Inception

[Az]

Movie owns. It's like a slightly dumbed down Primer with a plot that keeps it interesting for us to keep caring.

[bipolarbear]

I felt the exposition was a bit heavy handed and could've been explained a tad more gracefully, but then again when you're trying to entertain on such a massive scale you have to dumb things down a bit.

[Barnabas]

What do you all think of the ending? Real or dream?

Now that Di Caprio is old and average looking and no longer looks like a Hanson I respect him

I am also full of admiration for Nolan

[self biased]

i hated the end for the same reasons i hated the end of vanilla sky.

I thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the movie.

[Boris Godunov]

What do you all think of the ending? Real or dream?

Spoiler:

Dream.

1) The kids were dressed and looked exactly the same as in his flashback to when he first left and didn't get a chance to say goodbye to them. It would be an amazing coincidence for them to be wearing the exact same clothing, wouldn't it?

2) The wife's suicide scene was weird, and seemed a bit dreamlike to me. In particular, she was standing on a ledge across the alley instead of the ledge just outside their room. When Leo's on the ledge telling her to come inside, he gestures toward the window he's standing near, as if she'd somehow be able to float across the alley and inside. To me, that's a very dreamlike thing to happen--there's a logical impossibility that doesn't necessarily register in the dream for us.

3) The Mumbassa chase scene. This supposedly occurred in the real world, but there was a top-down shot at one point that showed the streets being raced through were a maze. That of course harkens back to the mazes being designed for the dreams.

4) Why the hell would Michael Caine, who was living in Paris, been there to greet them on their arrival in the U.S.? Maybe I missed some bit of dialogue where they explain that, but to me that indicated Leo's dream was trying to tie up everything rather neatly. Ok, that's a small quibble, it could just indicate some lazy screenwriting.

[Wiglaf]

I completely despise movie reviewers who try to be clever in their reviews.

The Matrix: Plug into this one, it's a winner
Inception: I couldn't dream of a better ending
The Da Vinci Load: The only puzzle here is why any one would pay to see this movie
Revenge of the Twinks: The plot wasn't too filling

[Wiglaf]

Also, Boris is a flamer and probably is no smarter than his dentist. The wife ledge thing being a dreamlike sequence is not a ****ing surprise nor is it part of the ending. You are now my least favorite poster and I recommend you rethink where you are going in life, maybe rent an SAT book.

[Boris Godunov]

Spoiler:

The wife/ledge thing isn't supposed to be a dream, as far as Leo's character knows. He believes it really happened, and that she really killed herself by mistake to escape what she believed was a dream. If it is a dream, then it happened in the same "level" of dreaming in which he comes home to his kids, so he's still in the dream. Duh.

Spoiler:

Wiglaf eats his own sperm daily

[-Jrabbit]

@ second spoiler in that post.

[Guynemer]

I'd have to watch again to be sure, but I think Boris is wrong.

Spoiler:

I think the children are actually wearing different (but similar) clothes. More importantly, I am 99% sure that Leo's character only wears his wedding ring in the dream world, and I don't think he was wearing it in the final scene. Now, the obvious caveat is if he dreamt the whole ****ing thing, all bets are off. Or, one could argue that if he truly believed he was awake, he may not be wearing the ring in that case, but I would consider that a bit of a cheat.

[Boris Godunov]

Guynemer, you ignorant slut.

Spoiler:

Don't question a gay man about clothing. The kids are wearing the same clothes: girl in a pink dress, boy in a plaid shirt. Same haircuts, sitting in exact same position. I think the critical point is the warning to not populate one's dream world with real memories, as it can lead to one being duped into thinking a dream is reality. As for the wedding ring, I didn't notice whether or not he was wearing one in the last scene, so can't say for sure. But as you note, that could be explained by his having "given in" to the dream world, as he was previously making a conscious effort not to wear it in what he "knew" were only dreams.

[Guynemer]

Eh... I think you might be wrong. Like I said, I think I'd have to see it again, which is hardly a chore.

[Supr49er]

Spoiler:

Maybe it's obvious, but I thought Leo's totem were his childrens faces. Earlier he says when he sees his kids faces, he knows he is home. He never sees them - even avoids looking at them until the end.

[self biased]

Spoiler:

[Guynemer]

Whoa.