as for the ending, he states in the beginning that he can never see his kids faces when he is dreaming, yet in the end he sees them. the top falls.

 

The twist in the plot is when they go to the opiate den looking place so dicaprio can test out the sedative. When he supposedly "wakes up" from the dream state he goes to the bathroom to wash his face off and check his totem. In his panic he knocks the totem spinning off the counter when the asian guy comes to check on him. He asks him if he's alright and decaprio collects himself and walks out. The scene ends and it never shows if the totem keeps spinning or stops. Everything before that is in reality but, everything from then on is his dream. The entire job the team did was a dream. When they all wake up on the airplane it's really his dream. He never wakes from the dream opium den.

 

^^Good point!

 

Yeah, they stressed how important the totems were (especially to decaprio) and when that scene cut without closure I caught it.

 

Except the top wasn't Cob's totem.



It was his wife's.

 

Yeah, but it became his once she jumped out the window.

 

thank you! shit i have been sayin' that for awhile.

plus the kids are wearing the same clothes and haven't aged... jus' saiyan... still freakin' love this movie. Nolan has got the gift man.

 

OMG!
How did I miss that?!?!?!

Awesome analyis.

 

the director has said the top fell at the end - if you have the blue ray version you can see that in fact the kids do age because you can pause the scene and check the information right there - solly

 

looked up some interviews from the director and he basically said he makes the ending ambiguous. but, the real ending per Nolan, was that cobb spun the top but, didn't care and instead of focused on his kids.

mal to cobb "you don't believe in one reality anymore"

that really doesn't explain that is he dreamin' or in the real world. just says that he choose to accept his fate whatever it was....