Hey everyone! Thanks for checking out the video and commenting down here. A good chunk of the comments are rather similar so I thought I'd address some of them here: -To all of you who were also greatly effected and inspired by this film, I'm glad you feel the same! -For all of you asking what I think of Interstellar, personally it's mid to low tier Nolan for me. Not as epic as the Dark Knight Trilogy, not as intimate as Insomnia and not as successfully intricate as the Prestige although the Footage reaction scene is one of Nolan's best. -Having also seen Paprika and being a big Satoshi Kon fan, I probably should have at least name dropped that film as one of Inception's biggest influences, my bad. -I'll also say it seems that the younger or should I say less seasoned film fans saying they also love this film have gotten a bit of slack for not having watched enough films or older films and although I wouldn't express it in such a demeaning way, furthering your education as a film fan is always a good thing and watching more and more both older and from other countries is essential in my opinion, hence my many videos on the topic. So to all newer film fans, happy watching! -Finally, to work off off that topic, there's a small group of people trying to flex their "film knowledge" superiority. One or two of them do make brilliant points about younger self proclaimed fans not really fully appreciating the history of the medium and only watching the popular and generic modern films which I completely agree with. But then there are a bunch of buffoons treating it like a dick measuring contest. These are almost definitely the fools who were shown one Orson Welles or Billy Wilder film in a media class once and bought a Pulp Fiction poster for their bedroom and now think they're better than others as a result. Don't entertain their ego :)
Hahah that last point... Question: do you think Inception should have gotten all the Oscars it was nominated for? Especially best score and best screenplay. Nolan wrote that shit when he was 16 and he did the dark night series TO PRACTICE large scale action movies!!! This was a lifetime project for him. When they didn't give him these Oscars, that year I stopped caring about the Oscars. And I was still an aspiring filmmaker at the time! Also you didn't mention how Hans Zimmer's soundtrack is the wakeup song slowed down. Such an important Easter egg! And besides having so many effects done in camera, it was also shot on actual film, right? Great video, great homage to a fantastic movie ❤️
Soooo I rewatched Inception and something has been SOOOO OVERLOOKED! I think he’s in limbo and its in the final scenes of the film... Michael Caine appears in the shot and then disappears in the final shot, i dont think it was the editing too... 😐 At the door, then just gone.... i know Nolan teases the totem but maybe to throw us a curve ball and not see the full scene ??!!!! Im conspiring but i mean.... Nolan teases things in the film that you can only see in multiple viewings, 🤔🤔🤔😅. Tenettttttt ^ 🤔
Inception was a movie my father hyped up for me for a few years always trying to explain the plot to me before I was old enough to watch it. Eventually we did watch it together, it blew my mind and became my favorite film. Since I've watched this film with many different friends and it becomes sort of a ritual thing to go through together, to watch something so mind bending and imaginative. My dad passed away a few years ago but this film is something I will always have and my love of it is owed all to him. Rest in peace Dad. Great video man.
You're obviously very young then, considering this film only came out ten years ago. Bearing this in mind all I'd say is don't be put off exploring films of the 90s, 80s or even early 2000s. Just because these films were made before you were born doesn't mean that you won't enjoy them. Cinema has changed such a lot in the last ten or 15 years or so. I'm only in my early 30s so I'm hardly an old codger but even I can recognise this. Nowadays only comic book /Sci Fi Movies get made and dramas /thrillers get ignored. They don't make movies like Silence Of The Lambs, Seven, Goodfellas, Sleepers, Falling Down anymore coz East Asian audiences aren't interested in them. The Matrix is a great Sci Fi movie as is the original Jurrasic Park but I'm always surprised how many youngsters have never watched them simply because they were made before they were born. THAT'S A GOOD POINT ABOUT MOST OF NOLANS FILMS ACTUALLY. TIME RELATIVITY ISN'T JUST A SCIENCE FICTION THING, IT BECOMES MORE APPARANT THE OLDER YOU GET! LOL. 10 YEARS TO AN 18 YEAR OLD SEEMS LIKE A MASSIVE PERIOD OF TIME BUT 10 YEARS TO A 50 YEAR OLD OFTEN JUST SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY. I'VE NEVER HEARD HIM SAY BUT I WONDER IF THAT'S HIS OBSESSION WITH HOW WE EXPERIENCE TIME??
Alexander Gerber, I hope your dad obtains Sadgati. Don't stop watching films. Don't settle. Ever. Never become a fake fan or fake admirer like me. I haven't watched a film in past 5 months just because I don't have the guts to explain that I'm watching an important film on my phone. Whereas, my family members watch movies that treats its audience like incompetents on big screen TVs. Don't become a fake fan because you will melt down if you will face reality. If you could, pay for the cinema. Don't go downloading it on some website that gives it for free. Be a true believer in it, but never lose sensibility and shun all the reality. Never trade your interest in artistic films just because someone else is watching a movie or film that everyone is. Never join the herd in this aspect. Finally, I would like to say have a happy and prosperous life. For you could be a person of immense potential for the world of cinema. If you read this, thank you.
@@flickfanatics7948 my favorite movie of all time is Beauty & The Beast(1991). My son Jesse's favorite movie of all time is Terminator 2 Judgement Day. My son Jared's favorite movie of all is Batman(1989). My Husband BJ's favorite movie of all time is Die Hard.
When I first saw this movie I had a big existential crisis and for a good hour was worried whether the world is even real. Now that I’ve gotten over that I like the movie even more but idk if i’d want to do that again
Like 8% of guys are "colorblind," myself included. It doesn't seem to change much, unless you have an extremely rare version of colorblindness, particularly the monochromatic one where you literally cannot see color.
@@ethidian3444 same here brother except mine is kinda annoying. i have deuteranopia and it can be bad where like you know (at least i assume its the same where you are) caution lights when driving? how like when you drive and you have the lights if theyre orange you can go but red you have to stop? 90% of the time i cant tell the difference unless i judge it from other cars or get very close
@@space318 My dad had the same issue, he came over it with memorizing which is which. Fortunately his eyesight was very good though so he could tell the indicator from afar even though they were literally the same colors for him.
