INCEPTION BREAKDOWN! Ending Explained, Easter Eggs & Deeper Meaning!

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  • Inception Full Movie Rewatch & In-Depth Analysis! Since its release 9 years ago, what hidden details have been revealed from Christopher Nolan's dream heist film that give Inception a whole new meaning? What is the secret message of the Inception ending, and what subtle moments foreshadow this final scene? Erik Voss continues New Rockstars' rewatch series, following breakdowns of The Matrix and Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, with the most-requested film, Inception (2010), for all the subtle Easter Eggs & details you might have overlooked. How is Inception actually a metaphor for Nolan's filmmaking process itself, and each dream level an homage to his favorite films? What secrets did Hans Zimmer hide in the Inception soundtrack? And does the spinning top in the Inception final scene mean that Cobb is still dreaming, or is it all a misdirect by Nolan?
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  • @JM_Architecture
    @JM_Architecture 5 лет назад +9799

    The fact that we are still talking about INCEPTION proves why it’s one of the greatest movies EVER...

    • @melwinmj
      @melwinmj 5 лет назад +83

      I agree but
      We also still talk about most of Kubrick's films
      Particularly 2001:a space Odyssey
      Which I think is way ahead of it's time

    • @Watupfranco
      @Watupfranco 4 года назад +6

      Tbh

    • @GK-qc5ry
      @GK-qc5ry 4 года назад +60

      It was definitely one of the most ambitious plots to explain.

    • @frankie0187
      @frankie0187 4 года назад +52

      Damn wtf lmao I just finished watching it on Netflix that shit was a dope flick

    • @frankie0187
      @frankie0187 4 года назад +5

      @@figliodimercurio name them then

  • @alisterlemezian6933
    @alisterlemezian6933 4 года назад +6737

    Actually the most disturbing thought is that we dont remember the begining of a dream, but we also dont remember the begining of our lives, which again leads to the question - are we dreaming rn

    • @mateo130
      @mateo130 4 года назад +607

      Nice relation.
      Unfortunately you can have physical evidence and also doctors who can testify that you were born :D

    • @alisterlemezian6933
      @alisterlemezian6933 4 года назад +169

      @@mateo130 unfortunately, yeah 😂😂

    • @brendab.5111
      @brendab.5111 4 года назад +88

      @@mateo130 Yes. And actually there are persons that can not only remember back to the beginning, but can also remember pre-birth, as in the womb. There are person’s that can recall pre-existence to this level of being and choosing coming into this life, living it and either returning to their prior existence or going another route. These persons are “The One’s Who Know” the “Old One’s” or Watchers. There are such person’s.

    • @Shadow91507
      @Shadow91507 4 года назад +145

      @@mateo130 But how can you ever REALLY know those evidences are real? :0

    • @ankittayal8291
      @ankittayal8291 4 года назад +14

      @@brendab.5111 Yes , that's a serious debate

  • @SEZZES.
    @SEZZES. 5 лет назад +6058

    Nearly 9 years later and we're still discussing this movie...
    nice, love that movie!

    • @PunxTV123
      @PunxTV123 5 лет назад +4

      just like batman trilogy

    • @ryanharris7891
      @ryanharris7891 5 лет назад +16

      I still talk about about T-2 to my friends getting close to 30 years later

    • @PunxTV123
      @PunxTV123 5 лет назад +22

      movies like avengers are not worth to remember, cause most of them will be forgotten within a month. unlike christopher nolan movies will stays long.

    • @friedasspotatoe3715
      @friedasspotatoe3715 5 лет назад +3

      How bout shut tf up

    • @bomdia4179
      @bomdia4179 5 лет назад +31

      @Dawn Moore I think a sequel wouldn't fit this movie. It had a perfect ending so why not just leave it like that

  • @krishnanandnair6274
    @krishnanandnair6274 4 года назад +4474

    Christopher Nolan lives rent-free in our minds

  • @Winnifred00
    @Winnifred00 4 года назад +5554

    cobb always looks stressed. maybe he’s not getting enough sleep

    • @hotspur4237
      @hotspur4237 4 года назад +65

      Bwa hahaha. You win.

    • @dtemple2
      @dtemple2 4 года назад +53

      This comment is underated

    • @AceDeclan
      @AceDeclan 4 года назад +42

      He’s always getting too much sleep.

    • @Yorana9069
      @Yorana9069 4 года назад +2

      Nice

    • @scorpionpam
      @scorpionpam 4 года назад +2

      🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

  • @raysong7862
    @raysong7862 4 года назад +1039

    "an idea is like a virus, It can define you or destroy you." Leaving the top spinning in the end scene planted the idea into our head questioning Cobbs reality and ours as well

    • @ankittayal8291
      @ankittayal8291 4 года назад +9

      I think we need to redefine virus😂

    • @meqanity
      @meqanity 3 года назад +5

      And this is an idea proposed into our minds which spark smth and now you're reading my idea that put something in your mind getting your gears thinking about it and now the ideas are simply building up, and thus labelled as a so-called " virus ". Let that sink in xD

    • @UzairKhan-qd3xu
      @UzairKhan-qd3xu 3 года назад

      @PsychoTheRapist 69 what if that was another deception like the recurring ones in the old theme

    • @I_Shit_on_your_shit_point
      @I_Shit_on_your_shit_point 2 года назад

      I have no question. Its a red herring for those who didn’t pay attention.

