaction as usual :)
It’s definitely not a dream though. You can see the spinner start to topple, signifying that it is about to fall…which in the dreams it never does that. In the dream it is a consistent, tight spin.
The first level is Yusuf (in the van) 2nd level is Arthur (in the hotel) 3rd level is Eames (Tom Hardy) in the snow. Limbo the last level is Cobb (leo DiCaprio) where the Asian guy and his wife were at. This is a good movie every time you watch it you pick up things you missed before. It’s crazy.
@Patinho5589 architect is always the girl, she is always in every single dream level except limbo since cobb is the architect of the limbo dream world.
The point of the ending (IMO) calls back to the conversation about the train. You don't know where the train will take you, but it doesn't matter because you'll be together. Cobb walks away from the top before waiting to see if it'll stop spinning because he doesn't care; he's accepted wherever he is as his reality because he's finally together with his kids. Whether the "train" really took him to his kids in reality or to a shade of them in the dream world, he's accepted this as his reality. The wild thing to me is that if this *is* still a dream, he's been away from his kids for so long as they're still really little, he doesn't have enough context to tell if they're real or not. He spent so much time with Mal that he can distinguish her shade from her real persona, but he hasn't had that time with his kids, so if he is in a dream he'll never find out. That having been said he's *probably* in reality because the top wobbles and his totem might actually be his wedding band.
There are two sets of child actors credited in this film, the ones in the end are 2 years older that the first pair, and are wearing different clothers. So that would indicate he is not dreaming because it is the first time he sees them in another way. (also the point about the ring being his totem...). But I do still agree with the train point, to Cobb it didn't matter anymore...
@saramarie2736 that is a detail I have not heard before. Very interesting. Not very obvious but purposefully done.
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It is in fact reality at the end, at it's very easy to tell once you know what to look for. The biggest one being his kids. He cannot ever see their faces, and even stops Mal at the end from showing them to him because they would just be "shades" of his real kids. At the end of the movie he sees their faces full on. The top spinning is a red herring. It isn't even Cobbs totem, it's Mal. Cobb leaving the totem behind without looking back was him leaving MAL behind, and she probably never invaded his dreams again after that.
Ahh I love this movie. I remember watching it in theaters with a friend, and when the top was spinning at the end, we were both arguing about whether it was gonna fall or not. I was convinced it would keep spinning, while she was sure it would fall. We were a bit loud about it (though not obnoxiously so), but we kept it on, "No it's gonna fall!" and "Nope, it's gonna keep going!" Then the thing wobbled and then cut to black, and we both in unison said, "Nooooo!" We had everyone around us laughing. It was such fun. I'm still convinced it was still a dream. Because why were the kids always wearing the same clothes every time he saw them, even when he supposedly ACTUALLY saw them? It's so fun to speculate.
Reactions like the one to the end of this movie, Split and the like are the reasons we continue going to the theater.
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The totem had nothing to do with anything by the end. The spinning top was Mal's totem, not Cobb's. Cobb's was his wedding ring. It is in fact reality because at the end Cobb can clearly see his kids faces. He can never see his kids faces in his dreams, and even stops Mal from showing him their faces at the end because they would just be "shades" like her, and not the real thing. Since he can see his kids faces and even runs up to them, it is 100% reality.
It was confirmed the end was in the real world by Michael Caine who said Christopher Nolan himself told him that whenever Michael Caine was in the scene then it was in the real world.
@@mikethemotormouth Like when the "Die Hard" director told Alan Rickman the stunt people would let him drop on 3 but then dropped him on 2 to get a more legit reaction of fear. Or when they didn't tell the cast of "Alien" what was about to happen with John Hurt's chest. That being said, nobody in the movie was playing the dream scenes like they were dream characters, so it's not like telling Michael Caine something untrue would change the performance. On the other hand, Christopher Nolan might've just been throwing out any old answer just so Michael Caine would stop worrying about it. As Nolan said on the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast: "I think it was [producer] Emma Thomas who pointed out the correct answer, which is Leo’s character…the point of the shot is the character doesn’t care at that point. It’s not a question I comfortably answer." Then, during the "Oppenheimer" press tour, Nolan told Wired: "There is a nihilistic view of that ending, right? But also, he’s moved on and is with his kids. The ambiguity is not an emotional ambiguity. It’s an intellectual one for the audience." And, really, the ending is Nolan incepting his ideas about the importance of reality vs dreams into our brains. The basic structure of multi-level dreams in "Inception" was inspired by Nolan's thoughts on iPods and the other forms of technology that were starting to take over and transform society around the time the movie was being written. In a lecture on "reality and dreams" to the graduating class of Princeton University, Nolan said: "In the great tradition of these speeches, generally someone says something along the lines of 'Chase your dreams,' but I don’t want to tell you that because I don’t believe that. I want you to chase your reality. I feel that over time, we started to view reality as the poor cousin to our dreams, in a sense….I want to make the case to you that our dreams, our virtual realities, these abstractions that we enjoy and surround ourselves with - they are subsets of reality. The way the end of that film worked, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Cobb - he was off with his kids, he was in his own subjective reality. He didn’t really care anymore, and that makes a statement: perhaps, all levels of reality are valid. The camera moves over the spinning top just before it appears to be wobbling, it was cut to black. [When I sometimes sneak into screenings of the movie], I skip out of the back of the theatre before people catch me, and there’s a very, very strong reaction from the audience: usually a bit of a groan. The point is, objectively, it matters to the audience in absolute terms: even though when I’m watching, it’s fiction, a sort of virtual reality. But the question of whether that’s a dream or whether it’s real is the question I’ve been asked most about any of the films I’ve made. It matters to people because that’s the point about reality. Reality matters."
They made the totem, the jack, falter a tad at the end to leave it ambiguous. We'll never know for sure if he's in reality or not. But you'll notice he walked off from it... he didn't care. He just wanted his happiness with his children. Whether or was real or not.
The part where Fischer is sobbing over his father at the end after he saw the handheld pinwheel is that his father actually loved and cared for him and him sobbing over him is where the "Inception" sticks with him before the hospital is blown up.
