While art really is in the eye of the beholder, and you can interpret Inception however you wish, based on the rules established by the film, we can say definitively that Cobb is intended to make it home and not be distracted by a lie.
Inception does indeed make the argument that one reality is not necessarily more valid than the other. While Cobb as the hero of a Hollywood blockbuster says he will not settle for an abstraction, there are characters who do. But Cobb and the audience alike are challenged to ask who are we to judge them? Nolan would probably argue not since Inception is every bit the manifesto for its self-reflective storyteller as The Prestige is.
While that earlier magician-minded movie acts as an obvious full-length metaphor about cinema and storytelling being a kind of magic trick, Inception is similarly a parable for the role of filmmakers in sharing their dreams with an audience that wants to get lost in a subset of reality. Together they create a world that exists only in scenes and shots, largely empty warehouses and soundstages occupied by a bit of artifice, or a lone street corner in Paris redressed for a specific and fleeting purpose.
But when these elements are combined by a gifted group of storytellers, they create a subset of reality. And audiences, like the susceptible Fischer, populate the gaps and holes in the fantasy with their own imagination. In that moment, he no longer cares if his world is real or not. Why should it matter when he is finally with his kids? Maybe our ideas of what is real and what is fake should not be so definitive after all.
Follow htshowbiz for more. Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has tried to explain the ending of Inception multiple times. Do you still feel confused? Share Via. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. Christopher Nolan does just that as he leads the viewer through the maze of the dream worlds the team fights their way through.
As the viewer "wakes up" from the experience, the thoughts that fill their mind are all based on how they interpret everything that came in the moments they saw on the screen.
So really, there's no wrong way to look at Inception But much like the top in Inception's dream world, this argument can go spinning for eons and eons with interpretations and arguments for either side's case. It is because of this that we suggest you read Psychology Today's excellent piece dissecting Inception , as it helps add some fuel to the fires and argues some really good points included in the film's overall fabric. Much like Cobb, you now face a choice: do you stick with the reality we've presented you, or will you go a little deeper?
Either way, just make sure you don't follow the conclusion that leaves you an old reader, filled with regret, waiting for Christopher Nolan to give you his version of the truth. CinemaBlend's James Bond expert. He fights for The User.
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Thank you for signing up to CinemaBlend. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. Cobb ignores his totem, and the camera cuts to black before the truth is revealed. While some viewers still swear the totem wobbles shortly before the credits start rolling, the continued spin is Inception 's first clue that Cobb might still be sleeping soundly in business class.
Another reason to question the fidelity of Inception 's final scene is Cobb's abrupt kick-out from Limbo. During the final level of the mission the snowy fortress , both Saito and Fischer die, falling into Limbo, with Cobb and Ariadne following shortly after. Ariadne and Fischer exit first, kicking back up to the fortress by jumping out of a tall building.
After returning to Level 3, Fischer completes the inception, while the audience sees Ariadne wake up just in time to get kicked up to Level 2 the hotel. However, Cobb and Saito exit limbo in a very different manner.
As with Ariadne and Fischer, Cobb and Saito kill themselves in order to escape Limbo this is confirmed when Saito's hand moves towards Cobb's pistol but the very next shot takes place back on the plane. There is a potential explanation as to why Ariadne and Fischer return to the fortress while Cobb and Saito go directly to reality. Even with the time dilation, Cobb missed his kick sequence Arthur leaves his body in the submerged van on Level 1 , so as long as the sedation runs out on the plane, Cobb could feasibly wake up directly from Limbo.
Furthermore, it's implied that Cobb and Mal also woke up straight away after violently ending their Limbo experience. With that said, the ambiguity around Cobb's exit compared to Ariadne and Fischer is enough to add another question mark to Inception 's final scene.
From the moment Cobb wakes up aboard the plane, Inception begins feeling like a very different film, and it's not clear whether this is because Christopher Nolan is rapidly heading towards his happy ending, or because Cobb is dreaming his ideal scenario. After Cobb wakes up on the plane, everything seems normal enough - an air hostess with hot towels, Fischer looking pensive, Saito making good on his promise. But as Cobb strolls through the airport, the scene becomes suspiciously idyllic.
Despite Leonardo DiCaprio looking shiftier than ever, the immigration officer happily welcomes him back into the country. Cobb then walks past the whole team - Ariadne, Eames, Arthur, Fischer, Saito and Yusef - all giving each other a knowing wink or nod. The sequence almost feels like a procession of friends forming a guard of honor as Cobb leaves his old life behind, and there's an airy, ethereal quality that's unlike anything else in the film's reality.
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