    • @BerdFly
      @BerdFly Год назад

      Curiosity can be good or bad it all depends on how you handle it

  • @j.verden5835
    @j.verden5835 4 года назад +3756

    i dont like the fact youtube suggested this after i watched this movie a day ago

    • @soundshape6496
      @soundshape6496 4 года назад +121

      j. verden same here. Is RUclips stealing my info from Netflix when I sleepy?

    • @itsSkippy641
      @itsSkippy641 4 года назад +220

      It's a dream, the coincidences are the give aways, wake up..

    • @luxkarma4258
      @luxkarma4258 4 года назад +19

      j. verden i saw it today and it was recommended

    • @trescallion7963
      @trescallion7963 4 года назад +18

      Talked about how this is on Netflix now with a friend at work and now it’s it’s in my recommendations

    • @sat_slaya301
      @sat_slaya301 4 года назад +11

      SAME! i watched yesterday on netflix and here it is

  • @TheRealNabil
    @TheRealNabil 4 года назад +2636

    I came here after just staring at my turned off tv for 15 minutes straight after watching this movie.

    • @arzc7
      @arzc7 4 года назад +146

      Just finished it there after putting it off for almost a decade and I'm in a similar enough position

    • @ba6561
      @ba6561 4 года назад +7

      Drink tea

    • @gstylez0107
      @gstylez0107 4 года назад +23

      Wake up!

    • @handmeadozenbeers8655
      @handmeadozenbeers8655 4 года назад +20

      You're profile pic reminds me of the water cups from the 80's

    • @deathpatrol4477
      @deathpatrol4477 4 года назад +2

      😂😂😂

  • @MyBlueyedea
    @MyBlueyedea 4 года назад +1445

    Mal’s totem is the only totem the audience sees in action. That makes it our totem. The deepest metaphor is that the audience is asleep to the subconscious manipulation of our society through the passive and suggestive state our minds are in while being entertained.

    • @TheNarwhalGal
      @TheNarwhalGal 3 года назад +123

      that makes a lot of sense actually. Because then, the wedding ring becomes Cobbs, the spinning top in Mal's subconscious becomes our constant thinking of the movie not being real. And the final spinning top isn't for Cobb anymore, it's for us, and the second it falls the movie is ruined and we wake up.

    • @rednt1357
      @rednt1357 3 года назад +34

      This comment only interested me because of the big words.

    • @electrogonorhea
      @electrogonorhea 3 года назад +7

      @@rednt1357 what big words? I'm curious.

    • @rednt1357
      @rednt1357 3 года назад +4

      @@electrogonorhea you know...

    • @bonniehowell4259
      @bonniehowell4259 3 года назад +3

      @@TheNarwhalGal This makes a lot of sense too.

  • @chrischris308
    @chrischris308 4 года назад +701

    One of the best Movies EVER. Nolan is a GENIUS, yes, a GENIUS.

  • @illicit_tv
    @illicit_tv 5 лет назад +3653

    When you realize you only ever got 10% of the movie but liked it anyway

    • @talxaN
      @talxaN 5 лет назад +25

      Wait how little did you get the first time?

    • @markuscraig7945
      @markuscraig7945 4 года назад +232

      I got pretty much all of it. It was pretty well explained dont get how many critics didnt understand.

    • @MrBBOTP
      @MrBBOTP 4 года назад +4

      10!

    • @applemaycruz4009
      @applemaycruz4009 4 года назад +77

      @@markuscraig7945 ikr what part was confusing? Everything was pretty well explained...

    • @user-st8ho9zl1k
      @user-st8ho9zl1k 4 года назад +79

      That’s exactly how I feel. It’s like I know I’m watching an awesome movie but the characters might as well be speaking another language because I don’t understand shit.

  • @KumarAnimesh935
    @KumarAnimesh935 5 лет назад +693

    Me going to watch Inception for the 139th time after this: Ah shit, here we go again

    • @-mikro-1268
      @-mikro-1268 5 лет назад +8

      And then you watch it again in your dream. Oh wait.....

    • @daveallen2568
      @daveallen2568 5 лет назад +1

      -mikro- don't me mean

    • @The843legendz
      @The843legendz 5 лет назад +5

      Truth. This movie forces you to revisit it after a while.

    • @sithlorddread8721
      @sithlorddread8721 5 лет назад +1

      I'll have a number 9...

    • @thehumblewolf
      @thehumblewolf 4 года назад

      Kumar Animesh it’s just so good right?

  • @BoboxKxKnight
    @BoboxKxKnight 5 лет назад +184

    To answer your question of whether we think Cobb is still dreaming, I think you summed it up pretty nicely. The question we should ask ourselves is not whether we think Cobb is still dreaming but is "Does it matter if Cobb is dreaming or not?" All Cobb really wants, is to be able to live and grow with his kids. If we are truly able to choose our own reality, then the ending symbolizes that regardless of whether Cobb is dreaming or not, he has chosen the reality that includes life with his kids and father.

  • @saucyg6371
    @saucyg6371 4 года назад +716

    I’m glad that this was the first movie I watched of the decade

  • @kickballjedi
    @kickballjedi 3 года назад +331

    I've always felt the point of the ending was that it really doesn't matter if he's still dreaming or not. If Cobb is still dreaming, he accepts the dream and will ride it out forever.

    • @davidjimenez7556
      @davidjimenez7556 3 года назад +4

      Agreed. However, he'd end up with the doubt in his mind that Mal had.

    • @j.d.freivogel6507
      @j.d.freivogel6507 2 года назад +8

      This. Whether he's still dreaming or not is pretty much irrelevant, Cobb is where he WANTS to be. He chose his happiest reality

    • @darksecret965
      @darksecret965 2 года назад +2

      Then wasn't Mal right?