Fun fact: the song they use to signal the kick is called non je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf. Since time slows down with each dream level, the guy who did the score (Hans Zimmer) found that when he slowed that song way down he got this intense BWOWMMM sound, so he worked it into the score. It's been copied a million times in trailers, but not quite as clever as the OG.
This was one of those movies that kind of leaves you starstruck after you watch it. I spent like 3 days just thinking about this movie after i watched it. Ive seen it probably 7-8x since and its still as good as the first time. Just an amazing movie on every level. Favorite? No, but its really really good.
If the top keeps spinning and never falls over he is still in the dream. If it falls over he’s in the real world. The director left an open ending for his audience.
No there's no open ending. The spinning top is just to mess with people and is not what actually indicates whether Cobb is in reality. It isn't even his totem, it MALS totem. The way to tell if Cobb is in a dream or not, is if he can see his kids faces. His kids are always turned away in the dreams, and he even stops Mal from showing him their faces at the end because they would just be "shades" like Mal. Him spinning the top and leaving it behind was just him saying "goodbye" to Mal. I'd imagine he stopped having her invade his dreams after he got rid of her totem. He can clearly see his kids faces, and even runs over to them. So it was clearly reality and not a dream.
Ever since I was a kid, I could get out of bad dreams. I just need a tree. I sit with my back to it and tap my right temple. When I wake up, I'm actually tapping my temple in reality - pretty hard, actually! I don't know how it works, but it does. It's a personal 'kick' I've had for decades now. I can be in a factory, absolutely terrified, then it's like an alarm goes off. I find a way to get to a singular tree - in the parking lot outside of a tight window, clawing my way out. Then I get to it, start pounding my index and middle finger against my head repeating "I want out! I want out! LET ME OUT!!!" - and I do. It's a really neat trick tbh! I've never met another person who can do it either. I can also: Lucid dream. Be two different people in one dream. Take on someone else's body when I'm afraid for my well being. Dream I'm an opposite gender. Have reoccuring dreams where I'm someone else entirely the entire time. Go back to a dream once I've woken up if I do an "instant replay" (last 2 minutes of what happened). I can ascend, but not fly. I can hot wire ANY car or motorcycle. I'm a *perfect* shot or sword master if I have to fight for my life. I can breathe under water. I'm always an expert climber. I can rig anything I need to 'go off' - wink, wink! - whenever it's required for the greater good. I can fit through a mice sized hole if it means escape or discovery. I'm AWESOME in artificial gravity or wearing mag boots... It's really bizzare! But I'm so GRATEFUL!!!! I've lived *thousands* of lives while I sleep! 😊🎉😁
It's cool that you can do that and wake yourself up. Most people can't because our brains release a chemical that immobilizes us so we don't move while dreaming; that you can move means either your brain doesn't release enough to completely immobilize you, or none at all (in which case you'd be a sleepwalker; I doubt this is the case because most people mention when they can sleepwalk if they're one when talking about dreaming). Also cool that you can lucid dream. I've never been able to achieve that. Not really sure I want to. I see such interesting things in my dreams that I'd never consciously think to even make happen. My subconscious is very entertaining these days. I will say it wasn't always fun. I had nightmares / night terrors growing up all the way until I was 37 years old, when I was finally diagnosed with sleep apnea and given a CPAP machine. That first morning after using it felt like a miracle; no nightmares! I'd had anywhere from 1-5 nightmares a night that I'd remember throughout my whole life from my youngest memories. I've died in my dreams more times than I can count. In some, my ghost rises from my body and floats about doing stuff before I wake up. The whole idea of if you die in a dream, you die IRL is nonsense. While I am sometimes awakened when I die in a dream, it's hardly a guarantee I will. Lol. I've died every way imaginable in my dreams, my brain trying to get me to wake up so I'll start breathing again. So grateful for my CPAP machine now so I rarely ever have nightmares any more (just a few a year like normal people). The dream world is a wild ride, to be sure. I just wish things made as much to me when I wake up as they do in my dreams. I'm often omniscient in my dreams, which feels amazing. It's like remembering who we really are, and this world is the dream. Loved reading your post! Thanks for sharing! :)
The last 45 minutes of this movie right down to the end, including the music is film making at its greatest. The spinning hallway scenes were so fun. Chris Nolan can do no wrong right now.
Interstellar was kinda complicated... Inception was mindblowing... And then came Tenet to just f*** with the audience. Classic Nolan. No matter how much you think you're prepared for it, you're not :P there's a point where you're like "ahh screw this" and just enjoy it without trying to actually understand.
@@Damalatorian I saw Predestination and Memento a few weeks apart, and they're both weird movies. Love them though. Lol. I put those two and Looper in the same category of movies in my head. None of them are incredible the way Inception is, but still great and worth watching.
Yup subtitles are a must with Nolan films. In fact they're a must with most movies now. For some reason the audio level mixing with modern movies is just terrible.
Totally disagree. Subtitles distract from the delivery and the acting. When you read the script before the lines are actually delivered, it ruins the reveal and it disgraces the actor's work. If you want to read, read a book!
Ah, you think subtitles are your ally? You merely adopted the muffled audio. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see subtitles until I was already a man. By then, they were nothing to me but distracting!
I love this movie. Never get tired of watching it. I'm glad you finally reacted to this. There are times when I go to sleep and feel like I'm in inception. I go to sleep, wake up and think I'm awake but then I realized something is wrong and then I wake up again. 😮😮
I'm surprised I haven't seen someone post the most common comment about the end scene. The spinning top is not Cobbs totem, its Mals. Cobbs Totem is actually his wedding ring, so it doesn't matter what happens with the spinning top because its not actually his totem.
You’ve misunderstood the idea of the totem. It’s not something mystical, it’s just something that only you truly can identify. As long as the architect hasn’t familiarized with the totem then it’s fine to use
One of the reasons I thought that Cobb was still in a dream, was that early in the movie, in the classroom scene, his dad said, “Come back to reality”, as in even HE knew that Cobb hadn’t come back yet.
This is one of those movies that is super confusing the first time through, but upon a second re-watch, you will understand more of the plot and what drives the characters. Great film.
