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
2256 Views
Saw it. Loved it. Won't mind seeing it again.
- 17/07/2010 04:24:06 AM
1386 Views
Cotillard was amazing.
- 17/07/2010 07:58:08 AM
1215 Views
Wikipedia says Nolan almost ditched the Piaf song when Cotillard was cast.
- 22/07/2010 09:38:56 AM
1491 Views
Everybody in the theater groaned at the ending. It was perfect.
*NM*
- 17/07/2010 09:49:01 AM
759 Views
*NM*
- 17/07/2010 09:49:01 AM
759 Views
Everybody clapped in mine. Of course, there were some scattered groaning as well.
*NM*
- 17/07/2010 06:21:29 PM
735 Views
*NM*
- 17/07/2010 06:21:29 PM
735 Views
Yeah, I saw it last night with my fiancee. We both loved it.
- 17/07/2010 03:19:11 PM
1353 Views
Yeah, I walked out of there thinking, "I need to check out Memento."
- 14/08/2010 04:12:06 AM
1201 Views
Gets my vote for best of the Summer.
- 17/07/2010 10:15:51 PM
1203 Views
THAT's what I'd seen him in...
- 17/07/2010 11:36:34 PM
1075 Views
He was in G.I. Joe as well. Did an excellent job as the Cobra Commander.
*NM*
- 18/07/2010 02:58:33 AM
611 Views
*NM*
- 18/07/2010 02:58:33 AM
611 Views
I felt there were two ways they could have gone with this movie
- 20/07/2010 06:26:34 AM
1227 Views
I thought it was smart of Nolan to use architects in manipulating/exploring the mind instead of
- 20/07/2010 08:03:42 AM
1227 Views
nice theory
- 21/07/2010 12:20:21 AM
1203 Views
Re: nice theory
- 21/07/2010 06:47:39 AM
1284 Views
It makes sense, but eventually feels like over-thinking the entire film.
- 21/07/2010 06:37:20 PM
1205 Views
The place where Cobb meets Adrienne (minor spoilers)
- 21/07/2010 04:18:41 AM
1461 Views
One thing I thought was interesting
- 21/07/2010 05:51:38 AM
1386 Views
If Dreaming was mainstream enough to be taught in schools, Ariadne would have known about it.
- 22/07/2010 10:12:50 AM
1292 Views
There was Inception for real - I mean for REAL real
- 22/07/2010 03:45:15 PM
1243 Views
2 questions
- 21/07/2010 12:22:20 AM
1352 Views
Re: 2 questions
- 22/07/2010 07:40:34 PM
1133 Views
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
1125 Views
- 22/07/2010 09:02:56 PM
1125 Views
Classic sci-fi for the ages - My Theory + Plot Twist Elements Used
- 22/07/2010 05:01:26 PM
1469 Views
My head still hurts 24 hours later.
- 22/07/2010 11:02:24 PM
1142 Views
The Inception is simple
- 23/07/2010 04:28:38 AM
1218 Views
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
1261 Views
Objective answer=Neither. Subjective Answer = Spin
- 23/07/2010 03:15:43 AM
1130 Views
Um... No. The drop theory is perfectly sound.
- 23/07/2010 09:23:56 AM
1181 Views
Nope. Here's why....
- 24/07/2010 02:28:03 AM
1159 Views
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
644 Views
the kids
- 23/07/2010 07:41:37 AM
1182 Views
Yeah but they turned and he saw their faces
- 29/07/2010 02:03:53 AM
1241 Views
But is that not the point of the film
- 29/07/2010 02:21:11 AM
1392 Views
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
1128 Views
It doesn't matter what happened to it, because it wasn't his. It was his wifes.
- 25/07/2010 12:45:29 AM
1444 Views
Loved it, but still trying to figure things out. Here were some of my biggest problems.
- 25/07/2010 07:22:53 AM
1163 Views
Bookwyrm, to the rescue! Here are the As to your Qs
- 25/07/2010 06:05:35 PM
1196 Views
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
596 Views
Every single moment of Inception is a dream.
- 29/07/2010 02:52:39 AM
1384 Views
Here's my problem with this and other theories advanced in this thread.
- 29/07/2010 10:19:55 AM
1199 Views
What the Costume designer has to say about the ending and the kids. Also: The ring.
- 03/08/2010 08:25:19 AM
1337 Views
Just scored free tix on a radio contest. Time for a re-watch!
*NM*
- 03/08/2010 08:09:36 PM
674 Views
*NM*
- 03/08/2010 08:09:36 PM
674 Views