    • @Tony-ee3nm
      @Tony-ee3nm Год назад +2

      Then why didn't he stay with Mal while he was at it?

  • @owenthai3172
    @owenthai3172 5 лет назад +551

    Inception run time: 2hrs 28mins
    ‘Non, je ne Regretted Rien’ run time: 2mins 28sec
    MIND BLOWN

  • @VOLTZ1990
    @VOLTZ1990 5 лет назад +519

    16:05 notice how in the tumbling hallway, Arthur stands back up on floor 5, just like his loaded die always lands on 5?

    • @valerian4486
      @valerian4486 5 лет назад +40

      Thank you! Every time we saw this shot I was hoping they would point it out, and they didn't!

    • @brandonblackfyre5783
      @brandonblackfyre5783 5 лет назад +25

      @@valerian4486 yes he did point it out? He literally said "see how he always finds his center of gravity? Just like his loaded di"

    • @MasterFlarg89
      @MasterFlarg89 4 года назад +1

      Was Quite literally about to type this but I figured someone in the comments had make that connection.

    • @Smileyguy-jy6xm
      @Smileyguy-jy6xm 4 года назад

      @@MasterFlarg89 Same here.

  • @SuperWizwiz
    @SuperWizwiz 4 года назад +338

    in addition to Youssif being Joseph who has 12 brothers in the old testament , Youssif also had 12 dreamers in the dream chamber scene

    • @tavadaardendrian319
      @tavadaardendrian319 4 года назад +6

      Actually Joseph had 11 brothers. Jacob had 12 sons. I only remember that from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 😂

    • @stephenmcd1
      @stephenmcd1 4 года назад +11

      @@tavadaardendrian319 Jacob then had one more son after Joseph.Benjamin I believe.

    • @semperfi2314
      @semperfi2314 3 года назад +2

      Is there any street lamp in this movie that wasn't purposefully put here by Nolan with some double metaphoric meaning? I mean that's amazing. But i really feel like i should stop scrolling down the comments, otherwise i'm gonna start questioning this reality. But what is reality, really?
      AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • @lewisweekes6211
    @lewisweekes6211 4 года назад +506

    Notice how the kids are wearing the same clothes in ‘reality’ at the end as they do in cobbs dreams..

    • @noorzaman3082
      @noorzaman3082 4 года назад +25

      Yeah .. it’s so fkd up

    • @amnesiac5429
      @amnesiac5429 3 года назад +65

      @Kiss Kitty actually the dress maker of this movie said that he used slightly different clothes in the last scene.

    • @helenahendrikx6681
      @helenahendrikx6681 3 года назад +59

      That's what I thought too.. The clothes are slightly different and the kids are slightly older. I feel like his subconsciousness imagines his kids older but since in all his dreams they wear the same clothes his mind just makes up a 'bigger' Version of the whole scene.

    • @rednt1357
      @rednt1357 3 года назад +30

      What if he was dreaming for the entire movie and it was actually like 5 hrs then he woke up in the same day?

    • @binneh5593
      @binneh5593 3 года назад +3

      thats what i thought, i don't know the time frame but in the time that has passed the kids look the same age, are dressed the same, same hairstyle. House also looks the same almost as if everything is just from memory.

  • @static_monarch4466
    @static_monarch4466 3 года назад +337

    Cobbs actual totem was his kids, and their faces, during dreams and when he left, he never saw their faces, until he “woke up” So even though the top kept spinning, he did what he couldn’t do in a dream, see the faces of his kids

    • @montydonjuan
      @montydonjuan 2 года назад +26

      Damn thats a great explanation

    • @itsm1ha104
      @itsm1ha104 2 года назад +16

      Kinda true. And the top was moving from left to right so it might stop sometime soon. Afterall, have you seen a top like that stop after like 15 seconds?

    • @static_monarch4466
      @static_monarch4466 2 года назад

      @@itsm1ha104 nope

    • @ot7biasedmashups
      @ot7biasedmashups 2 года назад +24

      That is interesting but I don't think it's true. The kids are wearing the EXACT same clothes and are in the same position. Even if only one day had passed, it wouldn't make sense. I think that's the biggest sign of him still being in a dream, not the totem. Not seeing his kids´ faces is what he convinced himself to be a sign of a dream.

    • @randomyoutuberr
      @randomyoutuberr Год назад

      They are building a fortress !

  • @nllamas04
    @nllamas04 5 лет назад +245

    We all know Nolan was actually inspired by High School Musical 3's use of the rotating room

    • @lokikoloki
      @lokikoloki 5 лет назад +18

      Nicole Llamas only intellectuals understand

    • @thomasstunts
      @thomasstunts 5 лет назад +7

      Get your head in the game...

    • @beans301
      @beans301 4 года назад +9

      and high school musical was inspired by lionel richie's dancing on the ceiling o_o and lionel richie was inspired by breakin' 2 electric boogaloo...which mean inception was inspired by boogaloo shrimp....and there's all that unpacked.

    • @graysonalder
      @graysonalder 4 года назад +3

      honestly troy is cobbs change my mind

  • @chrisjolley7172
    @chrisjolley7172 5 лет назад +619

    You guys are going to have to do Memento now and complete Nolan's back collection 😍

    • @edmbm00
      @edmbm00 5 лет назад +35

      And Prestige then

    • @chrisjolley7172
      @chrisjolley7172 5 лет назад +5

      @@edmbm00 what a movie 😍

    • @zofobread
      @zofobread 5 лет назад +5

      @@edmbm00 Super underrated movie. A shame it's not better known.

