**Note: This is very long, and every word of the article is a spoiler . Shenru **
It IS the NOT A Dream: IT at The WEDDING RING Gives Away.
This is not a dream: a wedding ring leaked the truth
I have now seen this movie three times. The first time I saw it I thought it was not a dream and he was home. When I saw discussions to the contrary, I saw it again looking for any clues to tell whether he is dreaming the whole time, and questioned the ending thoroughly. It was not until I saw a post about someone saying he is only wearing a wedding ring when he dreams. Multiple people shot it down saying that they saw him wearing it in reality or that he was not wearing it in this dream or that one. My third viewing had me looking for the ring in almost every shot, seeing if his totem ever falls in a dream (Something someone said happened), looking at his children's faces to see if they are the same, etc.
I have watched this movie three times. The first time I watched it, I thought it was not a dream, he was home. When I saw the opposite argument, I watched it again, looking for any clues that would tell him whether he was dreaming from beginning to end, and completely doubted the ending. Until I saw a post saying that he only wore a wedding ring when he was dreaming. Many people retort that they saw him wearing it in reality, or that he didn't wear the ring in this or that dream. The third time I watched the movie, I looked for this ring in any scene, to observe whether his totem has stopped in the dream (some say it happened), and observe the faces of his children to judge whether they are still the same. and many more.
My analysis as follows:
My analysis is as follows:
at The Wedding Ring:
Wedding Ring
We start the movie with Cobb in limbo with Saito, he is wearing a ring. Step back to the beginning, he is trying to convince Saito to let him into his mind to help protect it, this takes place in a dream two layers down. He is wearing a wedding ring. Things go south and we wake up in the apartment, where we think an angry mob is really coming down the street. They threaten Saito's life with him thinking it is reality, only for him to discover otherwise. In this entire scene Cobb is wearing a wedding ring. Wake up on the train, NO WEDDING RING. In the hotel suite on the phone with his kids, NO WEDDING RING. On the roof talking to Saito, NO WEDDING RING. France, the architecture university, NO WEDDING RING. The coffee shop in Ariadne's first shared dream, Cobb is wearing his wedding ring, she freaks out. They wake up in the workshop,NO WEDDING RING. They go back under and Ariadne explores the physics of the dreamworld, again Cobb is wearing a wedding ring.
The movie begins with Cobb (played by Leo) and Saito (saito) in a dream, and he wears a ring. When he stepped back to the beginning, he was trying to convince Saito to let him enter his consciousness to protect him, which happened in a 2-layer deep dream. He wears a wedding ring. Things turned yellow and we woke up in the apartment. In reality, a mob was marching along the street. They threaten Saito to believe this is reality. In all this scene, Cobb wears a wedding ring. Woke up in the train without a wedding ring. When calling the child in the hotel room, there is no wedding ring. When talking to Saito on the roof, there was no wedding ring. France, University of Architecture, no wedding ring. In Ariadne's first shared dream coffee shop, Cobb wore his wedding ring and she was frightened. They woke up in the workplace without a wedding ring. They returned to the dream, and when Ariadne discovered the physics of the dream world, Cobb wore his ring again.
Cobb goes to see Eames, the entire time not wearing a ring. He meets the new chemist, still no ring. The chemist gives him a quick taste of his latest potion, in that scene we get a quick glimpse of his hand with a WEDDING RING. Wakes up, no ring. See the pattern?
Cobb went to see Eames and didn't wear a wedding ring for the entire time. He met the new pharmacist, but still didn't have a ring. The pharmacist gave him a dose of the latest medicine for him to try quickly, and in that scene we saw a quick flash of his hand wearing the wedding ring. Woke up without a ring. see it?
So finally, the inception. We are on the plane, we clearly see is not wearing a ring. Level 1, WEDDING RING, Level 2, WEDDING RING, Level 3 WEDDING RING, Limbo he is wearing his WEDDING RING.
So finally, " Inception". We were on the plane and we clearly saw that we did not wear a ring. The first layer, wearing, the second layer, wearing, and the third layer, wearing, he always wears a wedding ring in his dreams.
After he meets Saito as an old man, the conversation continues past what we saw in the beginning, yet even here he is wearing a WEDDING RING still. Then, when Saito reaches for the gun, we are on an airplane. He is not wearing a wedding ring here.
After he saw Saito, who was already an old man, the conversation continued through what we saw at the beginning, when he was still wearing the wedding ring. Then, when Saito went to get the gun, we were on the plane. There, he never wore a wedding ring.
HERE IS THE KEY. As he is walking through the terminal, no ring, as he is greeted by father in law, no ring, when he gets home and spins his totem, no ring.
Here is the key. When he walked through the terminal building, there was no ring, when his father-in-law welcomed him, there was no ring, when he got home and turned his totem, there was no ring.
In his dreams he is married to Mal still, as she can still exist there. In reality, he knows she is dead and does not wear a wedding ring as he is no longer married. A simple yet easily unnoticed way to test which parts are reality.
In his dream he is still married to Mal, and she can still live in the dream. In reality, he knew that she was dead, and not wearing a wedding ring meant that he was no longer married. A simple and easily overlooked way to guess which paragraph is true.
Not done there, I investigated another thing, Cobb's totem:
Before that , I investigated another thing, Cobb's totem :
I have seen many posts of people saying his totem falls when he is in others' dreams. This is simply not true. People say it wobbles and falls over in the beginning. I watched and listened closely, Saito spins the top and we hear it spinning as the scene cuts to the young Saito. Then, in the end when we see him old again, he looks down and it is still spinning, he knows he is not in reality and goes for the gun.