This was the first movie that made me realize the potential film has for story telling. It’s the first thing that made me realize that art can mean so much more than just entertainment. I still think about inception pretty often. It’s just perfect in all it’s imperfections. Making actual art on a big scale instead of just standard blockbuster films is my aspiration for the future. And inception kickstarted that. Nice overview and you just earned a sub from me :)
A masterpiece for sure. What I like about Nolan is that he creates movies that makes the audience think, analyze and admire. Which means he respects the audience.
Please tell me that I wasn't the only one that started crying when Dom came out of the dream and was bewildered, looking at the whole world in childlike wonder, with Hans Zimmer playing in the background. It's moments like these that make me wish I could have seen the movie in theaters so I could share the experience with all the other movie goers, but I was only 4 when it came out. I only watched the movie for the first time 2-3 months ago, but I've watched it so many times now. I hope others will also love this movie the way i do. :) Alsoooo, stay safe during these times.
@@flickfanatics7948 NOLAN REOPEN his Masterpiece in mexico were i live ....i watched yesterday...One the best experience i've ever had !!!,even having watch it countless times ...cinema is the real Way to see this Art!!!
I remember the first time I saw the water rushing through the windows scene when Dom was dunked, and I remember being completely awestruck and the movie had only started. I knew I was in for something special. The only other movie that blew my mind like inception did was matrix.
@@philippmogg1549 I just watched Interstellar. It was a beautiful piece of art. Everything from the story to characters to the directing was outstanding. But what took the best part of the film was the mesmerising score. 9.5/10 or A+ in my book.
@@philippmogg1549 interstellar was quite weak. Way too long and too many boring unnecessary parts. Interstellar would be perfect if the first quarter of the movie was severely trimmed
Inception blew me away the first time I saw it. Just rewatched it over a decade since it's original release, and the third act is perhaps the best third act in all of cinema.
I just saw Arrival because of your comment, and waow what a movie! Interstellar is my fave too. If you havent seen The Prestige, i highly recommend it.
Agreed. This film has everything. Here's what I put on Letterbox. "This is my personal favorite film of all-time and for good reason. People can continue to nitpick about the concept of the idea of dreams and subconscious but it really, in the end, is just a well-told love story. Mal doesn't believe in reality because of Cobb, and she kills herself trying to find that reality, putting the guilt onto Cobb making him feel bad for his kids and because he made a huge mistake. This is the kind of story I personally love and all the technical aspects of this films are phenomenal (Directing, Editing, Writing, Cinematography, VFX, Production Design, etc.)"
Just introduced my teenage daughter to Inception this evening. Haven’t watched in a while, and had me chuckling and sobbing in about equal measure. Really speaks to me as a keen observation on what we consider to be our reality, but also speaks to me as a father. Great video, capturing many parts of what makes this a great film. Ultimately, as you say, its about what we have to give up, as well as what we need to pursue, even if that pursuit may lead us into our own reality, which is not necessarily the reality of others.
If that last sentence of yours really sticks with you, I can highly recommend the philosophical sci-fi novel "Solaris" by Stanisław Lem. It explores topics like constructivism, cosmology, existentialism, fear, heuristics, hope, identity, matter, memory, mind, ontology, perception, psychology, reality, science. It has been adapted to film twice, and while I love both the Tarkovsky and the Soderbergh version, much has been shortened or got lost in translation in both of them.
I just watched this movie last night and I’m completely obsessed with it, my absolute favorite movie. Everything about it was executed perfectly, the score, characters, conscious vs subconscious conflict, and thematic purpose. I’m now more intrigued with the storytelling that films have to offer. I don’t know which film to watch after this masterpiece, but I guess I’ll have to give whiplash a try. Thank you for creating this fantastic video!
If you are intrigued with conscious & subconscious & good storytelling, try one of these: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Fall Flatliners (NOT the remake) Living in Oblivion Paprika The Science of Sleep Solaris (BOTH versions)
Inception has such a deep emotional impact for me; whether it be the adventurous journey, the simple yet deep levels the film dives into, or just Hanz Zimmer tugging at my heart as usual, this movie lives in my head rent free, and will for the rest of my life. Oh, and the wake up scene, I was baffled, I had no words, just utter euphoric nostalgia. Absolute materpiece and will forever appreciate everyone who took part in creating such an iconic film.
One thing I was amazed by on my most recent rewatch is that, despite being 12 years old now, because of it's use of mostly analogue props, general lack of modern technology, and lack of pop culture references to other things of the time, Inception is not dated at all.
This is my favorite film, too. Some of DiCaprio's finest acting, and I adore the characters Arthur and Ariadne in particular though of course they're all brilliant (Cillian Murphy is a gift). My interpretation of the ending comes down to choice. Choice is a thread that runs through the film, particularly when it comes to Mal. When the lines between dreams and reality become so blurred, Mal's argument is that the distinction comes down to what you choose to believe. Because Dom walks away from the spinning top and towards his children, he is choosing this as his reality. So whether the top continues to spin or falls, it doesn't matter. Dom has made his choice.
It's A Movie where we cannot express or put in words . This movie has so much to offer so much, emotion, action,so many phases and folds,characters, brilliance and most of all it makes you think to the core that every time you watch we never get over it ... I love Inception so much that I dnt want any other movie to made like this or better than this...
Nolan makes some incredible films. But you also have to give major props to his casting choices. Each character seems so perfectly portrayed. Also can’t forget about him using hans zimmer in a lot of his movies
Here is why I think the ending is real, because as Cob said, in a dream, you don't know how you got there. Cob knew he came from the plane, went through the airport, and arrived at his house to see his kids. The inception spinny thing (forgot the name) also started wobbling and was (I think) going to tumble.