    • @merywastaken
      @merywastaken 5 лет назад +5

      And interstellar

    • @SilverSavage66
      @SilverSavage66 5 лет назад +3

      Yeeeessss!!! Memento!

  • @TheWizardOfEgo
    @TheWizardOfEgo 3 года назад +121

    I think that the fact that Cobb walks away from the totem before it falls means he does not care if he is in the real world or not He got what he wanted, to see his children

    • @alexhopkinz9871
      @alexhopkinz9871 9 месяцев назад +1

      I think it's not so much he doesn't care, it's that he knows the answer because he saw his children's faces

    • @noexcuses5524
      @noexcuses5524 8 месяцев назад

      Okay but he is still stuck in a dream state because he was away with his kids for so long because of his work and yet at the ending his kids never grew up?

    • @Eriedragonnx
      @Eriedragonnx 4 месяца назад

      ​@@noexcuses5524they actually grew up a lil bit and the clothes were slightly different.

    • @noexcuses5524
      @noexcuses5524 4 месяца назад

      @@Eriedragonnx nooo, i mean he was gone for many many years because he got stuck in a dream. Maybe he choose to stay there.
      Have you seen the movie Upgrade?

  • @jillesblokker1786
    @jillesblokker1786 5 лет назад +166

    “Dreams pay” haha also an anagram for “A dream spy” which makes more sense

  • @dammagrilla
    @dammagrilla 5 лет назад +87

    The top rotates perfectly in the dream world; it never wavers or wobbles and never slows down...
    That was all the proof I needed that he's in the "real world" established by the movie...

    • @markbons7766
      @markbons7766 4 года назад

      A proof for fiction...interesting.

  • @mercutio6623
    @mercutio6623 4 года назад +256

    "We did grow old together"...blew my mind haha

    • @mercutio6623
      @mercutio6623 4 года назад +3

      The King's Speech...I didn't see it, nor do I know anyone who has. Maybe it was epic haha, but Inception is easily in my top 3 all-time. Thanks for the comment

    • @davidjimenez7556
      @davidjimenez7556 3 года назад +1

      Still blows mine as well, all these years later.

  • @faaiqkamaldeen4781
    @faaiqkamaldeen4781 4 года назад +130

    Finished the decade watching this

    • @tinyt3866
      @tinyt3866 4 года назад

      faaiq kamaldeen crazy I just thought to myself I should do the same

  • @Mike-xy4ik
    @Mike-xy4ik 3 года назад +58

    Throughout the movie the characters kept saying “Take a leap of Faith”. So I believe Mal was right, Cobb was stuck his dream.

    • @marked4death076
      @marked4death076 2 года назад +4

      Thats exactly what i thought once movie ended, almost seems like he wanted to stay in dream because his kids were gone in reality? His wife wanted him back to grow old in the real world

  • @williamw2659
    @williamw2659 4 года назад +355

    Soon we will be all talking about Tenet

    • @d0mi3000
      @d0mi3000 4 года назад +48

      this didn't age well

    • @sirmixon7898
      @sirmixon7898 4 года назад +1

      @@d0mi3000 🤣😂

    • @ThePro100DK
      @ThePro100DK 4 года назад +5

      @@d0mi3000 why not? We're STILL soon will be talking about it))

    • @Backwardsman95
      @Backwardsman95 4 года назад +2

      Going to watch it tomorrow :)

    • @steffersnation442
      @steffersnation442 4 года назад +1

      Yupppp phenommm

  • @justingarrett2239
    @justingarrett2239 3 года назад +36

    Also, the fact that we feel like we dream of deja vu moments that we later experience in real life is like the opening scene as well

  • @ryanlogan7467
    @ryanlogan7467 5 лет назад +58

    I remember showing this movie to my friends for the first time and they were almost so confused they didn’t care. I told them going into the movie it’s difficult to understand everything once with the movie. Low and behold the second time I convinced them to watch it they were totally engrossed the entire time the movie was on.

    • @oscarwilson9695
      @oscarwilson9695 Год назад

      I wish my friends were like that and could appreciate one of the best movies ever made

  • @khooverct
    @khooverct 5 лет назад +32

    If I remember correctly, one of the rules of the dream totem is that you can never let someone else touch it -- which we learn in the scene when Ariadne is creating hers (a chess piece). Therefore, when Dom adopts Mal's totem the top's behavior is (presumably) no longer a reliable indicator since it's not his -- it's hers. Mal's real totem is the presence (or absence) of his wedding ring -- though maybe he's not fully aware of this -- and there are a lot of shots in the movie where it's not clear whether he is or is not wearing it. Still a nice walkthrough of a movie with a huge amount of depth.

    • @noexcuses5524
      @noexcuses5524 8 месяцев назад

      Okay but he is still stuck in a dream state because he was away with his kids for so long because of his work and yet at the ending his kids never grew up?

  • @malia5744
    @malia5744 4 года назад +41

    Ok I swear one night I dreamed within a dream but I don’t remember anything about it only that it was a nightmare and when I “woke up” I thought to myself “ugh so glad that was a dream” and then woke up again

    • @shanaa3697
      @shanaa3697 4 года назад +5

      Saame, false awakenings

    • @ankittayal8291
      @ankittayal8291 4 года назад +2

      That's rare , try to remember that again , and today will be the same, 3rd level

    • @malia5744
      @malia5744 4 года назад +1

      @@ankittayal8291 it hasn’t happened ever since but I’ve been writing down my dreams

    • @malia5744
      @malia5744 3 года назад +6

      @Mike Studmuffin yea dreaming is so interesting, especially lucid dreaming like what you said. One time in my dream I remember I did something really bad and when my mom was confronting me about it, I really didn’t want to explain what I did, so I said “this isn’t real” and I woke up.

