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This movie would be a huge mess if Christopher Nolan wasn't the one directing it

Ive said this for a while. Michael cain does the inception on cobb. He plants the idea: Come back to reality. Ariadne, his new protoge reafirms it: dont lose yourself. Its an inception within an inception. They are all in on it.

The ending in the airport where the team looks at Cobb then smiles and nods would be a nice touch if they were all part of the Inception plan to save him. Them being genuinely happy that he finally got out.

This just might be one of the best movies ever made

Inception is the film that just keeps giving... Last two videos on this film have been top class, much appreciated!!

Thank you! The totem was Mal’s not his. It never meant anything other than his regret for planting the idea in her head.

Great now I've gotta watch inception for the 50th time instead of sleeping.

Marion Cotillard played and won an Oscar for playing Edith Piaf in 2007’s “La vie en rose,” which is another reason “Je ne regrette rien” was the kick song.

My theory is his totem is not the top but his wedding ring. He only wears it in his dream and never in real life. I think he wouldn't want people to know his real totem so he fakes them out with the top (hes a very paranoid person). So if that were true he would always know if he were dreaming or not by his real totem that no one knows about

It would be impossible for me to overstate just how much I love Christopher Nolan's films, and Inception is undeniably one of my favorites. As always, awesome video. I finally got around to upgrading this one to 4K not long ago, so I'm looking forward to re-watching while keeping all this in mind.

My interpretation is that all the main characters are the parts of Cobb's subconscious that are helping him overcome his guilt. Just like we fight in ourselves where parts of us want to give up and at the same time want to find hope, Cobb has different characters representing different parts of him. Ariande represents the part that encourages him to overcome his guilt. Saito represents the part that can release him from the consequences of his guilt. Eames and Arthur are more like soldiers helping him fight his internal battles. The movie easily shows that the main characters could be part of Cobb's subconscious because in the scene where Ariande and Cobb are doing dream training, Cobb explains the subject has projections of other humans in their dream and the projections are part of his subconscious. For this theory to work then that has to mean that Cobb doesn't ever arrive in reality. That has to mean that Cobb is still in a dream with his kids. But, how can that be when it seems the top is about to fall? Let me explain. At the end the totem falls, but he is still in a dream and he knows it. There are at least two places in the film that shows that if you are the dreamer you can control your dream. One example is near the beginning when Saito, Cobb, Nash, and Arthur are in a Middle Eastern or North African nation with a riot outside and Saito realizes he is still dreaming. He says that means he can control his dream, but Nash corrects him and says that's not true because it's his dream. Then in the first flashback of Cobb's that shows his life with Mal, they are arguing about if they are in reality. Mal thinks they are still in a dream. Cobb is convinced they are in reality. Cobb says if I'm dreaming then why can't I control it. Mal yells because you don't know you're dreaming. Here it shows that if you know you are the dreamer then you can control your dream. So at the end, Cobb realizes when meeting old Saito in limbo that where he considers reality really isn't reality. And Cobb convinces himself to take a leap of faith, which is to be with his kids in what he considers reality. I think the meaning of the ending is he loves his kids so much that even if they are not real, he would still choose to live with them. We do the same thing with relationships that are not good for us, but we stay in them in due to having this narrative or idea we have created for ourselves that makes us happy or sane or comfortable. Maybe the meaning of Inception was for Cobb to cause inception on himself and put the idea in his head that his kids are real in what he called reality and deep down he doubted his kids existence. I mean, he saw examples of that he may be dreaming in what we thought was reality. For example, he saw that window with curtains that refer back to Mal's death and he saw that on the dream level and he saw it while in what we think is reality after waking up in Mombassa with Yusef. Also, he spinned the top in reality often showing he doubted reality. But, here is how he made the top fall. Cobb is the dreamer so he can control it and if he chooses to believe that wherever he is is truly reality then the top falls. So at the end, Cobb takes a leap of faith and chooses to have faith and believe that he is in reality and with his real kids even if he can't prove it. He performed inception on himself. Like when we choose to believe in a religion or political view or a product or a relationship or ourselves. We perform inception on ourselves anything we choose to believe in something even when we have doubts and have to take a leap of faith. Cobb also probably struggled with taking a leap of faith and staying with children because Mal was dead and he felt guilty. The first time in the film where he spins the top, he is struggling here with staying alive (I mean, he holds a gun thinking about suicide), but his kids whether real or not keep him tethered to what we call reality. He is torn between his kids and his wife. So Cobb causes himself to take a leap of faith and be with his kids and choose to believe they are real and he has to choose to believe that Mal is dead (and not in a lower dream level or in true reality), but the only way for him to stay with his kids and accept Mal's death is to overcome his guilt. It is easy to see the film as he is doing this heist thing to get back to his kids, but what he is doing is going through is a struggle shown as a heist movie where he is convincing himself to let go of his wife and the guilt of that and stay with his kids. If we were in his situation, it would be easy to think of killing ourselves because it could mean he could be with his wife in a possible real world. He is not certain of this possible world and if he killed himself he may be truly leaving his kids and not just projections. So he has to go through the steps of forgiving himself from the guilt and have faith that these kids are real in reality and Mal is truly dead. He has two paths (stay with kids who may not be real or kill himself where he might be with Mal) and he chooses what we all choose, the thing we are more certain of and what we can already see so he chooses his kids. Also, at the end, the kids say they are building a house on a cliff. Are they talking about their home? The house Saito had in limbo? It doesn't matter, but this shows that they are not in reality. How? Well, in Cobb's flashback of his and Mal's time in limbo, they are playing in the sand making buildings and as they crush the sand buildings, the buildings of limbo fall behind them. I believe these 2 scenes parallel pointing to that Cobb is not in reality in the end.