There is a movie from back in the 80's called Dreamscape. I don't know if you've ever seen it, but it's a cheaper version of this style of movie. It's really good.
When this movie first came out, me and my friends decided to play a drinking game and take a swig every time they said “dream.” I think you can imagine the rest.
@@johnplaysgames3120 hahaha I did have to rewatch the movie…but, given the complexity of this film, I had to re watch it twice to get everything lol. 😆
Yeah I’m sure others have chimed in prior to my comment- but BJ you got it backwards Think about it! If a top spins continuously- that’s not realistic So that’s how you know you’re not in reality but in a dream To see a top topple indicates you’re in reality Hope this helps
lmao I needed several viewings of this film to even start to figure it out. I don't exactly need Asia & BJ to get every single thing about it - I'm here for their enjoyment of a great film.
Cobb would only wear his wedding ring in the dreams. While in reality, he didn’t. Pay attention to his hand when he would spun his totem in the last scene. That will give you the answer: dream vs. reality.
My fav about this movie is the soundtrack. I played it so much that we found an old video my daughter made when she was about 7 (she’s 21 now) where she was filming herself riding in her bike with the camera in her basket, and she humming the song from the fight scene in the spinning hallway. The name of the song is Don’t Think About Elephants
The suitcase contains the anesthetic, only in the first phase. the flight attendants are responsible for the first sleep, then the driver, and notice that there is a suitcase with a button, that is the anesthetic. This film is a masterpiece. Leonardo Di Caprio deserved an Oscar.
Great reaction guys. Just one small correction that yall slipped the definition of the spinning top on accident at the end. Top spinning forever = inside a dream. Top falls over = real life (just like it would work in our real life). This is definitely a movie that amkes a lot more sense when you watch it a 2nd time!
One of my all time favorite movies. Let's break it down. The whole point of Inception is Extraction via a dream... Extracting information (valuable secrets and stuff) from an individual, in a way that doesn't make the dreamer aware that they are getting information extracted from them. Think of the dream states in terms of levels (alpha, beta, gamma, delta), where alpha is the highest dream state (next to being awake), where as gamma is the deep dream state (much harder to wake up from, where everything almost feels real). Delta, would be the like the beach scene (being on the shores of the subconscious, where true creativity can be done - anything is possible on this level), this is why Cobb was able to build large architectures from nothing... They basically had to go down to the 3rd level (Gamma) for the idea to stick and come off as it being organic, otherwise it would've been rejected. The spinning top simply means that if it doesn't fall, they are still in someone else dream. This is one of those movies where you have to watch it at least 2 or 3 times to fully understand it. This movie was well done though.
Ive always felt the whole movie was a dream. Not one minute of it is in the real world. The insane, but quick, cuts that seem to have the same time of day. They were extracting leo from his own limbo thats why his wife is able to haunt him no matter where he goes. She is his totem. Hes stuck.
The groan in the audience when the screen went black. 😅 It ended up being up to us whether the top fell over or not. I believe it did and it was real because the kids turned around. He never got that far in the dream before. That he left the totem means he didn't care if it was real or not. He was back with his kids, dream or not, and he was staying there. 🙏🏼 Finally Christopher Nolan has his Oscars for OPPENHEIMER but I believe both INCEPTION and INTERSTELLAR are masterpieces. THE DARK KNIGHT, however, is his best and one of the greatest movies of all time.
This is one of my all time favorites. Was a senior in highschool when it came out and some buddies and i went to see it and we literally came out, rushed to the car to get more money to see it right away again. Came out again and scraped up change for a third viewing in the day just to try to figure it out
The one who is awake while everyone else is asleep is the dreamer. In the end they are trying to go into Robert Fisher's memory with him and his father and that safe. Definitely worth re-watching several times. One of my favorite movies ever. You have never seen this movie before, or anything like it.
30:47 that's inception. they're making fisher believe the idea that his father always cared about him. Hes holding the spinning paper fan in the picture when fisher was young and thats the same one in the safe. his father had it during all this time and never forgot about that moment with his son. its locked like a memory. its the catharsis they talked about
Hopefully you guys get into Shutter Island also. Another great movie you should check out is Lawless. Great content guys thank u both for all the laughs and smiles you bring to everyone!
32:58 Why did you said "Don't fall over, please"? 😂 If it falls over, then this is reality. If it keeps spinning, he's still in a dream (because in dreams everything is possible, like infinitely spinning totems - the same one he "implanted" into their own dream so at one point in time she opened the safe and discovered, that his totem was still spinning inside (but that was not shown in the movie)).
What you missed was that the top was not his real totem that was what he made people believe was his totem. When you watch close, he kept his totem secret from everyone. He touches his wedding band to tell if he is dreaming. When he is not dreaming he has no wedding band.
One of my favourites of Nolan alongside Interstellar. It's one of those that just boggles the mind and you notice different things every time watching it!
This is an amazing movie and it’s cool to see you two to watch this. It’s quite a trip and has what one would usually expect from a Christopher Nolan movie. Great to see your reactions to this. Take care and have a great weekend guys!
Loved y'alls discussion at the end! Definitely, BJ, this is a movie you have to watch several times to catch everything! And it's completely fascinating every single time; love this movie! It doesn't feel like how my dreams feel, which put me off the first time I viewed it, but it's still so well done and I love this movie, more so with every new viewing. Thanks for reacting to it! I loved all Asia's little eeks! during the movie because I did the same thing the first time I watched it! X) Lol. Love to you both! Peace. :)
One of my favorite Hans Zimmer soundtracks. If you get a chance check out Hans Zimmer live in Prague 2017. He does music from Inception, Batman The Dark Knight, Man of Steel, Crimson Tide, Pirates of the Caribbean and many others.
"Chevaliers de Sangreal" is my favorite song from that concert. "Time", with Hans walking out, playing the guitar, like a fucking boss, is amazing and emotional too!
I feel like this film is one of, if not the, best use of rotating-room shooting done. That fight scene was brilliant both in inclusion and in choreography/tech.