To me this film has something that makes it extremely special which is something you mention: the ambiguity. This film lets us choose as spectators, it gives us a certain freedom of deciding the things we want to believe. I know that maybe what we believe is not the same as Nolan's vision but that's the beauty of it. We don't know exactly what Cobol engineering is, we don't know exactly what Cobb did for them and in the end we don't know exactly whats going on in dream and what isn't and all this just gives each individual a freedom of deciding for themselves what they choose to believe. And maybe it can even change our minds with every rewatch and to me this is truly special.
That's my favourite bit about the film. *SPOILER ALERT IF YOU CLICK READ MORE* The final scene where Cobb's totem looks like it's about to lose balance but before it can do anything the movie cuts was GENIUS! It points towards "reality is another dream" and "we're in reality" at the same time! Especially amazing because that tiny fact changes the morality of Cobb's inner conflict. All that represented in one top that didn't wanna fall. Nolan is a genius!
I remember first time watching this movie, I was terrified 😱😱 like watching a Jason movie. The thought of being trapped in your mind like unable to come back to "reality" was and still is a horrific thought to me. I getting chills just thinking about it 😬 great concept and movie💯
I saw this with my best friend in the theaters. After it was over, we walked over to the Starbucks that was in the plaza to talk about it over coffee. We literally could not find words, as we took turns stammering to express what we just witnessed. Finally, I said "do you just wanna catch the next showing?" And so we did. We watched back-to-back showing. He and I are both film aficionados, and that was (to my knowledge, at least) the first and only time we both did that. Together. Such an amazing film.
I've started taking films so seriously for the past 6-7 years and I've watched about 3000-4000 films...I have this fetish of rating films on 5 and out of all the films I've watched I have given 26 films full 5 stars...and out of these 26 films when arranged in Ascending order Inception is my all time favourite film followed by The Social Network and Grave of the Fireflies. I really thank you from the bottom of my heart for putting this incredible video and just reminding me of my love for Inception and Cinema in general.
I am not exaggerated "I played Time maybe over 1000 times" Hans Zimmer is (in my opinion) the best composer. Glad you covered one of the best aspects of this truly masterpiece. It's in my favorite movies of all time (it's hard to pick a favorite movie, there are many ).
I think I've seen Inception probably 4 or 5 times now, but it's not like I mind--I don't ever need to watch it by myself, because what keeps it so much fun for me to watch is that a lot of my friends haven't seen it, so having them watch it one after another and hearing everyone's conjectures after the movie is so good. I'm so excited to show it to more people, because the movie is so uniquely pretty, sounds amazing, and just feels super authentic. Awesome video Flick Fanatics, definitely got my sub.
The moment I got my head around the layer upon layer of time within Inception was highly enjoyable and made for an incredible viewing experience. Bravo, Mr Nolan. Edit: watching films such as this raises the bar in my expectations for others to achieve in every aspect.
INCEPTION : You live this movie everyday, everyday we are fooled by mind which creates dream. Perfectly said in trailer : Your mind is scene of crimes. How true, I loved this line.
This movie completely changed my perspective on films as a whole. All star cast with one of the greatest directors ever AND the best movie musician (Hans Zimmer) ever
@@qj5361 I've watched 1500 movies and series in 5 years (19 years old) and Inception is my 4th favourite of all time. Tell me, I'm stupid. Just don't bother...tell me "Yes, you are stupid".
One of my favorites as well.. Easily in my top 10 movies of all time. Plus, it's the only movie soundtrack that I listen to from start to finish. I actually love driving while listening to it.
I think one of the biggest underlying themes in Inception that people often miss is how the flow of the movie intentionally distracts the audience and confuses them. It's meant to trick you and confuse you, because it is trying to immerse you in this world where Cob never knows if he is dreaming or not. The setting from one scene to the next is almost always drastically different, making you wonder if they are in a dream or not, and the things that happen in the real world, like the chase through the market, are just surreal enough to leave you with an inkling of doubt. That last shot with the Totem spinning is one last capitalization on that. It ties together the idea that, as Flick Fanatics said, Cob wants to move forward and is being pushed forward, and the fear and paranoia that he too will confuse reality with dreams like his wife did is finally left behind when he reaches the finish line, even if there never will be a way to be 100% sure. That's just my two cents though! Awesome video, this too is one of my favorites movies and you did a fantastic job analyzing it :) Cheers!
I have bought the original DVD of this movie in three times, because simply is amazing and I try to watch it on DVD player with audio and subtitles in English. The last 10 minutes are my favorites ones! I feel a rare emotion when Cobb woke up on airplane and he achieved his objective. Greetings from México 🇲🇽
I watched this in the cinema when it came out. After the movie was over and I got outside I literally questioned if I was in a dream. This is an epic movie and deserves all the praise it gets.
Man, i've just watched the full movie yesterday after years of just watching some parts and knowing the story, the concept is so awesome and it is beautifully explored, great video
Thank for this, Inception is one those rare movies I've watched multiple times, I won't say it's my favorite movie but it definitely is a masterpiece. Apart from the points you made, which I subscribe entirely, one thing peculiar of this movie, and I believe the one make it so popular for some people, is the actual rendition of a dream; even tho it's centered around DiCaprio's personal story, his acting is like 'suspended', it's more like we see the story through his perspective rather than him being at the center of the stage, he doesn't overshadow the rest of the cast, which is brilliant. My favourite shoot is near the end, when DiCaprio and Page are exploring limbo and turn into a court (I believe the scene was shooted in n. Africa) it's just a glimpse, but the light and framing is just so perfect: do I know that place? Have I been in that place before, a long time ago? Or was that part of an half forgotten dream? I have no idea how Nolan managed to tap into such inspiration, speaking of which: the soundtrack; apart from the egregious Hans Zimmer, what about Johnny Marr and the 'Dream is collpsing' intro? Just few chords and so much pathos, pure genius, how did he get there? I came to the conclusion that Inception is a dreamer movie, made by dreamers for dreamers, some people love it and others just can't stand it, I know I enjoyed every moment of it.