I have seen many people 'S post, saying that his totem had fallen in someone's dream. This is completely incorrect. People said it swayed and tipped over at the beginning. I watched and listened carefully, Saito turned the top, and when the screen turned into Saito's youth, we heard it spinning. Then, at the end we saw his old look again, he looked down, it was still turning indifferently, he knew he was not in reality, so he picked up the gun.
When Cobb uses inception on Mal, it continues and never stops. In the hotel after the failed Saito mission, it falls. A funny thing to note is that every scene in which the top spins endlessly he is wearing a WEDDING RING. In the scenes in which it topples, he is not.
When Cobb used inception on Mal, it continued without stopping. After the failed mission of Saito at the hotel, it stopped. An interesting discovery: He always wears a wedding ring in every scene where the spinning top rotates endlessly. In the scene where it fell, he didn't wear it.
Now, the awakening scene. Looks an awful lot like a dream right? Not really. He wakes up on the plane surprised, but everyone is smiling. They woke up from the sedatives, but Cobb and Saito were down in limbo. When they got back, everyone is happy to see he made it, Saito looks just as stunned only backing up the fact that he really snapped back to reality. They are all getting bags, going through customs, etc. Everyone looks at each other with a grin because they know inception worked and that Cobb is finally home. Not very dream-like except that it seems like a dream come true. Had the scene after he and Saito with the gun been him in his home, him on his way to his home, etc, I would think it is a dream. No, he awakens in EXACTLY the place he went to sleep to start inception. You never really know how you get to where you are in a dream,do you? Then how does he know he is on a plane and just successfully completed inception on Robert Fischer, the man in front of him?
Now let’s talk about the wake-up scene. Seeing those idiots looks like a dream, right? not necessarily. He woke up unexpectedly on the plane, but everyone was smiling. They woke up from the tranquilizer, but Cobb and Saito were still dreaming. When they came back, everyone was happy to see that he did it, and Saito seemed shocked to accept this sudden return to reality. They took the boxes together, passed customs, and so on. Everyone grinned at each other because they knew that the inception was successful and Cobb finally went home. If it weren't like a dream, it really seemed a dream come true. After he and Saito have enough guns, the scene at his house and the scenes on his way home, etc., I think it is a dream. No, when he woke up he did go back to the place where he slept to unfold the inception. You never know how you get to the world of your dreams, right? Then how did he know that he was on an airplane and successfully completed the inception on Robert Fischer who was sitting in front of him?
Finally, the home scene. Looks like a dream? In this case, yes it does. we see the children exactly where they were, doing the same thing, wearing the same clothes. They appear the same age. On my second viewing this was red flag that it was a dream. But on my third viewing I noticed slight differences, such as the kids looking slightly older. The cast list has two sets of kids listed, ones slightly older than the others. They are not voice casts but actual actors in the film. I especially noticed a difference as the camera pans towards the totem, I chose to focus on the back door with the kids. The girl is seen throwing herself on her father, in this scene she looks clearly older than the memory he has of her.
Finally, talk about the scene at home. Looks like a dream? In this case, it is indeed true. We saw children still doing the same thing, wearing the same clothes. They are still the same age. When I watched the movie for the second time, I found this to be an irritating sign: it was a dream. But when I watched the movie for the third time, I noticed subtle differences, for example, the children looked a little older. The cast lists two children, one is slightly older than the other. They are not voice actors but actual actors in the movie. I particularly noticed a difference when the totem was panning on the screen. I focused on the back door with children. The girl seemed to jump on her father's body, and in this scene she looked obviously bigger than the child he remembered.
And of course, the totem itself. I watched each spin my third time through. It spun flawlessly for a while, began to wobble slightly, then started a hard wobble then fall. In the final scene it appears to be spinning smoothly for a long time, he probably gave it a lot of power. It starts to slightly wobble, and the screen goes black after it begins a HARD wOBBLE as if it is about to topple, not correct itself.
of course, there are totem itself, my first I watched it every time I rotated it three times. It will rotate flawlessly for a while, jolting slightly, then shaking sharply and finally stopping. In the final scene, it rotated smoothly for a long time, and he might give it a lot of energy. It started to shake slightly, and just when it started to shake drastically as if it was about to fall instead of calibrating itself, the screen went black.
Conclusion: The movie isn't a dream, Cobb isn't caught in some "limbo that looks a lot like reality." Cobb spends the entire movie trying to get to his kids in reality, why would he settle for shades in a limbo ? What proof is there that he is dreaming the whole time? If he is dreaming at the end, where is he dreaming? Limbo? So he goes from talking to Saito to just waking up on a plane, all as a part of a dream in limbo? Really? Think about it.
Conclusion: This movie is not a dream, and Cobb is not stuck in what "Dreamland looks like reality." Cobb spent a whole movie of time trying to return to the child in reality , Why let him be satisfied with the shadow in the dream? Is there any proof that he has been dreaming from beginning to end? If he dreamed of the ending, where did he dream? In a dream? So he has been talking to Saito just to get on a plane, as part of the whole dream? Really? think about it.
Nolan would never take the "eeet was aaaaalll a dreeeeaaaammmmm" cliche way out. But the fact that he cut the film before the top falls over does have a meaning. He is planting a seed of doubt in your mind. He uses inception on the audience to have them question the ending. The concept of the movie thus becomes reality to the viewer, a heavy thing to think about and something that hasn't been done before.
Nolan (电影 director) will not take out "这~是~ One~a~dream~” This kind of cliché. But the fact is that he cut out the fragment that fell on the top to show that there is a meaning. He planted a seed of doubt in your mind. He used the inception method on the audience to make the audience explore the ending. Therefore, the idea of this film has become reality for the viewers, thinking more deeply about things that have never been done before.
But all the evidence points to reality
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(Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh finally to be turned out that there is an error, please correct me~~~~thank you)
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