“Deliverance” Three Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe Nominations. The film is famous for the hit song “Dueling Banjos” It is an oldie but very goodie. If anyone else liked this film and think our hosts would enjoy this film, then hit LIKE.
Dark Knight was a masterpiece, but THIS Film is where Christopher Nolan solidified himself in cinema history. This is one of the greatest movies of all time. The story, the acting, the music, the mystery. Everything was perfection.
Reel talk! This movie makes the mind bend and is so fun. Maybe the body needs to rest but the soul does not sleep? Your soul journeys as you sleep. Astral projection.
Totem keeps spinning when it's still a dream, falls when you're awake and in real world. I feel he was still asleep because his kids were still small at the end. They should've been a bit older by then
I like Inception. It's been 14 years since I first saw this movie and I'm still not sure if I know. Having watched it, watch it again knowing what you know and seeing it all over with that knowledge changes things... Then do it again and again with the new insights from each previous viewing. If you enjoy being on the edge of confusion, not quite knowing what is actually happening and piecing together a story... watch Memento. Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss from 2000.. It does have an ending or a beginning.
4 comments in a row, (separated by a week... or 2??) ... I'm slacking. But you guys haven't been! No surprise there. Listening to your conversation after the movie, i found myself finishing several of your thoughts just a split second before either of you. Kind of made me laugh a bit to realize we think so similar. They DO say great minds DO think alike. You guys continue to crack me up. I enjoy your post-vid-reaction commentary more so than the actual reaction itself. I find it comforting that even though we may be from different backgrounds, different childhoods, and different regions of the country. That we can focus on our similarities and not our differences. Still love the both of you dearly! Wishing you and your family all the best! Peace Asia & BJ!
Ok bizarre story. Last year I had a dream, in that dream I said I'll sleep this off. That 2nd dream was so odd I'm yelling Adam just wake up! I did...but only back to the 1st dream. At that point I thought I was back in real life, but nope! Still dreaming.
Lucid dream or astral projection. If that ever happens again, try to focus on somewhere specific - like outside your front door... see what happens 🙂🇬🇧
Ms. Asia And Mr. BJ This is One Of My Favorite Movies I'm Remember When I'm 1st Watching This Movie Back in the days Renting Movies From The Blockbuster Movies Store. Leonardo DiCaprio Always My Favorite Movie Actor I'm Really Love any Leonardo DiCaprio Movies.
I love the disoriented look on Saito’s face when he wakes up on the plane. Imagine living your whole life and then suddenly snapping back to your younger self and having to try to remember who you were!
Isn't that what a lot of people desperately want to be able to do? Take all your wisdom and knowledge and experience and use it back when you were young, go back and unmake all those mistakes.
'Youth is wasted on the young' is the saying, because as you get older you think 'why didn't I just...' every time you think about your younger self. But Saito gets a redo.
Michael Caine was confused and went to Christopher Nolan about if the end was a dream or not. Nolan told him, “every scene you are in is in the real world.”
even if the real world is a dream.
If the totem slows down and falls that means it's real, because that's what happens in reality. If it keeps spinning you're still dreaming.
It's important to remember the totem must be your own. That spinning top wasn't originally his, so he can't rely on it to anchor himself to reality.
@@richb227the only thing that makes it "yours" is the special properties it has that only you know, IE. Arthur with his loaded die he wouldn't tell Ariadne the specifics of it only that it was a loaded die because if she knew the specifics then he wouldn't be able to know if someone else was manipulating the outcome in a dream because they know how the die is loaded. Cobb knew what the special properties of the spinning top were so the totem could be applied to him and anyone else that knows the specifics. People say that his ring is the totem but that ring is only being used as symbolism for if he's in a dream or not, he's wearing the ring whenever he's in a dream because he said "in my dreams we're still together" when talking about Mal
so the wife was right and he is stuck while she is free?
@@TagrEndy No, the real Cobb's totem is his wedding ring, if you pay attention, you'll see that Cobb doesn't wear a ring in reality, only in dream phases. And at the end, we see that he doesn't have his wedding ring, so he returned home to his children.
I don’t get why some don’t understand that😅
You HAVE to watch this type of movies more than once to see it all. All y’all questions are there you just have to watch it again. This is a masterpiece of a movie.
18:13 "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling" "Downwards is the only way forwards" such great lines in this film
BJ…”what is going on?” Famous last words 😂
😂😂😂😂
Wait til u watch Tenet.
One time i woke up three times in a dream, it shook me up so badly i was looking side eyed at everything til noon 😂
I’ve been there before but only a few times in my life, which creeps me out even more lol.
Same, only mine was 4 layers deep. It was quite strange
The camera work on the hotel spinning fight scene is incredible and there hasn’t been anything as cool as that in years.
My take on the ending is, even if he was still dreaming, the poor guy finally gets to be happy and see his kids faces again. I'm good with that. Excellent reaction as usual :)
Exactly!
hmm. But they don't see his.
It’s definitely not a dream though. You can see the spinner start to topple, signifying that it is about to fall…which in the dreams it never does that. In the dream it is a consistent, tight spin.
Michael Caine was definitely dreaming
The father saved the paper toy in the safe which told his son he loved him.
and that was inception
@@ViktorRadoslavovkinda sad but true
Something so small but it meant so much.
The first level is Yusuf (in the van) 2nd level is Arthur (in the hotel) 3rd level is Eames (Tom Hardy) in the snow. Limbo the last level is Cobb (leo DiCaprio) where the Asian guy and his wife were at. This is a good movie every time you watch it you pick up things you missed before. It’s crazy.
I think the 3rd level was actually Fisher, they just told him it was Eames.
@@killroy23 see you find out something new every time you watch it. 😂
I thought the dreamer is always the architect?
@@patinho5589 the shade is always the forger
@Patinho5589 architect is always the girl, she is always in every single dream level except limbo since cobb is the architect of the limbo dream world.
The point of the ending (IMO) calls back to the conversation about the train. You don't know where the train will take you, but it doesn't matter because you'll be together. Cobb walks away from the top before waiting to see if it'll stop spinning because he doesn't care; he's accepted wherever he is as his reality because he's finally together with his kids. Whether the "train" really took him to his kids in reality or to a shade of them in the dream world, he's accepted this as his reality.
