What's your interpretation of the ending of "Inception"? (Spoilers)

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First of all i was quite disappointed with the movie after all the hype.
I would rank it 6/10 and that's being nice.
Weak character devolpment & beat to death type of plot but moving on, here's my interpretation of the open ending:​

Cobb is in the real world. There is not any dream technology. Cobb does not know any of the other passengers on the plane and he has just been dreaming while flying on the plane. There is not any device related dreaming but rather just an ordinary crazy dream. He has never lost his children. It's possible that he has also never lost his wife and just having a nightmare dream. In fact, this probability is very hard to be ignored - the whole ending starting with Cobb's awakening on the plane does not offer a single clue to disprove this version.
 

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WTF are u talking about?! personnaly I would rate the movie 9/10.
As for the ending I think Cobb finnally managed to keep his wife out of his dream world but he couldnt escape the place of infinate dreams(limbo I think) and he made his own world there with his remaining family.

I know it seems a bit far fetched but I got nothing else.
 

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Well i disagree with you.All the dreams are true there is such a technollogy but I think that at the end where he got to his children that was a dream too so he is still lost.I might think why you have such thoughts maybe because the kids didn't grew older than he pictured them when he left.Matter of fact if you let me go littleoff topic-Shutter island.
I just mistakened the plot and i realized it is quite simillar. Funny how after the Titanic and The Beach the roles of Leo got more misterious and you might even say crazy :)
 

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WTF are u talking about?! personnaly I would rate the movie 9/10.
As for the ending I think Cobb finnally managed to keep his wife out of his dream world but he couldnt escape the place of infinate dreams(limbo I think) and he made his own world there with his remaining family.

I know it seems a bit far fetched but I got nothing else.
It's my opinion based on my extensive knowledge of Cinema. Nolan put too much depth on Cobb's character and almost forgot about developing the other characters in the movie.
Don't get me wrong, the action in the movie is good without being too much over the top and the pace of the movie is good as well but the script has been beaten to death before.
The camera work and the photo of the movie is also very good.

As for your opinion in the ending, is not far-fetched. I thought of that possibility as well but the totem is about to fall at the last frame of the movie which indicates that he's in the real world.

Side note: Mal was hot as hell.
 

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It's my opinion based on my extensive knowledge of Cinema. Nolan put too much depth on Cobb's character and almost forgot about developing the other characters in the movie.
Don't get me wrong, the action in the movie is good without being too much over the top and the pace of the movie is good as well but the script has been beaten to death before.
The camera work and the photo of the movie is also very good.

As for your opinion in the ending, is not far-fetched. I thought of that possibility as well but the totem is about to fall at the last frame of the movie which indicates that he's in the real world.

Side note: Mal was hot as hell.
Was it about to stop? I didnt notice that at all Ill watch the ending again sometime later.

Side note: Agreed, I would never be able to get her out of my dreams tooxd
 

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Was it about to stop? I didnt notice that at all Ill watch the ending again sometime later.

Side note: Agreed, I would never be able to get her out of my dreams tooxd
She's very, very hot.

The good thing about the ending is that none of us will be correct or wrong. The totem is about to fall but we never actually see the totem fall. So it remains open to any interpretation.
 

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The main idea of the movie was that you could never be sure wether you are asleep or awake. That's a philosophical question and that's why they left the end open for interpretations. :)
In my opinion, he was still dreaming, but no one can't know for sure but Nolan ;p
 
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