  • @Mimi_Alipio
    @Mimi_Alipio 5 лет назад +215

    You'll know a movie is a masterpiece when it's almost a decade and you still can't grasp to fully understand it.

    • @Mimi_Alipio
      @Mimi_Alipio 3 года назад +1

      @randomguy8196 Actually, one might actually think that. BUT I didn't. Ever. In my opinion, the ending of Inception was intentionally made to be open for interpretation. And they themselves never really explained what happened in there. That concept is brilliant. Very brilliant.

  • @asilentkoala
    @asilentkoala 5 лет назад +556

    At 23:34 when you mention that 528491 was a merely random number to drive the narrative forward, on the contrary, Christopher Nolan knows it's significance. This is one of the big secrets Hans Zimmer/Nolan 'hid' on the soundtrack as they even has it as a title as a song on the soundtrack. “528” and “491” have numerological meaning. “528” is the harmonic (Sacred Solfeggio) frequency for the note “mi”. The harmonic scales were developed in monasteries - “mi” is for miracles. 491 is a reference to the "unforgiveable" sin. (The Lord would forgive you 7 times 70 times.)
    (Matthew 18: 21-22) “21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
    22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.” Cobb descends into Limbo because of his guilt over the “unforgiveable sin” and he/Fisher rises up through forgiveness due to the “miracle”.

    • @deansolistino
      @deansolistino 5 лет назад +11

      A Silent Koala 🐨 love this analysis

    • @TheHoovman81
      @TheHoovman81 5 лет назад +3

      I love the way you think!

    • @thailkrider3313
      @thailkrider3313 5 лет назад +16

      @A Silent Koala You are correct. 491 is about forgiveness (and a Lars Gorling novel) and 528 is about the unstated word. Like saying, "Elephant" the word was deliberately left unsaid in the film. It's most missing in Cobb and Mal's promise.

    • @rachelgooden9981
      @rachelgooden9981 5 лет назад +19

      A Silent Koala fack 🤯. I’m impressed. WTH do you guys study?

    • @brandonhicks9926
      @brandonhicks9926 5 лет назад +17

      @@rachelgooden9981 analyzing movies isn't difficult once you get used to it. I actually started by writing things down while I watch a movie. His name is "Cobb". Then later, I'll go and do research on the name Cobb and see what significance it plays. Other times, I know automatically what something means. I love film and I study it some on my own

  • @Boy-vb4rz
    @Boy-vb4rz 3 года назад +19

    11 years later and we are still talking about it. One of the greatest movies of the decade

  • @when_life_gives_you_limes
    @when_life_gives_you_limes 4 года назад +97

    The opening score sort of hints that this whole movie is a dream, no?

    • @MAKEITINAMERICA111
      @MAKEITINAMERICA111 4 года назад +52

      the reason why the intro is there is that saito and cobb were in a shared dream in the chronological start of the film. When Saito and Cobb fall into limbo, Saito recreates that very same room because it was something he vaguely remembered from long long ago. That room made Saito and Cobb remember that they are in an arrangement and that they need to "come back" to reality.

    • @stophoee
      @stophoee 4 года назад +2

      MAKEITINAMERICA111 so your saying when the movie starts they have already agreed to planting an idea on that guys head?

    • @phillipcrews4321
      @phillipcrews4321 4 года назад +10

      Alis Deleon negative. Cobb is trying to work with saito so he has to prove his skills. Saito tells Cobb what the job in tails, and because of past with mal, Cobb says no. Saito says Cobb can see his kids if he takes the job. In the end, he recites back to their previous arrangements via location, where it all started

    • @ronaldp.vincent8226
      @ronaldp.vincent8226 4 года назад +4

      @@stophoee Yes. The opening scene is a flash forward. They are asleep on the plane.

    • @matthewshroba1511
      @matthewshroba1511 4 года назад +1

      The part before the movie, where we see the film label, syncopy, before the prologue and the movie is just starting, we hear the first BWAH! that’s Nolan telling us we are “in the dream “ as we agree to enter into the movie. I feel like that is what Erin lim meant

  • @PersonPlaceThing1
    @PersonPlaceThing1 5 лет назад +300

    I want to see what you can dig up on Fight Club! There's so much hidden content in that movie, it'll be a treat for many people

    • @DiamondBackProject
      @DiamondBackProject 5 лет назад +5

      Jordan Kwasnycia definitely definitely. I can state at least 30 facts of the movie that would feature in the video. It’s my favourite movie of all time. It’s a masterpiece.

    • @Theoryofcatsndogs
      @Theoryofcatsndogs 5 лет назад +2

      The first rule of Fight Club...

    • @EVENSAMV
      @EVENSAMV 5 лет назад +1

      @@Theoryofcatsndogs dont talk about fight club

    • @matthewgranados5125
      @matthewgranados5125 5 лет назад

      Lol

    • @franciscabaltera129
      @franciscabaltera129 5 лет назад +1

      2nd rule of fight club?

  • @devaldyjonathan
    @devaldyjonathan 5 лет назад +241

    *what a masterpiece of a film.*
    definitely my favorite besides shrek 2 of course..

  • @andrewtaft48
    @andrewtaft48 5 лет назад +53

    Great interpretation of that last scene. The point isn't whether or not the top stops spinning, it's that Cobb chooses not to look at it and embrace his children.
    This is one of my favorite movies, and this video was a delightful surprise today.