The wild thing to me is that if this *is* still a dream, he's been away from his kids for so long as they're still really little, he doesn't have enough context to tell if they're real or not. He spent so much time with Mal that he can distinguish her shade from her real persona, but he hasn't had that time with his kids, so if he is in a dream he'll never find out.
That having been said he's *probably* in reality because the top wobbles and his totem might actually be his wedding band.
There are two sets of child actors credited in this film, the ones in the end are 2 years older that the first pair, and are wearing different clothers. So that would indicate he is not dreaming because it is the first time he sees them in another way. (also the point about the ring being his totem...). But I do still agree with the train point, to Cobb it didn't matter anymore...
@saramarie2736 that is a detail I have not heard before. Very interesting. Not very obvious but purposefully done.
It is in fact reality at the end, at it's very easy to tell once you know what to look for. The biggest one being his kids. He cannot ever see their faces, and even stops Mal at the end from showing them to him because they would just be "shades" of his real kids. At the end of the movie he sees their faces full on. The top spinning is a red herring. It isn't even Cobbs totem, it's Mal. Cobb leaving the totem behind without looking back was him leaving MAL behind, and she probably never invaded his dreams again after that.
Ahh I love this movie. I remember watching it in theaters with a friend, and when the top was spinning at the end, we were both arguing about whether it was gonna fall or not. I was convinced it would keep spinning, while she was sure it would fall. We were a bit loud about it (though not obnoxiously so), but we kept it on, "No it's gonna fall!" and "Nope, it's gonna keep going!" Then the thing wobbled and then cut to black, and we both in unison said, "Nooooo!" We had everyone around us laughing. It was such fun. I'm still convinced it was still a dream. Because why were the kids always wearing the same clothes every time he saw them, even when he supposedly ACTUALLY saw them? It's so fun to speculate.
Yea my whole theatre did an out loud gasp and “no!!” Then we laughed all looking at each other going “what just happened!”
@@indierock110 Good times, eh? Lol I love memorable theatrical moments like that.
Reactions like the one to the end of this movie, Split and the like are the reasons we continue going to the theater.
The totem had nothing to do with anything by the end. The spinning top was Mal's totem, not Cobb's. Cobb's was his wedding ring. It is in fact reality because at the end Cobb can clearly see his kids faces. He can never see his kids faces in his dreams, and even stops Mal from showing him their faces at the end because they would just be "shades" like her, and not the real thing. Since he can see his kids faces and even runs up to them, it is 100% reality.
All valid points. Buuuuut, I'm still gonna stick with my original take, silly as it may be. 🤷
I watch this film at least twice a year. It's my favourite ever and I always catch something new each time.
This one of my favorite movies ever. Top 3 for me. I have watched it so many times. I even love the soundtrack.
Another Leonardo DiCaprio movie I liked was Shutter Island.
It was confirmed the end was in the real world by Michael Caine who said Christopher Nolan himself told him that whenever Michael Caine was in the scene then it was in the real world.
Correct!
@@mikethemotormouth Like when the "Die Hard" director told Alan Rickman the stunt people would let him drop on 3 but then dropped him on 2 to get a more legit reaction of fear. Or when they didn't tell the cast of "Alien" what was about to happen with John Hurt's chest.
That being said, nobody in the movie was playing the dream scenes like they were dream characters, so it's not like telling Michael Caine something untrue would change the performance. On the other hand, Christopher Nolan might've just been throwing out any old answer just so Michael Caine would stop worrying about it.
As Nolan said on the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast: "I think it was [producer] Emma Thomas who pointed out the correct answer, which is Leo’s character…the point of the shot is the character doesn’t care at that point. It’s not a question I comfortably answer."
Then, during the "Oppenheimer" press tour, Nolan told Wired: "There is a nihilistic view of that ending, right? But also, he’s moved on and is with his kids. The ambiguity is not an emotional ambiguity. It’s an intellectual one for the audience."
And, really, the ending is Nolan incepting his ideas about the importance of reality vs dreams into our brains. The basic structure of multi-level dreams in "Inception" was inspired by Nolan's thoughts on iPods and the other forms of technology that were starting to take over and transform society around the time the movie was being written. In a lecture on "reality and dreams" to the graduating class of Princeton University, Nolan said:
"In the great tradition of these speeches, generally someone says something along the lines of 'Chase your dreams,' but I don’t want to tell you that because I don’t believe that. I want you to chase your reality. I feel that over time, we started to view reality as the poor cousin to our dreams, in a sense….I want to make the case to you that our dreams, our virtual realities, these abstractions that we enjoy and surround ourselves with - they are subsets of reality. The way the end of that film worked, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Cobb - he was off with his kids, he was in his own subjective reality. He didn’t really care anymore, and that makes a statement: perhaps, all levels of reality are valid. The camera moves over the spinning top just before it appears to be wobbling, it was cut to black. [When I sometimes sneak into screenings of the movie], I skip out of the back of the theatre before people catch me, and there’s a very, very strong reaction from the audience: usually a bit of a groan. The point is, objectively, it matters to the audience in absolute terms: even though when I’m watching, it’s fiction, a sort of virtual reality. But the question of whether that’s a dream or whether it’s real is the question I’ve been asked most about any of the films I’ve made. It matters to people because that’s the point about reality. Reality matters."
I saw this in the theater with some friends. It absolutely blew our minds
They made the totem, the jack, falter a tad at the end to leave it ambiguous. We'll never know for sure if he's in reality or not. But you'll notice he walked off from it... he didn't care. He just wanted his happiness with his children. Whether or was real or not.
3 months late, but i’ll be damned if that little scream @4:11 isn’t the cutest thing i’ve ever seen😂 (in a wholesome way lol)
The part where Fischer is sobbing over his father at the end after he saw the handheld pinwheel is that his father actually loved and cared for him and him sobbing over him is where the "Inception" sticks with him before the hospital is blown up.
One of my absolute favorite Christopher Nolan films.