Thanks Definition. Analysis of this film never gets old. I remember Nolan saying if Michael Caine is in a scene it was real. Seems like the end was real in that case

Inception has the dopiest score, it’s probably my favorite, I can’t think of another off the top of my head that can choke me up just listening to it.

This theory just resolved the problem I've always had with Cobb's kids seemingly not having aging when they'd all reunited--had Cobb actually been away from them for an appreciable amount of time, then they would have aged (they always sounded as if they had on the phone), but if he had been stuck in the dream the whole time, then the aging wasn't real (i.e., the phone call happened in the dream where he projected them aging) and when he reunited with them finally, they really would have appeared as if they hadn't aged because Cobb had actually been in a dream where very little time had passed in the real world. Thanks!!!!

Cobb caused the death of Mal ? I got Shutter Island chills.

I cannot get enough of this movie. I have seen this many many times already and im going to continue. I always find something new with every rewatch, and it only entices me more to continue to keep on looking.

Nolan’s movies are amazing

This is by far the best video I have seen about the analyses and theories of Inception. What you describe in this video blew me away, and from now on, I really watch this movie in a whole different way(gonna watch it for the 11th time), and I am also writing n essay about this movie and your video really helps me out, thank you so much

I see many references pointing to the fact that Cobb is in limbo and not his wife. Him taking the totem of mal and using it is to convince himself he´s in reality, while in reality he´s not.

This was an amazing review! I love this movie, thank you!

Omg this is my fave movie of all time and you just blew my mind to how much deeper this movie can get!!

Inception was you adding this video in the Tenet playlist and now I want to watch more of your videos about the Inception loool Mission accomplished!

Probably the best video I’ve seen about Inception… well played brother

Your breakdowns & theories rock!

I’m happy there’s still new ideas to play with and discuss all these years later 🤔😇 and uploaded just an hour ago! I’m off to explode a few minds 🔥💥🧠 💥 🔥

"...police were never looking for him"--Wow, bold, interesting theory...

Wow! My mind is blown again thanks to this film and your amazing video. It all makes sense! But then this film is so well done it works on so many levels. I've loved it for ages as well as Nolan, but this again shows that after years of seeing multi levels and ideas that there's even more! 😮🤯👌 Great video aw always! Keep up the good work. Loving the classic movie breakdowns btw 👍

A little bit shocked when you said you didn't know any other reason why "Je ne regrette rien" was chosen as a musical motif in the film. Marion Cotillard is indeed French, but she also starred as Edith Piaf in "La Mome"/La Vie en Rose" and won an Oscar for it! So there is another connection.

Great Theory actually, I like it. Going to watch Inception tomorrow (in Theaters) again!

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I am new to your channel and I'll be sticking around. Keep it up! I have binged about 15 episodes today, and I "will stick around" hopefully you see my comments. I am going to look around, hopefully you've also done Interstellar asl well.

Anyone notice in the movie when When the functionality of totems is explained Joseph Gordon Levitt says if they work properly it means that, “ You are not in someone else’s dream.” He doesn’t say to prove they are in regular life lol!

