Christopher Nolan's Inception

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LostSon88 said:
How was everyone's crowd reaction at the ending?

My audience let out a very loud (and uniform) "Awwwwww!" when they cut to the credits with Cobbs piece still spinning and possibly beginning to topple.

THEN afterwards, seriously, EVERYONE was talking about it. Groups of teenagers, grown ups, I overheard one guy say, "Man, this is complicated." and even I had to get some clarification from my cousins, lol.

Just shows how good a movie it was when you got everyone trying to figure it out afterwards.
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My first viewing was Friday at noon. And my second viewing was yesterday (Sunday) at 9:45 PM.

Both times, there couldn't have been more than twenty people in the theater. So there really wasn't much response to the ending.
 
when the ending came up I heard a big awwww but I was so amazed about it and I believe others in my theater were too that we all clapped and just felt amazed at what we just watched.....What other movie have you seen where It felt you just watched a really amazing magic trick?
 
LostSon88 said:
How was everyone's crowd reaction at the ending?

My audience let out a very loud (and uniform) "Awwwwww!" when they cut to the credits with Cobbs piece still spinning and possibly beginning to topple.

THEN afterwards, seriously, EVERYONE was talking about it. Groups of teenagers, grown ups, I overheard one guy say, "Man, this is complicated." and even I had to get some clarification from my cousins, lol.

Just shows how good a movie it was when you got everyone trying to figure it out afterwards.
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A collective gasp followed by applause.
 
"Inception" was an excellent film. It had a gripping story and great characters. "The Matrix" meets a great heist movie. It's probably my second favorite Nolan film after "The Dark Knight". Take away Ledger's Joker performance, and "Inception" may be equal or greater than TDK. I wouldn't really call it a perfect film, at least not #3 on the imdb chart perfect. Even so, I'm pretty sure this one may be a lock for a Best Picture nomination also. Probably Best Original Screenplay too.

As far as the ending,
I think Cobb was awake when he went home. For one thing, he saw his kids' faces, which was something he could never do in his dreams. Also it seemed like the spinning top was about to fall over before the credits rolled.
 
Drizzle said:
"Inception" was an excellent film. It had a gripping story and great characters. "The Matrix" meets a great heist movie. It's probably my second favorite Nolan film after "The Dark Knight". Take away Ledger's Joker performance, and "Inception" may be equal or greater than TDK. I wouldn't really call it a perfect film, at least not #3 on the imdb chart perfect. Even so, I'm pretty sure this one may be a lock for a Best Picture nomination also. Probably Best Original Screenplay too.

As far as the ending,
I think Cobb was awake when he went home. For one thing, he saw his kids' faces, which was something he could never do in his dreams. Also it seemed like the spinning top was about to fall over before the credits rolled.
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yeah but...It was sure was a coincidence when his son and daughter are wearing the same clothes and set in the same location and position (one squating the other standing) when Cobb sees them...I think there is more to this.
 
I think it all depends if the totem is trustworthy or not.
 
About Cobb's totem:

Isn't it unreliable considering it was his wife's first? Only she would know exactly how it is supposed to be/perform
 
Exactly.

If they were wearing different clothing then it would've made the ending much clearer but the fact that they're wearing the same clothes he'd envisioned them in and doing the exact same activity they had been in throughout the whole movie would suggest that he is indeed still dreaming.

How long do with have to keep with the spoiler tags?
 
FlawlessVictory said:
About Cobb's totem:

Isn't it unreliable considering it was his wife's first? Only she would know exactly how it is supposed to be/perform
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haha the totem is like the one ring, No one can wield it! except for it's master
 
I really wished the totem fell. Instead of an Aww from the audience you would of gotten a WO!
 