Fun fact: the song they use to signal the kick is called non je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf. Since time slows down with each dream level, the guy who did the score (Hans Zimmer) found that when he slowed that song way down he got this intense BWOWMMM sound, so he worked it into the score. It's been copied a million times in trailers, but not quite as clever as the OG.
It's actually a nod to the actress who played Cobbs wife. She won the Oscar playing Edith in a movie about her life.
Can’t wait to watch this reaction yall! Thanks for keeping up with the content for us
One of my favorite leo flicks....check out "catch me if you can" & "The Aviator" as well.
Oooh yes! Those are both amazing movies!
This was one of those movies that kind of leaves you starstruck after you watch it. I spent like 3 days just thinking about this movie after i watched it. Ive seen it probably 7-8x since and its still as good as the first time. Just an amazing movie on every level. Favorite? No, but its really really good.
One of my favorite films of all time!
Since you've now watched Inception and you've watched Interstellar, now you need to react to The Prestige. All Christopher Nolan films.
If the top keeps spinning and never falls over he is still in the dream. If it falls over he’s in the real world. The director left an open ending for his audience.
which was a great way to end it
No there's no open ending. The spinning top is just to mess with people and is not what actually indicates whether Cobb is in reality. It isn't even his totem, it MALS totem. The way to tell if Cobb is in a dream or not, is if he can see his kids faces. His kids are always turned away in the dreams, and he even stops Mal from showing him their faces at the end because they would just be "shades" like Mal. Him spinning the top and leaving it behind was just him saying "goodbye" to Mal. I'd imagine he stopped having her invade his dreams after he got rid of her totem. He can clearly see his kids faces, and even runs over to them. So it was clearly reality and not a dream.
Ever since I was a kid, I could get out of bad dreams. I just need a tree. I sit with my back to it and tap my right temple. When I wake up, I'm actually tapping my temple in reality - pretty hard, actually! I don't know how it works, but it does. It's a personal 'kick' I've had for decades now.
I can be in a factory, absolutely terrified, then it's like an alarm goes off. I find a way to get to a singular tree - in the parking lot outside of a tight window, clawing my way out. Then I get to it, start pounding my index and middle finger against my head repeating "I want out! I want out! LET ME OUT!!!" - and I do.
It's a really neat trick tbh! I've never met another person who can do it either.
I can also: Lucid dream. Be two different people in one dream. Take on someone else's body when I'm afraid for my well being. Dream I'm an opposite gender. Have reoccuring dreams where I'm someone else entirely the entire time. Go back to a dream once I've woken up if I do an "instant replay" (last 2 minutes of what happened). I can ascend, but not fly. I can hot wire ANY car or motorcycle. I'm a *perfect* shot or sword master if I have to fight for my life. I can breathe under water. I'm always an expert climber. I can rig anything I need to 'go off' - wink, wink! - whenever it's required for the greater good. I can fit through a mice sized hole if it means escape or discovery. I'm AWESOME in artificial gravity or wearing mag boots... It's really bizzare! But I'm so GRATEFUL!!!!
I've lived *thousands* of lives while I sleep! 😊🎉😁
It's cool that you can do that and wake yourself up. Most people can't because our brains release a chemical that immobilizes us so we don't move while dreaming; that you can move means either your brain doesn't release enough to completely immobilize you, or none at all (in which case you'd be a sleepwalker; I doubt this is the case because most people mention when they can sleepwalk if they're one when talking about dreaming).
Also cool that you can lucid dream. I've never been able to achieve that. Not really sure I want to. I see such interesting things in my dreams that I'd never consciously think to even make happen. My subconscious is very entertaining these days.
I will say it wasn't always fun. I had nightmares / night terrors growing up all the way until I was 37 years old, when I was finally diagnosed with sleep apnea and given a CPAP machine. That first morning after using it felt like a miracle; no nightmares! I'd had anywhere from 1-5 nightmares a night that I'd remember throughout my whole life from my youngest memories. I've died in my dreams more times than I can count. In some, my ghost rises from my body and floats about doing stuff before I wake up. The whole idea of if you die in a dream, you die IRL is nonsense. While I am sometimes awakened when I die in a dream, it's hardly a guarantee I will. Lol. I've died every way imaginable in my dreams, my brain trying to get me to wake up so I'll start breathing again. So grateful for my CPAP machine now so I rarely ever have nightmares any more (just a few a year like normal people).
The dream world is a wild ride, to be sure. I just wish things made as much to me when I wake up as they do in my dreams. I'm often omniscient in my dreams, which feels amazing. It's like remembering who we really are, and this world is the dream. Loved reading your post! Thanks for sharing! :)
In my dreams I can't even walk.
The last 45 minutes of this movie right down to the end, including the music is film making at its greatest. The spinning hallway scenes were so fun. Chris Nolan can do no wrong right now.
Another Christopher Nolan film that's a real mind-bender is Memento. Well worth watching.
"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling." 🚀
Interstellar was kinda complicated... Inception was mindblowing... And then came Tenet to just f*** with the audience. Classic Nolan. No matter how much you think you're prepared for it, you're not :P there's a point where you're like "ahh screw this" and just enjoy it without trying to actually understand.
tenet is so hard to understand but very enjoyable
And then you've got Memento that's just f-cked up.. even the version that's in the right order is a good movie but makes you a little sad at the end
@@Damalatorian I saw Predestination and Memento a few weeks apart, and they're both weird movies. Love them though. Lol. I put those two and Looper in the same category of movies in my head. None of them are incredible the way Inception is, but still great and worth watching.
Yeah, you wanted it to stop spinning. But the fact that he didn't wait to see if it stopped meant he no longer cared... but, he WAS home in reality...
Turn on subtitles to not miss any dialogue when watching Nolan films.
Yup subtitles are a must with Nolan films. In fact they're a must with most movies now. For some reason the audio level mixing with modern movies is just terrible.
Totally disagree. Subtitles distract from the delivery and the acting. When you read the script before the lines are actually delivered, it ruins the reveal and it disgraces the actor's work. If you want to read, read a book!