I DO agree with you, but I think you've missed a crucial thread of proof that Dom was truly at peace at the end and has let go of Mal and he was not trapped in the dream world. If we consider the rules that are established about the totems, we are told that each person's totem is unique to them. As the story unfolds, we see that everyone on Cobb’s team possesses a unique totem, which they carry with them into the dream. The purpose of these totems is to allow the totem’s owner to discern when they are in the dream and when they have returned to the real world. They cannot allow anyone else to touch their special totems because if someone else touches it, the dreamer will never be sure of its behavior and will lose track of the reality (which is what I think happened to Mal. Dom touched her totem...the spinning top....and she lost track of reality. So if we takes this as absolute truth, and these are the rules of the totems, then I don't think the spinning top is Dom's totem at all. Indeed, he even SAYS its not his totem, but his wife, Mal's. So it wouldn't work for Dom anyway. But if your paying attention, you can see Dom's REAL totem....his wedding ring....which he wears in each of the dreams, but NOT in reality (because his reality is that Mal is dead and he is no longer married to her. The other rule for Dom is, he DOES NOT look at his children's faces when he sees them in the dreams. At the end, if you look VERY CAREFULLY, you will notice that Dom is NOT wearing the wedding ring in the scene when he is finally reunited with his children....signifying, by the rules THEY established, that this moment is real and not a dream. Also, this is the first time Dom allows himself to see the children's faces and he goes to hug them. Again....signifying that this moment is real. Also, Michael Caine has said that his character is only there in reality and not in the dreams and we see him in this moment with Dom and the children. So I would say that them focusing on the spinning top is a misdirect for us as the audience. They want us to wonder is he still in the dream or has he broken into reality, but if you look at the truth (based on the rules they established), you will see that Dom is finally free.

Something I haven’t heard any theories pick up on: the top is not Cobb’s totem; it’s Mal’s. By nature of the fact that he’s touched someone else’s totem changes the storyline, further reinforcing that he doesn’t have an accurate depiction of what is reality and what is a dream.

Awesome video Sir I asked you for this video long ago thanks for such an amazing video on Inception movie 😎♥️👌

It’s a work of genius that will generate debate like this for decades to come 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I’ve argued with many of my friends about it. I full heartedly believe that it’s not a dream. Nolan is so good all the signs point to it really being either of the outcomes.

Would love a mini series about this movie. Would answer a lot of open ended questions. Agree with you though, I think the whole point was to bring Cobb back to reality

Well done, sir. This interpretation is actually quite beautiful.

There were two Inceptions. The Saito plot was real, and a secondary Inception occurred, in a similar manner, to Cobb, who now believes that he did grow old with Mal. Just like Fisher, Cobb’s own subconscious fed him the idea leading to his own catharsis

Having put the idea of having something in your life compared to what you had is a different story altogether, Cobb fell for his own con. He did after all say he did inception to his wife but he was also present. His team were there to rescue him but they failed, the evidence was the totem in the safe and also at the end when he puts it on the table, he was still dreaming.

This movie is Pure Masterpiece. It makes us debate philosophically about it even after 14years. Every time you watch it there are new details to notice and different perspectives that can be discussed about. Inception is nothing less than the mastery!!!👌

Thank you for planting the idea to thank your for this content. (Job well done) [ I am already subscribed so said suggestion and reinforcement non-applicable ] I will re-watch the film .. Stay Healthy

Great vid as always def

*The ending was real. Period. 😤*

U get a like and sub for throwing in the subscribe line about a quarter through...that was detail and smooth blending.

Hahaha I see what you did there @ 2:56 Well Done!

I really like this big theory of yours. An yet I remember towards the near end of the movie (INCEPTION) the spinning top was slowing down, but it was not shown stopping; An so that there makes me wonder if there might of been more to the story of the movie?

This is solid, keep working!

Great video thanks dude

Love your movie in Inception sir, from your fan in Thailand. You may have to watch it 2 or 3 times. Super beautiful!

You made me love the movie even more. Great iception😅

Love this take. It makes the film that much deeper. Going to rematch ASAP

I believe cobb did inception on syto at the end of the film rephrasing the words cobb to him in the first layer of the dream since they were not really sure if he'd fulfill his end of the bargain

Michael Cain said anytime he’s in a scene, it’s the real world. That alone says the ending is real.

Also perhaps supporting this theory is when Leo is going through airport security his friends are all there watching him as he walks by. Tom Hardy outside the metal detector, the brown guy and Levinson picking up their luggage on the right. They make very quick eye contact with small nods. Leo ignores them.

Oh man, I love this theory! I don't know if it's right, but I choose to believe it is :)

For some reason.... I chose myself to finally subscribe to this channel.

Great breakdown but what is your explanation of the spinning top not falling before, through and still after the credits? Thx

Wow. This movie is filled with meaning... layer by layer.

🤯 Damn Deff, I never thought of it this way. I don’t know what to think anymore 😅

Omg you brilliant SOB you are right 😮

This may be the best theory ever! We need a longer version of this. The rabbit hole just became a black hole!