Thank you! I also agree that even though it's such a character focused film, the central performance is kind of muted. It's my favourite film with Leonardo DiCaprio but not my favourite performance from him, that goes to either Catch Me If You Can or the Departed :)
Well observed and well expressed! "Dreamer movie" might be my favourite "crossover" genre. I shall use that term more often from now on, so thank you for that! Other dreamer movies I like: - Adaptation - Being John Malkovich - Dark City - The Fall - Flatliners* - Living in Oblivion - Paprika - The Science of Sleep - Slacker - Strange Days - Stranger than Fiction - Total Recall* *In these cases NOT the awful remakes!
Many Thanks for this brilliant review. REALLY enjoyed your observations & insights - they let me understand things in ways I hadn't noticed. Well worth the time!
This movie is pure genius and i really appreciate your video, i love how you go into detail and i absoletely admire the way you went about it, this is also my all time favorite movie
First watched this film in May 2019 and I indeed did love it, but back then, even if it was only 1 year ago, I wasn't really into analysing movies at all or I knew much less about actors and directors. If I watched it now I would probably be much more amazed than the first time I saw it.
Cobra Cinema yup I love the Dark Knight as well. It’s my favourite comic book film of all time. But inception is was original. New, nothing like it ever has been done before or since.
Great Video! Inception is my favourite film of all time (Fellowship of the Ring a close 2nd) It’s such a spectacle and a tight nit story. I would argue it’s Leo’s best performance of his career, he and Cillian Murphy give this movie so much heart!
Thank you for this awesome video! Inception is my most favorite movie too. I love everything about this movie. It provides such an immersive experience that the story and the characters become a part of you. And Hans Zimmer''s "Time" always gives me goosebumps! This movie is a masterpiece.
In my opinion it's all a dream, not only all of the movie showed us but also the suposed life he had with mal, I think ariadne is a representation of how they really met in real life, as students experimenting with this concept, and they both got trapedand they formed their suposed life, so they never really knew eachother in real life, or get married and have children, all of that happened in the dream. And something I didn't even noticed until now, is that when he finally sees the face of his children at the end, it's in slow motion, a very subtle slow motion, if you know cristopher nolan, this is the only movie where he uses slow motion in his whole career, and the slow motion obviously represents the dream state, so yeah, how the hell I didn't noticed that in 10 years, damn. Anyway, those were my 5 cents.
Great video man! You're really hyping us up to Tenet. Also Christopher Nolan himself has said that whether Cobb is dreaming or not doesn't really matter because he doesn't care to look at the top, serving as a resolution.
It's also literally an inception on the audience. It's an idea, distilled down to its simplest form, that forces the audience to see the movie in a completely different way.
I had the pleasure of seeing this again at the cinema last week (10th anniversary screening) first film at the cinema since lock down and such a delight to be back in the theatre and such a masterpiece to return with.
I just watched it again today after about 5 years, and dude it's extraordinary how such a complicated and multi-layered storyline can be made so easy to understand
I agree that score is amazing and one of the best in the way it enhances the film but I would like to point you to a film in which score goes way beyond that Vertigo (on Netflix now) the score not only enhances the film but actually helps to tell the story informing the viewer about what’s going on in ways no other film I’ve ever seen can come close to the score carries the whole thing and it’s possible that without it the film might not even make sense. It’s the peak of Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herman’s collaboratively careers and I think the best collaboration in cinema history.
I watched "Inception" for the first time on April 1st, and I instantly loved it. It took me some time to get invested in the movie, but as soon as I did, I enjoyed every second. It's one of the most emotional movies I've ever seen, and it also has one of the best scores. I have listened a lot to "Time" the last few weeks, and it always manages to give me chills. I already can't wait to watch it again to appreciate it even more!
For what it's worth, what I took away from the ending of inception is how much we crave for things to be real. We desperately yearn for our relationships to be genuine and have meaning beyond just our senses telling us so. We want the people we love to really be there and for our actions with them to carry on in them when we are gone. You say, "it doesn't matter if he was dreaming or not." To me, it's entirely the opposite. It's all that matters. We all want to live lives of truth and meaning. Not to get too philosophical, but the tragedy is, in some sense, we can never truly know if that's the case. And, to me, that's why the ending is so powerful. Thank you for putting together such a thoughtful video.
Agree. Story wise everything indicates that Cobb is not dreaming, so I think what Nolan was all about by deciding to finish the film with that final shot is plant the audience an idea that "Reality Matters". As human beings many times we are driven by the pursuit on what's real and what's not. Why after having a really good dream and waking up sometimes you find yourself sad or even deppressed for a certain time? because that fantasy you were part of during the dream could never be consumated in the real world, because you don't accept the dream world as your reality: it's silly and it's just a part of whole of what you're in the real world, so reality matters for us. We humans don't like uncertainty and with that ending you feel the need to go back and find the pieces to have a better grasp on things and confirm that he really is not dreaming, but I think what Nolan also intended is that you decide what storyline to follow: the one where he still dreaming or the one that is placed in reality, but what is certain at the end is that for Cobb, it doesn't really matter anymore, but like dreams have a film-like behavior Cobb can choose not care anymore,be we can't, so that's why...Reality Matters!
Wow man, great video. I never thought someone would exist who's two favorite movies are also whiplash and inception but here you are. That's so crazy. Everything you said is exactly why this is my favorite movie, the emotion of Cobb, the genius I'd the premise, the amazing film making from every department. To me it's perfect and has also changed my life. Whiplash speaks more to my own persistence to achieve my goals like Neiman also has, and I'm also a jazz musician so that's also part of why it speaks so much to me. Anyways, great video really well done.
Inception has been my all time fav since its release in 2010, followed by Blade Runner 2049, Interstellar, Matrix 1 2 3, Shutter Island, Dark Knight 1 2 3. Looking forward to Julyl 30th!!
Hard to believe for me that back around 2003-04, I posted in the 2001: A Space Odyssey forum section of IMDb (back when they had forums) that Nolan might be the most likely director to be lauded as "the next Stanley Kubrick". This on the strength of Memento and Insomnia alone (I hadn't yet seen Following), but something about his meticulous and cerebral style struck a chord and made me feel there was unbounded potential in this guy.