Ah, you think subtitles are your ally? You merely adopted the muffled audio. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see subtitles until I was already a man. By then, they were nothing to me but distracting!
@@johnplaysgames3120 I think we know boys… I think we know who just won!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Asia got it right. The top keeps spinning in the dream.
It was never cobb’s token, it was Mal’s.
Asia BJ 👊
Cobbs totem - his wedding ring.
Dream - W. Ring
Reality - no W. Ring.
I hear🙏
I love this movie. Never get tired of watching it. I'm glad you finally reacted to this. There are times when I go to sleep and feel like I'm in inception. I go to sleep, wake up and think I'm awake but then I realized something is wrong and then I wake up again. 😮😮
I'm surprised I haven't seen someone post the most common comment about the end scene. The spinning top is not Cobbs totem, its Mals. Cobbs Totem is actually his wedding ring, so it doesn't matter what happens with the spinning top because its not actually his totem.
You’ve misunderstood the idea of the totem. It’s not something mystical, it’s just something that only you truly can identify. As long as the architect hasn’t familiarized with the totem then it’s fine to use
This movie will change how you look at every movie, or show, or news segment or politician.
One of the reasons I thought that Cobb was still in a dream, was that early in the movie, in the classroom scene, his dad said, “Come back to reality”, as in even HE knew that Cobb hadn’t come back yet.
This is probably one of my top five movies of all time. I remember how it blew my mind when I saw it in the theater
This is one of those movies that is super confusing the first time through, but upon a second re-watch, you will understand more of the plot and what drives the characters. Great film.
Wasn't that confusing, in fact they over explain what is going on at certain points.
There is a movie from back in the 80's called Dreamscape. I don't know if you've ever seen it, but it's a cheaper version of this style of movie. It's really good.
Is that the one where the horse gets sliced like an egg? That was a weird one.
If you guys thought Inception was a mind f*ck, wait till you two watch Tenet!
When this movie first came out, me and my friends decided to play a drinking game and take a swig every time they said “dream.” I think you can imagine the rest.
I'm guessing YOU have to imagine the rest as well because, after that many drinks, remembering it might be impossible.
@@johnplaysgames3120 hahaha I did have to rewatch the movie…but, given the complexity of this film, I had to re watch it twice to get everything lol. 😆
thanks for reacting to this, I love Nolan's films, hope you enjoyed this one! Watching now!!
Yeah I’m sure others have chimed in prior to my comment- but BJ you got it backwards
Think about it!
If a top spins continuously- that’s not realistic
So that’s how you know you’re not in reality but in a dream
To see a top topple indicates you’re in reality
Hope this helps
lmao I needed several viewings of this film to even start to figure it out. I don't exactly need Asia & BJ to get every single thing about it - I'm here for their enjoyment of a great film.
Cobb would only wear his wedding ring in the dreams. While in reality, he didn’t. Pay attention to his hand when he would spun his totem in the last scene. That will give you the answer: dream vs. reality.
My fav about this movie is the soundtrack. I played it so much that we found an old video my daughter made when she was about 7 (she’s 21 now) where she was filming herself riding in her bike with the camera in her basket, and she humming the song from the fight scene in the spinning hallway. The name of the song is Don’t Think About Elephants
The suitcase contains the anesthetic, only in the first phase. the flight attendants are responsible for the first sleep, then the driver, and notice that there is a suitcase with a button, that is the anesthetic. This film is a masterpiece. Leonardo Di Caprio deserved an Oscar.
Great reaction guys. Just one small correction that yall slipped the definition of the spinning top on accident at the end. Top spinning forever = inside a dream. Top falls over = real life (just like it would work in our real life). This is definitely a movie that amkes a lot more sense when you watch it a 2nd time!
Watch Tenet guys , that's will break your mind completely
People sh*t on that movie but I love it!
@@troyp5359 yeah but most people are stupid and can't understand it so of course they will shit on what they don't understand
My mind still hasn't recovered from Tenet
i've watched tenet 10 times. so cool
I've watched it 10000 times and still cannot get Tenet....smh :(
😂😭😂Asia's hand gesturing lets me further know, ALL i NEED to know! I Love it😊
One of my all time favorite movies.
Let's break it down. The whole point of Inception is Extraction via a dream... Extracting information (valuable secrets and stuff) from an individual, in a way that doesn't make the dreamer aware that they are getting information extracted from them. Think of the dream states in terms of levels (alpha, beta, gamma, delta), where alpha is the highest dream state (next to being awake), where as gamma is the deep dream state (much harder to wake up from, where everything almost feels real). Delta, would be the like the beach scene (being on the shores of the subconscious, where true creativity can be done - anything is possible on this level), this is why Cobb was able to build large architectures from nothing... They basically had to go down to the 3rd level (Gamma) for the idea to stick and come off as it being organic, otherwise it would've been rejected.
The spinning top simply means that if it doesn't fall, they are still in someone else dream.
This is one of those movies where you have to watch it at least 2 or 3 times to fully understand it. This movie was well done though.
Ive always felt the whole movie was a dream. Not one minute of it is in the real world. The insane, but quick, cuts that seem to have the same time of day. They were extracting leo from his own limbo thats why his wife is able to haunt him no matter where he goes. She is his totem. Hes stuck.
The groan in the audience when the screen went black. 😅 It ended up being up to us whether the top fell over or not. I believe it did and it was real because the kids turned around. He never got that far in the dream before. That he left the totem means he didn't care if it was real or not. He was back with his kids, dream or not, and he was staying there. 🙏🏼
Finally Christopher Nolan has his Oscars for OPPENHEIMER but I believe both INCEPTION and INTERSTELLAR are masterpieces. THE DARK KNIGHT, however, is his best and one of the greatest movies of all time.
This is one of my all time favorites. Was a senior in highschool when it came out and some buddies and i went to see it and we literally came out, rushed to the car to get more money to see it right away again. Came out again and scraped up change for a third viewing in the day just to try to figure it out
The one who is awake while everyone else is asleep is the dreamer. In the end they are trying to go into Robert Fisher's memory with him and his father and that safe. Definitely worth re-watching several times. One of my favorite movies ever. You have never seen this movie before, or anything like it.