I'm not sure why but I decided to sub to you :)

Never gonna give you up is stuck in my head now def. thank 😂😂

0:49. Well done, pal. Well done.

I am so looking forward to seeing tenet movie it going to be great film hopefully the cinema will be reopened so 🤞

I've always believed it's fairly clear that Cobb is the job in this movie and I also think that several of the main characters (Arthur, Nash, Mal, Fischer, Browning, and possibly Eames and Yusuf) are all aspects of Cobb as well. I believe the entire movie is a dream that Cobb is still in. Ariadne, Saito, and Miles are the ones performing the inception on Cobb. I also think it's possible that Mal didn't die at all and her suicide jump from the window was her actually escaping the dream, she was right all along. That scene makes almost no sense any other way. He walks into the trashed hotel room only to find her about to jump out of a mirror image hotel room across the street!?!? I think it's very possible that Ariadne is his actual wife and that's why she is so upset the first time she see Mal who is the representation of her in his dream. When they all wake up on the plane at the end they are all waking up to the top layer of Cobb's dream and when he goes home to his family in the dream it is confirmation that they have successfully planted that idea inti his head. We never see it but Cobb will eventually make it home to his family, probably including his living wife and much older children, sometime after the movie ends.

Wow! Ten years! I love this film it feels timeless. Oh and I think that the ending is real. Cobb finally sees his children’s faces.

The agency was cobol engineering. They're referred to a few times in the beginning.

🤯 damn that adds a whole new spin to the movie

Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye. Thanks mate...😬

It was definitely one of the best Christopher Nolan movies

Cobb is dreaming and he is trapped and movie ends buy him still trapped in the dream loop. The movie is about him only Questions reality. And all he thinks is what he knows like no one age on the movie except sator and the are no newthings he discovers. Imagine being out of prison after 60 years with no contact to the outside world when you come out most things have changed. But not on this movie.

Good job

What if it was a dream within a dream ? Maybe Cobb never escaped from Limbo, but his mind manufactured the reality we saw in the end.

All my favourite actors in one film.

Saito is actually Mall 🤭

The very first clue to Cobb's alienation to reality was dropped before the movie was released. Namely Nolan convinced Scorcese to film Shutter Island earlier that year, in which an even less stable Cobb thinks he is a detective solving a murder case in a cast off jail.

This is one of the best most mind blowing movies ever.

*Also how do I donate Fam ?* *Miss being on the early wave.*

This theory could very much be true, sure it’s reaffirmed throughout the movie subtly and there are some themes that very much imply it as well as the main plot of the movie being cobbs redemption and him battling his inner demons to return to reality as well as him being the main character but one line In the movie sticks out a lot where Ariadne says the deeper we go into Fischers mind, the deeper we’re going to yours.

One of "the best" ever!

Cool vid. But they explained who the agency that were chasing him was. Although i couldn’t figure why, i saw them name the company in the first act.

The men chasing him worked for Cobo Engineering, which was the company that hired Cobb’s team for the extraction in the beginning of the film. He was being hunted because his team failed to complete the mission.

So if this theory is true, which I'm inclined to believe, does that mean... *Mal was right?* They were indeed still dreaming and Mal didn't actually kill herself, she just woke up?

One of my theories after a few watches was something like this. Mal says " don't you think it's odd having shadowy figures chase you round".

“Mal is mainly used as an adverb of manner, which it means badly, poorly, not well. But it can also be used to express that something is morally bad.” That pretty much confirms it for me.

I wish Nolan should see this video! 🤞🏻

Here’s my problem with the theory. What is the motivation? Just to help Cobb out of the kindness of their hearts? You call them his friends and family, but that’s not really the case. They’re colleagues with little to no apparent personal connection. Saito, who initiates the mission, seems to be little more than a greedy businessman with, again, no personal connection to Cobb. Wouldn’t this theory require him to be willing to risk going into limbo just to… help Cobb deal with regret?

Interesting notes on a rewatch: when they first go under on the plane, the dream is derailed (lol) by a train. They just showed how a train is a part of Cobbs dreams. Proof that that sequence is Cobbs and not Fischers.

it depends how you understand the movie there are different endings and beginnings to this movie

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I feel compelled to subscribe...

I would watch a version of Inception where everytime the music plays they play Never gonna give you up

How does this movie get better almost a decade later?

i like it!

If this is true then Cobb must be Teddy Daniels in Shutter Island ... and they keep trying to bring him back to reality in different ways. Mind is blown

Also the reason they chose Je ne regrette rien is because Marion Cotillard stared in a movie about the singer Edith Piaf a few years prior.

Just another thing I didn’t see in the comments, but non je ne regrette rien is sung by Édith Piaf. Marion Cotillard played her in the film about her life