The movie is simply asking you to make this choice:
'Is the existence you see around you now a simple black-and-white reality -(existence of everything has a YES/NO answer) or is existence a multi-level dream (existence is not black or white but a matter of degree)'.
To to boil it down to the simplest question:
'Is your world real, or it is a multi-level dream'?
That is the choice the spinning totem at the end of the movie is forcing you to make. What is your answer?
'Is the existence you see around you now a simple black-and-white reality -(existence of everything has a YES/NO answer) or is existence a multi-level dream (existence is not black or white but a matter of degree)'.
To to boil it down to the simplest question:
'Is your world real, or it is a multi-level dream'?
That is the choice the spinning totem at the end of the movie is forcing you to make. What is your answer?
Inception *No Spoilers!* - Discussion thread
17/07/2010 02:57:23 AM
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Saw it. Loved it. Won't mind seeing it again.
17/07/2010 04:24:06 AM
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Cotillard was amazing.
17/07/2010 07:58:08 AM
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Wikipedia says Nolan almost ditched the Piaf song when Cotillard was cast.
22/07/2010 09:38:56 AM
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Everybody in the theater groaned at the ending. It was perfect. *NM*
17/07/2010 09:49:01 AM
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Everybody clapped in mine. Of course, there were some scattered groaning as well. *NM*
17/07/2010 06:21:29 PM
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Yeah, I saw it last night with my fiancee. We both loved it.
17/07/2010 03:19:11 PM
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Yeah, I walked out of there thinking, "I need to check out Memento."
14/08/2010 04:12:06 AM
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Gets my vote for best of the Summer.
17/07/2010 10:15:51 PM
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THAT's what I'd seen him in...
17/07/2010 11:36:34 PM
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He was in G.I. Joe as well. Did an excellent job as the Cobra Commander. *NM*
18/07/2010 02:58:33 AM
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I felt there were two ways they could have gone with this movie
20/07/2010 06:26:34 AM
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I thought it was smart of Nolan to use architects in manipulating/exploring the mind instead of
20/07/2010 08:03:42 AM
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nice theory
21/07/2010 12:20:21 AM
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Re: nice theory
21/07/2010 06:47:39 AM
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It makes sense, but eventually feels like over-thinking the entire film.
21/07/2010 06:37:20 PM
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The place where Cobb meets Adrienne (minor spoilers)
21/07/2010 04:18:41 AM
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One thing I thought was interesting
21/07/2010 05:51:38 AM
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If Dreaming was mainstream enough to be taught in schools, Ariadne would have known about it.
22/07/2010 10:12:50 AM
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There was Inception for real - I mean for REAL real
22/07/2010 03:45:15 PM
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2 questions
21/07/2010 12:22:20 AM
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Re: 2 questions
22/07/2010 07:40:34 PM
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We get it, and the thought occurred to me in the movie. It is, however, just a movie. So... yep.
22/07/2010 09:02:56 PM
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Classic sci-fi for the ages - My Theory + Plot Twist Elements Used
22/07/2010 05:01:26 PM
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My head still hurts 24 hours later.
22/07/2010 11:02:24 PM
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The Inception is simple
23/07/2010 04:28:38 AM
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Enough people should have seen the movie by now, so here is a spoiler question for people to answer!
23/07/2010 12:45:18 AM
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Objective answer=Neither. Subjective Answer = Spin
23/07/2010 03:15:43 AM
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Um... No. The drop theory is perfectly sound.
23/07/2010 09:23:56 AM
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Nope. Here's why....
24/07/2010 02:28:03 AM
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No. It's just a movie. It can drop within the context of the movie. End of discussion. *NM*
24/07/2010 10:47:06 PM
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the kids
23/07/2010 07:41:37 AM
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Yeah but they turned and he saw their faces
29/07/2010 02:03:53 AM
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But is that not the point of the film
29/07/2010 02:21:11 AM
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I can accept that theory, even if I don't agree with it (yet?), but it's just a theory
02/08/2010 02:01:34 PM
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It doesn't matter what happened to it, because it wasn't his. It was his wifes.
25/07/2010 12:45:29 AM
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Loved it, but still trying to figure things out. Here were some of my biggest problems.
25/07/2010 07:22:53 AM
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Bookwyrm, to the rescue! Here are the As to your Qs
25/07/2010 06:05:35 PM
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I haven't even heard of this movie until now. Maybe I'll see it when I don't have to pay... *NM*
28/07/2010 04:39:53 AM
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Every single moment of Inception is a dream.
29/07/2010 02:52:39 AM
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Here's my problem with this and other theories advanced in this thread.
29/07/2010 10:19:55 AM
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What the Costume designer has to say about the ending and the kids. Also: The ring.
03/08/2010 08:25:19 AM
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Just scored free tix on a radio contest. Time for a re-watch! *NM*
03/08/2010 08:09:36 PM
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