'Nolan might be the most likely director to be lauded as "the next Stanley Kubrick". ' The modern film industry can no can no longer tolerate people like Stanley Kubrick and films like 'The Shining'. Still Nolan is close and 'Momento' is so disturbing I can't watch it anymore because I see people acting the same way, without their knowledge!
The only thing I found lack in Nolan's films is that all the characters feel to obvious coming from the imaginations of the writer / director. While Scorsese and Tarantino's characters are more natural and have they own uniqueness as human being. That alone, have made me not very excited toward Nolan's films, including Dunkirk.
Just some important information about the end because i haven't seen anyone post it yet. Firstly when Cob wakes up he doesn't go back through all the layers like the other characters, and in fact if all those characters left the levels then the dreams above cob have closed. So in theory he wakes up in limbo but what he sees is what he expects to see when he wakes up, the plane. Also his totem at the end cant tell us anything since your own totem only tells you if you're in someone elses dream. Lastly you hear the kids taking about building a house on the cliff, like the one Saito was in at the beginning of the movie.
I appreciated this video so much. It gave me goose bumps every 20 seconds. I also love this movie and everything you said about this movie I 100% agree with and have thought, but I just never put it in words as well as you did. Amazing video.
For Mr. Flick Fanatics and all the Inception fans - The genius of this film is that people think the final scene matters. That just being able to see if the top stays steady or falls would tell you whether Cobb is dreaming or not. This is Nolan performing inception...on you. The truth is that what the top does, fall or keep spinning, wouldn't have mattered and would NOT have told you whether Cobb is dreaming or not. - Totems are a concept introduced in the film as a way for the characters to know whether or not they are in someone else's dream. A totem is an everyday, mundane, object that all Dream Architects would be familiar with. However, the totem has some unique property or characteristic that is counter to the nature of the mundane object. Eame's poker chip has a misspelling, Ariadne's bishop always falls a certain direction, and Arthur's loaded dice always show the same result when rolled. This unique property is kept secret from everyone with the thought being that a dreamer or architect would never know to create these objects with these weird and unique properties. If you test the totem and they behave like the mundane object then you know you're in a dream. - There are two very important rules. 1) You can never share the unique behavior or your totem with anyone. Otherwise they could architect a dream where your totem behaved as you described and you'd have no way to know. And 2) Your totem must act in a weird or unique way in the REAL world. Otherwise you would not be able to distinguish your totem from a mundane object created by an architect. - Cobbs totem breaks BOTH of these rules. - His top is not even HIS totem at all. It's Mal's totem. That means he could be in a dream created by Mal and he would never know. She would know how the top is supposed to behave and could duplicate it. In fact, she could make the top keep spinning or fall to manipulate Cobb. Cobb even explains how his totem works to Ariadne, so he could also be in a dream SHE created. - But the second rule is really the one that shatters things for Cobb. The top's unique behavior happens IN DREAMS and NOT in the real world. Cobb claims that when he is in a dream the top keeps spinning indefinitely. When he is in the real world it behaves like a normal top and falls over. ANY dreamer or architect would instinctively create a top that falls over because that is how tops work in the REAL world. Cobb could literally be in ANYONE'S dream and not know it. - The top is Christopher Nolan implanting the idea in your head that the result of that spin would somehow matter. It doesn't and never did. Remember folks, King's Speech won best picture over this film. For more search YT for Kyle Johnson: Inception and Philosophy Talks at Google.
It is very important whether Cobb is dreaming at the end or not. If He's dreaming than the film didn't end well and he just thinks it ended well for a while but he will still end up locked up in his dream and realize it sooner or later. On the other hand if it's reality, it really is a good end so that particular fact is really important. I'm very sure he's not dreaming, not only because of some of the hard evidence but most of all because Nolan wouldn't bear it in his heart for such a big film not to have a good ending, he would have cheated the viewer if it was still a dream. It very much does matter.
Inception & Gladiator... I watched those both when there was nothing else to watch thinking they could be boring movies. Now I have no idea how many times I have watched them and still they haunt me. Just Amazing!!!
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Hey everyone!
Thanks for checking out the video and commenting down here. A good chunk of the comments are rather similar so I thought I'd address some of them here:
-To all of you who were also greatly effected and inspired by this film, I'm glad you feel the same!
-For all of you asking what I think of Interstellar, personally it's mid to low tier Nolan for me. Not as epic as the Dark Knight Trilogy, not as intimate as Insomnia and not as successfully intricate as the Prestige although the Footage reaction scene is one of Nolan's best.
-Having also seen Paprika and being a big Satoshi Kon fan, I probably should have at least name dropped that film as one of Inception's biggest influences, my bad.
-I'll also say it seems that the younger or should I say less seasoned film fans saying they also love this film have gotten a bit of slack for not having watched enough films or older films and although I wouldn't express it in such a demeaning way, furthering your education as a film fan is always a good thing and watching more and more both older and from other countries is essential in my opinion, hence my many videos on the topic. So to all newer film fans, happy watching!
-Finally, to work off off that topic, there's a small group of people trying to flex their "film knowledge" superiority. One or two of them do make brilliant points about younger self proclaimed fans not really fully appreciating the history of the medium and only watching the popular and generic modern films which I completely agree with. But then there are a bunch of buffoons treating it like a dick measuring contest. These are almost definitely the fools who were shown one Orson Welles or Billy Wilder film in a media class once and bought a Pulp Fiction poster for their bedroom and now think they're better than others as a result. Don't entertain their ego :)
Its not a Masterpiece. Its all right tho
Hahah that last point...
Question: do you think Inception should have gotten all the Oscars it was nominated for? Especially best score and best screenplay. Nolan wrote that shit when he was 16 and he did the dark night series TO PRACTICE large scale action movies!!! This was a lifetime project for him. When they didn't give him these Oscars, that year I stopped caring about the Oscars. And I was still an aspiring filmmaker at the time!
Also you didn't mention how Hans Zimmer's soundtrack is the wakeup song slowed down. Such an important Easter egg!