30:47 that's inception. they're making fisher believe the idea that his father always cared about him. Hes holding the spinning paper fan in the picture when fisher was young and thats the same one in the safe. his father had it during all this time and never forgot about that moment with his son. its locked like a memory. its the catharsis they talked about
Hopefully you guys get into Shutter Island also. Another great movie you should check out is Lawless. Great content guys thank u both for all the laughs and smiles you bring to everyone!
32:58 Why did you said "Don't fall over, please"? 😂 If it falls over, then this is reality. If it keeps spinning, he's still in a dream (because in dreams everything is possible, like infinitely spinning totems - the same one he "implanted" into their own dream so at one point in time she opened the safe and discovered, that his totem was still spinning inside (but that was not shown in the movie)).
What you missed was that the top was not his real totem that was what he made people believe was his totem. When you watch close, he kept his totem secret from everyone. He touches his wedding band to tell if he is dreaming. When he is not dreaming he has no wedding band.
One of my favourites of Nolan alongside Interstellar. It's one of those that just boggles the mind and you notice different things every time watching it!
If you have to ask “am I dreaming” the answer is always, yes
This is an amazing movie and it’s cool to see you two to watch this. It’s quite a trip and has what one would usually expect from a Christopher Nolan movie. Great to see your reactions to this. Take care and have a great weekend guys!
This one was awesome, enjoy! 😂
Loved y'alls discussion at the end! Definitely, BJ, this is a movie you have to watch several times to catch everything! And it's completely fascinating every single time; love this movie! It doesn't feel like how my dreams feel, which put me off the first time I viewed it, but it's still so well done and I love this movie, more so with every new viewing. Thanks for reacting to it! I loved all Asia's little eeks! during the movie because I did the same thing the first time I watched it! X) Lol. Love to you both! Peace. :)
One of my favorite Hans Zimmer soundtracks. If you get a chance check out Hans Zimmer live in Prague 2017. He does music from Inception, Batman The Dark Knight, Man of Steel, Crimson Tide, Pirates of the Caribbean and many others.
"Chevaliers de Sangreal" is my favorite song from that concert. "Time", with Hans walking out, playing the guitar, like a fucking boss, is amazing and emotional too!
Oooh! One of my faves, so excited to watch this with y’all!
Every time you see Micheal Cane it means that he is in the real world.
I feel like this film is one of, if not the, best use of rotating-room shooting done. That fight scene was brilliant both in inclusion and in choreography/tech.
Awesome reaction to a great movie with a lot of layers to it, the ending is great as the viewer is left to wonder what is or isn't real to them.
“Deliverance”
Three Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe Nominations. The film is famous for the hit song “Dueling Banjos”
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Great pick!💯🍿
One of my fave movies, I was obsessed ❤
Dark Knight was a masterpiece, but THIS Film is where Christopher Nolan solidified himself in cinema history. This is one of the greatest movies of all time. The story, the acting, the music, the mystery. Everything was perfection.
Much love to you two ✔️✔️⭐❤️
Reel talk! This movie makes the mind bend and is so fun. Maybe the body needs to rest but the soul does not sleep? Your soul journeys as you sleep. Astral projection.
This is such a good movie and I'm not doing that!! 😂 Sorry bc I know I would get stuck that's just my luck. Great reaction 💙
Totem keeps spinning when it's still a dream, falls when you're awake and in real world. I feel he was still asleep because his kids were still small at the end. They should've been a bit older by then
I like Inception. It's been 14 years since I first saw this movie and I'm still not sure if I know. Having watched it, watch it again knowing what you know and seeing it all over with that knowledge changes things... Then do it again and again with the new insights from each previous viewing. If you enjoy being on the edge of confusion, not quite knowing what is actually happening and piecing together a story... watch Memento. Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss from 2000.. It does have an ending or a beginning.
Keith Sutherland In Mirror Is Good One To Check Out 😊
Finally you watched this!! Can't wait to see your reaction
I think you want it to fall over because that’s reality
Leo is a good actor love his movies
It would be a good experiment to tape a second reaction to this.
Other Cillian Murphy movies you should see I think you'll like is Red Eye with Rachel McAdams and Oppenheimer.❤
Inception is a movie you need to see multiple times.
"It's almost like they never went away" - I see what you did there!
the projections in the dreams are not real people, i mean basically they are just that, the projections of the mind of the dreamer 😊
4 comments in a row, (separated by a week... or 2??) ... I'm slacking. But you guys haven't been! No surprise there. Listening to your conversation after the movie, i found myself finishing several of your thoughts just a split second before either of you. Kind of made me laugh a bit to realize we think so similar. They DO say great minds DO think alike. You guys continue to crack me up. I enjoy your post-vid-reaction commentary more so than the actual reaction itself. I find it comforting that even though we may be from different backgrounds, different childhoods, and different regions of the country. That we can focus on our similarities and not our differences. Still love the both of you dearly! Wishing you and your family all the best! Peace Asia & BJ!
Ok bizarre story. Last year I had a dream, in that dream I said I'll sleep this off. That 2nd dream was so odd I'm yelling Adam just wake up! I did...but only back to the 1st dream. At that point I thought I was back in real life, but nope! Still dreaming.
Lucid dream or astral projection. If that ever happens again, try to focus on somewhere specific - like outside your front door... see what happens 🙂🇬🇧
@@NigelShepherd-z7k If you like lucid dream stuff, Vanilla Sky is a movie for you. Also, it's very quotable with your significant other
Love this film
Ms. Asia And Mr. BJ This is One Of My Favorite Movies I'm Remember When I'm 1st Watching This Movie Back in the days Renting Movies From The Blockbuster Movies Store. Leonardo DiCaprio Always My Favorite Movie Actor I'm Really Love any Leonardo DiCaprio Movies.
Another Christopher Nolan Masterpeace! 😎👍
Awesomeness Continues! 👊😎✊🍁♈🍁
The entire point of Cobb walking away from the spinning top at the end is that he no longer cares about reality. He made his choice.
The point of the ending is he didn’t care if he was dreaming or not he was just happy to be with his children