  • @nigelchoo7792
    @nigelchoo7792 4 года назад +29

    if cobb/the gang are the production team behind all these "movies", would that make them the Dream Team?

  • @mwheeler22
    @mwheeler22 5 лет назад +108

    Bruh after watching this episode, I need to watch inception again. I believe in Christopher Nolan

    • @Milewski23
      @Milewski23 5 лет назад

      Marcos A. The Dark Knight reference? No? Probably not? 😏😂

  • @warrenh8709
    @warrenh8709 4 года назад +27

    And here I was still over-analyzing what happens at the very end

  • @TrialByFire12
    @TrialByFire12 5 лет назад +91

    The way you used Groot as your totem made me laugh on the bus out loud, got some weird looks and I had to get off 3 stops early. So thanks, for the exercise....I guess.

  • @MrBanko8
    @MrBanko8 5 лет назад +230

    The prestige is another one that would be amazing to analyze. 😀

    • @MrDtgreen
      @MrDtgreen 5 лет назад +11

      People sleep on that movie

  • @bruhlioso2932
    @bruhlioso2932 3 года назад +34

    I’m watching this movie on acid it’s been playin for like 6 hours lol

  • @mattsmith1137
    @mattsmith1137 4 года назад +73

    One the best opening scenes in movie history. Hooks you immediately.

    • @twilson3133
      @twilson3133 2 года назад

      And then the twist and the end brings it together

  • @buzbuz33-99
    @buzbuz33-99 5 лет назад +11

    Great finds!
    A couple of things:
    * The buildings collapsing in limbo were full size recreations of the sand buildings that Cobb and wife built on the beach and partly destroyed.
    * The idea that you are suspending logic while watching a movie has been around for a long time - described as "suspension of disbelief" 200 years ago and referenced by Aristotle when describing the principles of theater. His idea was that, when watching a play, you must accept that you are no longer in a theater, but are actually watching a scene in a house, a meadow or a castle. I learned about this concept when taking playwright classes in college back in 1969. Nolan may have had the same kind of education.

  • @richardbritton4675
    @richardbritton4675 5 лет назад +41

    You can hear the top fall over during the credits

    • @brendab.5111
      @brendab.5111 4 года назад +4

      There are many sayings and songs that clue us in. There is an old beautiful song called “Life Is But A Dream.” There is the old nursery rhyme “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” Clues all along the way. We have to listen...

    • @euronico7949
      @euronico7949 3 года назад +1

      @Mike Studmuffin Its BEFORE the screen goes black and to the credit..

  • @giltyascharged
    @giltyascharged 5 лет назад +30

    I think if they are going to make a Matrix 4.. Nolan should write and direct it

  • @a.j_lifetimea.j6494
    @a.j_lifetimea.j6494 4 года назад +86

    And amazingly the kids still have the same clothes that he remembered them as from his last memory from seeing them.

    • @eortiz1401
      @eortiz1401 4 года назад +9

      No they dont

    • @ARBLACKx
      @ARBLACKx 3 года назад +8

      they dont have the same clothes its just really similar. You can search up comparison photos on google. You can see that the kids are older and wearing slightly different clothes.

  • @udopiarecords
    @udopiarecords 4 года назад +44

    Unpopular opinion: Nolan >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tarantino.
    And Inception is one of the greatest films of our time. Shit was awesome af

    • @jimena.the.swiftie
      @jimena.the.swiftie 4 года назад +1

      Y E S

    • @daltonbedore8396
      @daltonbedore8396 4 года назад +8

      its not neccessary to rank artists. each can be appreciated for what they do without comparison

    • @poopoo5576
      @poopoo5576 4 года назад +3

      Dalton Bedore I agree. Both are at the very top of their game but make vastly different films

  • @shadowhawk22
    @shadowhawk22 5 лет назад +6

    Masterfully picked apart a truly amazing movie.
    My take of the ending is that Cobb learned that life is literally a dream, where your imagined potentials become your future. He keeps finding more and more of his dreams in reality, to the point that it doesn't matter anymore if either his dreams created his reality, or his dreams are his reality.
    Reflect on yourself as the viewer, don't we all feel like dreams became more of a power in our lives after viewing this movie? That's why I put this on my top ten, it's so deep and enjoyable to mull over.

  • @PaulMurphyMusic
    @PaulMurphyMusic 4 года назад +29

    Nolan is an architect himself, I see this movie more as an intricately created world than just a movie.

  • @josescg4736
    @josescg4736 5 лет назад +126

    After watching this I'd say do Fight Club!

  • @tarikfretes5970
    @tarikfretes5970 5 лет назад +6

    best movie ever made. cant believe that nolan worked 10 years on the script but this is a pure masterpiece

  • @ulmwxr
    @ulmwxr 5 лет назад +89

    Seriously do the OG Tron. I think you guys would find some pretty cool things

  • @quentinbates4717
    @quentinbates4717 3 года назад +8

    Cobb is back in reality. Erik, you said it yourself "He's awake when he doesn't have his ring on". The entire final scene, from the time he wakes up, he has not ring on.