And besides having so many effects done in camera, it was also shot on actual film, right?
Great video, great homage to a fantastic movie ❤️
Soooo I rewatched Inception and something has been SOOOO OVERLOOKED! I think he’s in limbo and its in the final scenes of the film... Michael Caine appears in the shot and then disappears in the final shot, i dont think it was the editing too... 😐 At the door, then just gone.... i know Nolan teases the totem but maybe to throw us a curve ball and not see the full scene ??!!!! Im conspiring but i mean.... Nolan teases things in the film that you can only see in multiple viewings, 🤔🤔🤔😅. Tenettttttt ^ 🤔
this movie sucks for real
SSaini ... mean it’s alright but definitely overrated, the matrix is so much better
Inception was a movie my father hyped up for me for a few years always trying to explain the plot to me before I was old enough to watch it. Eventually we did watch it together, it blew my mind and became my favorite film. Since I've watched this film with many different friends and it becomes sort of a ritual thing to go through together, to watch something so mind bending and imaginative. My dad passed away a few years ago but this film is something I will always have and my love of it is owed all to him. Rest in peace Dad. Great video man.
A beautiful story, thank you for sharing!
You're obviously very young then, considering this film only came out ten years ago. Bearing this in mind all I'd say is don't be put off exploring films of the 90s, 80s or even early 2000s. Just because these films were made before you were born doesn't mean that you won't enjoy them. Cinema has changed such a lot in the last ten or 15 years or so. I'm only in my early 30s so I'm hardly an old codger but even I can recognise this. Nowadays only comic book /Sci Fi Movies get made and dramas /thrillers get ignored. They don't make movies like Silence Of The Lambs, Seven, Goodfellas, Sleepers, Falling Down anymore coz East Asian audiences aren't interested in them. The Matrix is a great Sci Fi movie as is the original Jurrasic Park but I'm always surprised how many youngsters have never watched them simply because they were made before they were born. THAT'S A GOOD POINT ABOUT MOST OF NOLANS FILMS ACTUALLY. TIME RELATIVITY ISN'T JUST A SCIENCE FICTION THING, IT BECOMES MORE APPARANT THE OLDER YOU GET! LOL. 10 YEARS TO AN 18 YEAR OLD SEEMS LIKE A MASSIVE PERIOD OF TIME BUT 10 YEARS TO A 50 YEAR OLD OFTEN JUST SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY. I'VE NEVER HEARD HIM SAY BUT I WONDER IF THAT'S HIS OBSESSION WITH HOW WE EXPERIENCE TIME??
Alexander Gerber, I hope your dad obtains Sadgati. Don't stop watching films. Don't settle. Ever. Never become a fake fan or fake admirer like me. I haven't watched a film in past 5 months just because I don't have the guts to explain that I'm watching an important film on my phone. Whereas, my family members watch movies that treats its audience like incompetents on big screen TVs. Don't become a fake fan because you will melt down if you will face reality. If you could, pay for the cinema. Don't go downloading it on some website that gives it for free. Be a true believer in it, but never lose sensibility and shun all the reality. Never trade your interest in artistic films just because someone else is watching a movie or film that everyone is. Never join the herd in this aspect. Finally, I would like to say have a happy and prosperous life. For you could be a person of immense potential for the world of cinema.
If you read this, thank you.
@@flickfanatics7948 my favorite movie of all time is Beauty & The Beast(1991).
My son Jesse's favorite movie of all time is Terminator 2 Judgement Day.
My son Jared's favorite movie of all is Batman(1989).
My Husband BJ's favorite movie of all time is Die Hard.
I am sorry to hear that you lost your father. He certainly introduced you to a fantastic movie that you can enjoy in his memory.
I wish I had my memory erased, so I could experience this masterpiece again.
on a fuckin big screen please.
I'm saying!!!
When I first saw this movie I had a big existential crisis and for a good hour was worried whether the world is even real. Now that I’ve gotten over that I like the movie even more but idk if i’d want to do that again
I'm about to watch it for the first time
I didn't watch the movie, I'm gonna watch it now 😍I'm so lucky
The music really elevated the film to another level.
Very very true Zimmer is a beast
And to think the Oscar went to “the social network” for music score... fucking hell 😑
toucego I’ve always been baffled by that decision
Just watched it again tonight honestly it gets better the more you watch it I’m still trying to shake off the love for this movie
I feel the exact same way with Interstellar
Wasn't aware of Nolan's colourblindness...
UNMOVIED PRODUCTIONS you do now
Like 8% of guys are "colorblind," myself included. It doesn't seem to change much, unless you have an extremely rare version of colorblindness, particularly the monochromatic one where you literally cannot see color.
Yeah, he is red and green colour blind
@@ethidian3444 same here brother except mine is kinda annoying. i have deuteranopia and it can be bad where like you know (at least i assume its the same where you are) caution lights when driving? how like when you drive and you have the lights if theyre orange you can go but red you have to stop? 90% of the time i cant tell the difference unless i judge it from other cars or get very close
@@space318 My dad had the same issue, he came over it with memorizing which is which. Fortunately his eyesight was very good though so he could tell the indicator from afar even though they were literally the same colors for him.
This video makes the wait for TENET even more unbearable.
Tenet looks way better than Inception in my opinion.
I'm SO HYPED!!
@@daliilars3350 if it is then it will be insane!!
So Hyped for TENET as well.
Apparently when it releases, movie theaters will be opening again
People who call Nolan films pretentious . Are fans of Michael Bay films and the Fast and Furious franchise.
Nolan isn't pretentious but his fans are. His movies are just popcorn flicks but that is all they are. Popcorn flicks.
@@daniellee2343 what do you mean by popcorn flicks?
@@daniellee2343 if you think inception is a popcorn flick, I don't think you've watched it
Maybe a tad pretentious, his weakness is apart from Batman Begins and parts his other movies, they are mainly lacking in heart
@@dpage446 it was a really popular movie, that people of all types flocked to the cinema to watch, how does that not define a popcorn movie
"Inception is also my favorite movie." Glad to see a comment section filled with that opinion :) perfect video man.