FlawlessVictory said:
About Cobb's totem:

Isn't it unreliable considering it was his wife's first? Only she would know exactly how it is supposed to be/perform
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Yeah, I brought up that question about the totem waaay back in this thread (it moves so fast) but never got a response. I still think there's something to it.
Afterall, they made a very specific point that no one should touch anyone else's totem, yet Cobb was doing exactly that. So I think Mal's totem may be completely unreliable for Cobb in the first place.
 
flickchick85 said:
Yeah, I brought up that question about the totem waaay back in this thread (it moves so fast) but never got a response. I still think there's something to it.
Afterall, they made a very specific point that no one should touch anyone else's totem, yet Cobb was doing exactly that. So I think Mal's totem may be completely unreliable for Cobb in the first place.
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But if Cobb was aware of this, the question becomes why did he bother using it at all? Why not make his own?
 
-Arya- said:
But if Cobb was aware of this, the question becomes why did he bother using it at all? Why not make his own?
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Another example, for whatever personal reason, of Cobb not practicing what he preaches, as Arthur pointed out to Ariadne.
 
Saw it today, amazing film. Thank You Mr Nolan, cast & Crew I can't wait for his Batman 3! Leonardo Dicaprio HAS TO BE IN IT.


BTW, I have a question about the film:

So Cobb was a wake along in the end and saw his children's faces. am I right?
 
Two-Face said:
Saw it today, amazing film. Thank You Mr Nolan, cast & Crew I can't wait for his Batman 3! Leonardo Dicaprio HAS TO BE IN IT.


BTW, I have a question about the film:

So Cobb was a wake along in the end and saw his children's faces. am I right?
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It goes either way
 
-Arya- said:
But if Cobb was aware of this, the question becomes why did he bother using it at all? Why not make his own?
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Well, when I brought it up before, I mentioned that
Cobb may have been subconsciously (haha) doing it on purpose, deluding himself to blur that line between the dreams and reality. Because in the dreams, as he said, he and Mal "are still together," and I'm sure there's a part of him that doesn't want to know it's not real.
 
flickchick85 said:
Well, when I brought it up before, I mentioned that
Cobb may have been subconsciously (haha) doing it on purpose, deluding himself to blur that line between the dreams and reality. Because in the dreams, as he said, he and Mal "are still together," and I'm sure there's a part of him that doesn't want to know it's not real.
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Right, right, except he was 'consciously' deluding himself this time, not subconsciously lol
 
flickchick85 said:
Well, when I brought it up before, I mentioned that
Cobb may have been subconsciously (haha) doing it on purpose, deluding himself to blur that line between the dreams and reality. Because in the dreams, as he said, he and Mal "are still together," and I'm sure there's a part of him that doesn't want to know it's not real.
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Wasn't it interesting in that scene where Cobb visited Yusuf and then he was put under that after he woke up and splashed his face with water he started spinning the top but it got knocked over before we got to see the final result.
 
Poeman said:
Joseph Gordon Levitt posted this on twitter...Sums up the movie pretty nicely

http://twitpic.com/26k9ub (spoiler link)
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One of the best uses of the meme I've seen in a long while. Perfectly sums up the collective response to the ending. :funny:

flickchick85 said:
Yeah, I brought up that question about the totem waaay back in this thread (it moves so fast) but never got a response. I still think there's something to it.
Afterall, they made a very specific point that no one should touch anyone else's totem, yet Cobb was doing exactly that. So I think Mal's totem may be completely unreliable for Cobb in the first place.
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It's definitely questionable, though I feel like I haven't completely grasped the function of the totem. I may have completely missed the brief explanation.

Arthur's weighted die makes sense. As he is the only one that knows how it lands, he'll immediately know if he's in someone else's subconscious. If he were, that subconsciousness would conceivably just roll a random number, not knowing it was weighted. Ok, I get that.

However, Cobb's spinning top isn't exactly something exclusive. His conclusion of the real vs. dream seems to rely on it falling. But all spinning tops do this. I'm not sure why it would keep spinning if it's a dream, it doesn't fit any of the rules (again I could have missed this).

Moreover, even if the totem's feel and function is something no one else knows but you, how does that prove if you're dreaming? I can understand it setting off a red-flag in someone else's subconscious, but your subconscious is fully aware of the totem's existence. Cobb knows the spinning top is supposed to fall, it's feel, it's weight, it's density. Wouldn't his subconscious know that? Can't it be just as plausible that in his own dream world, the totem behaves as if it were in the real-world?
 
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