    • @kettiregina8751
      @kettiregina8751 Год назад

      The problem here is that when they where discussing how to get fisher sedated and Saito said he bought all the air line , Cobb was wearing his ring ,

  • @may.k_me
    @may.k_me 5 лет назад +32

    When the explanation is just as confusing as the film

  • @Pepe-ts9ec
    @Pepe-ts9ec 4 года назад +7

    One small correction: The dream at the beginning of the movie (the meeting between Arthur, Cobb and Saito) is Arthur’s dream. The dream at Saito’s safehouse is the one created by the long haired architect.
    When Cobb and Arthur are exposed at the meeting, Mal turns to Arthur and says, “judging by the style i’d assume Arthur is the architect”

    • @jackdavinci
      @jackdavinci Год назад

      There's two layers so there's two architects

  • @NotJenOrJane
    @NotJenOrJane 4 года назад +19

    the real question is, "Does Groot stop dancing at the end?"

  • @jacobh930
    @jacobh930 5 лет назад +38

    Pls do the shining next

    • @lilDraven
      @lilDraven 5 лет назад +3

      That would be awesome.. I personally think once Jack puts the maroon jacket on in the film he's officially writing the story and we are watching the story he's typing

  • @pbsing
    @pbsing 5 лет назад +9

    Cobb never woke up from his dream when he went to recruit Yusuf. When Cobb "woke" up from that dream, he went to the bathroom to spin his totem but it fell on the floor when he was interrupted. Hence he is still in THAT dream.

    • @ZeroTrunks
      @ZeroTrunks 5 лет назад +2

      It's possible he never escaped the original dream

    • @froilanguzman1
      @froilanguzman1 3 года назад

      @Mike Studmuffin wedding ring is nolen totem

  • @Tomas.Malina
    @Tomas.Malina 5 лет назад +23

    You can do a vote for which movies to break down next, like google form poll you did when you asked what content changes to do.

  • @T1hitsTheHighestNote
    @T1hitsTheHighestNote 4 года назад +6

    When you realize that Zimmer horn is a slowed-down Je ne regrette rien: BOOOOOM!!! Mindblown! Talk about an Inception moment.

  • @AdityaMishra-pm3xw
    @AdityaMishra-pm3xw 5 лет назад +36

    waited for a VERY LONG TIME. who else

  • @GENERALTIM21
    @GENERALTIM21 5 лет назад +6

    Also, regarding Arthur's tumbling scene, he is fighting the guards on the fifth floor - the numbers can be seen on the back wall at 15.58. The same as his loaded die + he is the fifth dreamer

  • @motosurge
    @motosurge 5 лет назад +5

    I just rewatched the movie today after wanting to do so since I saw it in 2011. This a legendary movie that can never be metabolized in one watching and your analysis was fantastic!

  • @clarissacuartero9636
    @clarissacuartero9636 4 года назад +6

    It’s so amazing how you guys researched these details and educated us of those facts. So enriching 💖 Now Inception is truly given the proper appreciation that completes us fans.

  • @bethanylong5302
    @bethanylong5302 Год назад +3

    This movie is so beautifully constructed that it left me sobbing due to it being so overwhelming at the end.

  • @Rheologist
    @Rheologist 5 лет назад +5

    At literally any level that you look at this movie its still EXTRMELY meta
    i love it

  • @Focus716
    @Focus716 5 лет назад +8

    CLOUD ATLAS
    PLEASE
    SO UNDERRATED
    IF YOU'RE AN INCEPTION FAN AND HAVE NOT SEEN, IT IS A MUST WATCH

  • @ebg3624
    @ebg3624 5 лет назад +12

    I HAVE NEEDED THIS SINCE THE MOVIE ENDED IN THE DAMN THEATRE..
    Ok sorry I am just so thankful

  • @jimbrennan2201
    @jimbrennan2201 4 года назад +2

    The level of research and detail you have put into this is staggering.

  • @DanielDiaz-ru6uz
    @DanielDiaz-ru6uz 5 лет назад +22

    "all of your tears have Andy stamped on them"
    you got me there.. good laugh sir.
    high five whoever wrote that lol.
    thank you.

  • @VannessaVA
    @VannessaVA 4 года назад +8

    Your video is my totem. Whenever the video freezes at 4:56 that's how I know I'm dreaming.

  • @journey95far49
    @journey95far49 5 лет назад +10

    Still Nolan's best movie..wish he would make a masterpiece like this again

    • @scoth2200
      @scoth2200 3 года назад

      I like the prestige but yes this is a masterpiece too

  • @hannahsha333
    @hannahsha333 4 года назад +9

    This RUclips video is even more mind blowing than Inception itself.

  • @lorenzo1445
    @lorenzo1445 3 года назад +2

    10 years of Inception. One of the greatest film ever made.

  • @nickwoodhouse6587
    @nickwoodhouse6587 5 лет назад +5

    My favorite movie of all time. Hans Zimmer’s “Time” is also my favorite score.

  • @The.Enforcer
    @The.Enforcer 5 лет назад +16

    I´d like to see your detailed analysis on Donnie Darko

  • @alessandro_ajm4278
    @alessandro_ajm4278 5 лет назад +5

    Just rewatched inception on an airplane yesterday, perfect timing

  • @MyPenguins71
    @MyPenguins71 4 года назад +17

    The hotel scene takes place on floor 5 too. Arthur’s loaded dye. I’m here all week

  • @jacquelinerodenbush6691
    @jacquelinerodenbush6691 3 года назад +1

    I introduced my 13 year old to this movie last night. He loved it, just like I knew he would.

  • @frankf4765
    @frankf4765 5 лет назад +5

    Ok,ok, I already LOVE this movie and this channel. However, this video has made me love them both even more!

  • @AzzMonkeysauce03
    @AzzMonkeysauce03 4 года назад +9

    Is it weird that after I watch this movie it’s hard to remember certain sense or when I rewatch this movie there are parts I could swear I’ve never seen before

  • @jordandenny6875
    @jordandenny6875 5 лет назад +12

    I think Inception is the quintessential Nolan film. I think he spent almost 10 years writing it, it has the most of his recurring collaborators, complexity and spectacle, and somehow interpersonal and seemingly massive in scale. And also Nolan himself is reflected in Cobb.