Hard to deny greatness, especially in this day an age where a lot of films don't have this complexity of film
Thanks!
This was the first movie that made me realize the potential film has for story telling. It’s the first thing that made me realize that art can mean so much more than just entertainment. I still think about inception pretty often. It’s just perfect in all it’s imperfections. Making actual art on a big scale instead of just standard blockbuster films is my aspiration for the future. And inception kickstarted that. Nice overview and you just earned a sub from me :)
Thank you so much! I'm glad you feel that way :)
A masterpiece for sure.
What I like about Nolan is that he creates movies that makes the audience think, analyze and admire. Which means he respects the audience.
and he isnt scared to try new stuff.
Please tell me that I wasn't the only one that started crying when Dom came out of the dream and was bewildered, looking at the whole world in childlike wonder, with Hans Zimmer playing in the background. It's moments like these that make me wish I could have seen the movie in theaters so I could share the experience with all the other movie goers, but I was only 4 when it came out. I only watched the movie for the first time 2-3 months ago, but I've watched it so many times now. I hope others will also love this movie the way i do. :) Alsoooo, stay safe during these times.
Awesome!
@@flickfanatics7948 NOLAN REOPEN his Masterpiece in mexico were i live ....i watched yesterday...One the best experience i've ever had !!!,even having watch it countless times ...cinema is the real Way to see this Art!!!
I remember the first time I saw the water rushing through the windows scene when Dom was dunked, and I remember being completely awestruck and the movie had only started. I knew I was in for something special. The only other movie that blew my mind like inception did was matrix.
Me too! They are tied as my all time favorite films!
did you watch interstellar ? by far my all time favourite
@@philippmogg1549 Yep. Absolutely love interstellar.
@@philippmogg1549 I just watched Interstellar. It was a beautiful piece of art. Everything from the story to characters to the directing was outstanding. But what took the best part of the film was the mesmerising score. 9.5/10 or A+ in my book.
@@philippmogg1549 interstellar was quite weak. Way too long and too many boring unnecessary parts. Interstellar would be perfect if the first quarter of the movie was severely trimmed
Inception blew me away the first time I saw it. Just rewatched it over a decade since it's original release, and the third act is perhaps the best third act in all of cinema.
Its the Most fascinant and fluid i've ever seen!!
3 all-time favorite films:
1: Interstellar
2: Inception
3: Arrival
If u like those movies watch the matrix
I just saw Arrival because of your comment, and waow what a movie! Interstellar is my fave too. If you havent seen The Prestige, i highly recommend it.
That is a solid line up!
annihilation feels like arrival to me. another good one to check out.
All fantastic movies Hans zimmers composing in interstellar and inception made the movies so much better imo
Ending scene is just so emotional. My favourite scene in the movie.
The Dark Knight and Inception shaped my appreciation for film when I was only a kid, still a huge fan of Nolan to this day.
I've been rewatching Inception a crazy amount of times since going into quarantine, perfect timing
Inception is one of those movies that you just have to appreciate. It represents the best of film.
It sucks
I remember leaving the theatre absolutely stunned. I haven’t felt that way about a movie since
Agreed. This film has everything. Here's what I put on Letterbox.
"This is my personal favorite film of all-time and for good reason. People can continue to nitpick about the concept of the idea of dreams and subconscious but it really, in the end, is just a well-told love story. Mal doesn't believe in reality because of Cobb, and she kills herself trying to find that reality, putting the guilt onto Cobb making him feel bad for his kids and because he made a huge mistake. This is the kind of story I personally love and all the technical aspects of this films are phenomenal (Directing, Editing, Writing, Cinematography, VFX, Production Design, etc.)"
Love that!
the film incepts us in the end, by making us question cobbs reality. Nolan performed inception on the audience
Zimmer and Nolan created a film so good that it always gives me goosebumps while watching it. The ending is the best ending of any film...ever.
You're right. I understood 95% of it the first time I watched it and was amazed. But, I truly appreciated this film the second time watched it.
Just introduced my teenage daughter to Inception this evening. Haven’t watched in a while, and had me chuckling and sobbing in about equal measure. Really speaks to me as a keen observation on what we consider to be our reality, but also speaks to me as a father. Great video, capturing many parts of what makes this a great film. Ultimately, as you say, its about what we have to give up, as well as what we need to pursue, even if that pursuit may lead us into our own reality, which is not necessarily the reality of others.
I hope your daughter enjoyed it as much as you did.
Man, if Inception had you sobbing as a father, a certain scene in Interstellar will chokeslam your soul.
If that last sentence of yours really sticks with you, I can highly recommend the philosophical sci-fi novel "Solaris" by Stanisław Lem. It explores topics like constructivism, cosmology, existentialism, fear, heuristics, hope, identity, matter, memory, mind, ontology, perception, psychology, reality, science. It has been adapted to film twice, and while I love both the Tarkovsky and the Soderbergh version, much has been shortened or got lost in translation in both of them.
I just watched this movie last night and I’m completely obsessed with it, my absolute favorite movie. Everything about it was executed perfectly, the score, characters, conscious vs subconscious conflict, and thematic purpose. I’m now more intrigued with the storytelling that films have to offer. I don’t know which film to watch after this masterpiece, but I guess I’ll have to give whiplash a try. Thank you for creating this fantastic video!
If you are intrigued with conscious & subconscious & good storytelling, try one of these:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Fall
Flatliners
(NOT the remake)
Living in Oblivion
Paprika
The Science of Sleep
Solaris
(BOTH versions)
Inception has such a deep emotional impact for me; whether it be the adventurous journey, the simple yet deep levels the film dives into, or just Hanz Zimmer tugging at my heart as usual, this movie lives in my head rent free, and will for the rest of my life. Oh, and the wake up scene, I was baffled, I had no words, just utter euphoric nostalgia. Absolute materpiece and will forever appreciate everyone who took part in creating such an iconic film.
