SPOILER ALERT: Inception Ending?
(2010-08-19 15:37:45) 1. Says: Do you think Cobb is still in a dream? His totem wobbled so I believe it was NOT a dream. What do you think?2. Says: I do believe Cobb made it back to REALITY. (^_^)vIf you like movies like Fight Club, Sixth Sense, Memento, or The Prestige, you'll know that you need to pay attention to the details.
See my blog for DETAILS & explainations with PICTURES [sorry if the plot is still a mess]:
http://evakriss-corner.blogspot.com/2010/08/inception-2010-details-explaination.html
Dileep Rao [Yusuf] interview:
"You know what, I'll just say this: Use your ears not your eyes."
The only people who know the weight & feel of that totem are Mal & Cobb, and since Mal is dead, Cobb is the only one left who knows the totem’s tactile details.
So YES, he could certainly use it as a measure of reality, the totem was not “ruined” by him using it.
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Cobb doesn’t wear a WEDDING RING in reality, but he wears a wedding ring in dreams [in dreams he's still together with Mal]. He doesn't wear it at the end.
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He's not dreaming all along. After his mission to get Saito's secret, Cobb sitting in his hotel room alone, spinning the Top [Mal's Totem] and watching it intently, gun in hand. He's ready to blow his brains out if the top keeps spinning, in order to “wake himself up”.
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THE KIDS looked a bit OLDER in the ending [see pictures on my link to compare dreams and the ending scene].
In the credits there are 2 pair of kids: Philippa (3 yo & 5 yo), James (20 months & 3 yo).
Claire Geare - Phillipa (3 years) & Magnus Nolan - James (20 months)
Taylor Geare - Phillipa (5 years) & Johnathan Geare - James (3 years)
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The kids are wearing similar outfits to the ones he remembers [in his dreams], but their SHOES are different. In dreams they're wearing BLACK shoes, at the end Philippa wears PINK canvas shoes & James wears WHITE sport shoes.
Philippa wears a DIFFERENT PINK DRESS, sleeveless with an INNER WHITE SHIRT. In dreams she wears 1 piece of short-sleeves pink dress.
JAMES wears bluish-color shirt with thinner lines. In dreams he wears redish-color shirt with wider lines.
And there are PAINTING TOOLS & BRUSHES on the table.
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Remember, almost all the major of the flick has been taking place in dreams, the MIND WORKS FASTER IN DREAMS. 5 minutes=1 hour; 10 hours=1 week. Dream time is longer than actual time (even longer as they go deeper into the dream, and much longer in Limbo). No reference about exactly HOW LONG Cobb has been away, we can't rely to the age of the kids as an indication that he’s in the real/dream world.
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***** ***** *****3. Says: You're welcome. Glad can help. (^_^)v 4. Says: I don't think it was a dream because he had said that he'd know it was reality if only he could see his children's faces, and in the ending scene you got to see their faces. And I agree with the totem wobbling part.5. Says: This is a question about movies, not Mercedes Benz vehicles (where your question is posted). Tag: SPOILER ALERT: Inception Ending?