    • @darienlux4735
      @darienlux4735 5 лет назад +1

      I like Interstellar a little more but you have a point.

  • @fozfoster1969
    @fozfoster1969 4 года назад +11

    Now this is just my own take of the film. I noticed that cobbs totem gets knocked off the sink just after he tries yusufs dream serum for the first time and from that moment on you never see it spin and STOP again in the whole film so I believe the rest of the film is cobbs dream in yusufs sleep chamber, from which he never leaves...this also explains why cobs children are still as young as his memory of them at the end of the film

    • @IsThtUrFinalAnswer
      @IsThtUrFinalAnswer 4 года назад +2

      paul foster damn it, that’s makes sense. Now I have to go back and watch it again from that perspective.

    • @Fridate
      @Fridate 4 года назад +2

      I came here about to comment this same thing!

    • @MiguelHernandez-uy5zq
      @MiguelHernandez-uy5zq 4 года назад

      I remember reading several articles regarding how actor Michael Caine (who plays the grandfather) revealed that every scene he was in, was in fact reality.

  • @tomking7080
    @tomking7080 4 года назад +17

    Such a awesome flick. When Leo stated that there’s no beginning to your dreams you just kinda are there. I thought about that for a long time because I never really thought about it. Nolan is a genius director and the Dark Night trilogy especially 1 and 2 were unbelievable especially 2,Ledger killed the Joker role. I would love to see a sequel to Inception but I don’t think that it will ever happen

    • @lukeberko701
      @lukeberko701 2 года назад +2

      No sequel because the original is never going to be topped. Leave the greatness on its own

    • @tomking7080
      @tomking7080 2 года назад +1

      @@lukeberko701 I agree. Don’t mess with perfection. Have you seen Tenet? I watched it a couple times because you have to pay attention and when you watch it a second time you notice things that you didn’t notice the first time around. I thought that it was pretty good. Definitely a great concept for a flick. I was so disappointed with The Many Saints of Newark,it was horrible. It was definitely a money grab. I can’t wait to see Matrix 4. The trailer was one of the best trailers I’ve seen in a long time. Hopefully it doesn’t disappoint,I don’t think it will. I believe that it’s going to be the best movie of the year.

  • @LupisprincesS
    @LupisprincesS 5 лет назад +40

    The lost of momentum of the totem makes me belive he´s in real life, reunited with his children!!

  • @jonathanlemon544
    @jonathanlemon544 4 года назад +6

    Saw this in theaters twice..
    And i never go to the theater twice for the same movie.

  • @FlowerPower288
    @FlowerPower288 4 года назад +2

    Here is one thing I would love to have clearified.
    When Cobb and Mal are in limbo it is emplied that they grow old together which we see and are told by Cobb.
    However, the movie references their escape from limbo as the scene where they get hit by a train together,
    but in the scene where they get hit by the trian, they are both young...?
    I would love for someone who maybe understood the film better than I did to explain this to me, but if no one can im going to have to assume this is a MAJOR plot hole, in an otherwise well thought out film!
    Thanks in advance

  • @BigBop01
    @BigBop01 5 лет назад +5

    One of the best videos Ive ever seen on RUclips 👌🏿

  • @jarvissevered4598
    @jarvissevered4598 5 лет назад +6

    this is scary, i've been preaching this to everyone i met for the past few years, you choose, create your reality, now this, strange fiction

  • @Jokomanopo
    @Jokomanopo 4 года назад +21

    Yes, it's a dream. 7 or so years had passed since the last time Cob saw his children, in the last scene they seem to be exactly the same age as they were when he left. Seems to be pretty conclusive evidence since children grow up quite a bit in 7 years!

    • @GK-qc5ry
      @GK-qc5ry 4 года назад +8

      Good point (I was hoping that's not true tho). Maybe he had pictures and video calls to keep him up to date. Plus I always thought it was weird that Seito and Fischer didn't recognize one another on the plane?

    • @kindking8009
      @kindking8009 4 года назад +34

      Where did you come up with 7 years?

    • @eduinareis9590
      @eduinareis9590 4 года назад +2

      7 years???

    • @ankittayal8291
      @ankittayal8291 4 года назад

      7 years ???

    • @ellarose423
      @ellarose423 3 года назад

      I said the exact same thing

  • @stoneyhuncho9832
    @stoneyhuncho9832 2 года назад +5

    last year i thought it would be a good idea to watch inception on shrooms & let me tell you, i watched the first 30 minutes & freaked myself out but i just finished the movie right now & it’s a masterpiece !

  • @NVN___
    @NVN___ 5 лет назад +12

    15:53
    He's also in level 5
    Like his totem, when he comes back to an up right position, we see the number 5.

  • @botchgoddess
    @botchgoddess 5 лет назад +25

    Thank you so much for this. I remember watching this in the theater and hearing the collective HUH???? at the end, it was funny.

  • @conandoyle1740
    @conandoyle1740 4 года назад +18

    Cobb is back in reality in the end. The children's faces are shown for the only time.

    • @spiritled4390
      @spiritled4390 3 года назад +1

      They grew up wearing the same clothes sitting in the same spot?

  • @mkmllrc
    @mkmllrc 2 года назад +5

    His father is actually the one behind all of this, he wanted Cobb to let go of his guilt. He chose Ariadne to really get into his limbo