One thing I was amazed by on my most recent rewatch is that, despite being 12 years old now, because of it's use of mostly analogue props, general lack of modern technology, and lack of pop culture references to other things of the time, Inception is not dated at all.
This is my favorite film, too. Some of DiCaprio's finest acting, and I adore the characters Arthur and Ariadne in particular though of course they're all brilliant (Cillian Murphy is a gift).
My interpretation of the ending comes down to choice. Choice is a thread that runs through the film, particularly when it comes to Mal. When the lines between dreams and reality become so blurred, Mal's argument is that the distinction comes down to what you choose to believe. Because Dom walks away from the spinning top and towards his children, he is choosing this as his reality. So whether the top continues to spin or falls, it doesn't matter. Dom has made his choice.
It's A Movie where we cannot express or put in words . This movie has so much to offer so much, emotion, action,so many phases and folds,characters, brilliance and most of all it makes you think to the core that every time you watch we never get over it
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I love Inception so much that I dnt want any other movie to made like this or better than this...
DUDE JUST KEEP MAKING MORE VIDEOS. DONT STOP.EVER.
I shall try my best :)
Nolan makes some incredible films. But you also have to give major props to his casting choices. Each character seems so perfectly portrayed. Also can’t forget about him using hans zimmer in a lot of his movies
Here is why I think the ending is real, because as Cob said, in a dream, you don't know how you got there. Cob knew he came from the plane, went through the airport, and arrived at his house to see his kids. The inception spinny thing (forgot the name) also started wobbling and was (I think) going to tumble.
To me this film has something that makes it extremely special which is something you mention: the ambiguity. This film lets us choose as spectators, it gives us a certain freedom of deciding the things we want to believe. I know that maybe what we believe is not the same as Nolan's vision but that's the beauty of it. We don't know exactly what Cobol engineering is, we don't know exactly what Cobb did for them and in the end we don't know exactly whats going on in dream and what isn't and all this just gives each individual a freedom of deciding for themselves what they choose to believe. And maybe it can even change our minds with every rewatch and to me this is truly special.
That's my favourite bit about the film. *SPOILER ALERT IF YOU CLICK READ MORE*
The final scene where Cobb's totem looks like it's about to lose balance but before it can do anything the movie cuts was GENIUS! It points towards "reality is another dream" and "we're in reality" at the same time! Especially amazing because that tiny fact changes the morality of Cobb's inner conflict. All that represented in one top that didn't wanna fall. Nolan is a genius!
I remember first time watching this movie, I was terrified 😱😱 like watching a Jason movie. The thought of being trapped in your mind like unable to come back to "reality" was and still is a horrific thought to me. I getting chills just thinking about it 😬 great concept and movie💯
I saw this with my best friend in the theaters. After it was over, we walked over to the Starbucks that was in the plaza to talk about it over coffee. We literally could not find words, as we took turns stammering to express what we just witnessed. Finally, I said "do you just wanna catch the next showing?" And so we did. We watched back-to-back showing. He and I are both film aficionados, and that was (to my knowledge, at least) the first and only time we both did that. Together. Such an amazing film.
That’s awesome lol
Wow! Brilliant, something tells me a lot of us will be doing that with Tenet :)
I've started taking films so seriously for the past 6-7 years and I've watched about 3000-4000 films...I have this fetish of rating films on 5 and out of all the films I've watched I have given 26 films full 5 stars...and out of these 26 films when arranged in Ascending order Inception is my all time favourite film followed by The Social Network and Grave of the Fireflies. I really thank you from the bottom of my heart for putting this incredible video and just reminding me of my love for Inception and Cinema in general.
Wow, that is brilliant! 3 to 4 thousand is no joke. That is some genuine commitment there my friend, nothing but respect from me :)
@@flickfanatics7948 Thank You buddy🙏...hope to see more such amazing videos by you ☺️♥️
I love films but Inception has shown me the actual concept of film for the first time. Man do I love this movie!
I LOVE Inception! Fantastic film! One of the movies that inpired me to start my own channel to discuss film and TV!
Literally rewatched this the other day, honestly, GOATED.
Nolan's progression as a director is inspiring af. He's a legend
I am not exaggerated "I played Time maybe over 1000 times"
Hans Zimmer is (in my opinion) the best composer.
Glad you covered one of the best aspects of this truly masterpiece. It's in my favorite movies of all time (it's hard to pick a favorite movie, there are many ).
I think I've seen Inception probably 4 or 5 times now, but it's not like I mind--I don't ever need to watch it by myself, because what keeps it so much fun for me to watch is that a lot of my friends haven't seen it, so having them watch it one after another and hearing everyone's conjectures after the movie is so good. I'm so excited to show it to more people, because the movie is so uniquely pretty, sounds amazing, and just feels super authentic. Awesome video Flick Fanatics, definitely got my sub.
Thank you!
This without a question is my favorite movie of all time, if 10/10 was a movie this is it.
The moment I got my head around the layer upon layer of time within Inception was highly enjoyable and made for an incredible viewing experience. Bravo, Mr Nolan.
Edit: watching films such as this raises the bar in my expectations for others to achieve in every aspect.
INCEPTION : You live this movie everyday, everyday we are fooled by mind which creates dream. Perfectly said in trailer : Your mind is scene of crimes. How true, I loved this line.
This movie completely changed my perspective on films as a whole. All star cast with one of the greatest directors ever AND the best movie musician (Hans Zimmer) ever
Thanks for the heart, amazing video
Inception to this day is still my personal favorite Nolan movie
This is still the most mind blowing movie going experience I've had can't believe this turns 10 next month my favorite film of the 2010's decade
Interstellar, Inception and Whiplash are one of my favourite films
Bit of a lacking combination. I'm assuming you haven't watched many movies
@@AverageAlien or maybe they just have a different opinion than you...
@@gigi.l or maybe they are stupid...
@@qj5361 I've watched 1500 movies and series in 5 years (19 years old) and Inception is my 4th favourite of all time. Tell me, I'm stupid. Just don't bother...tell me "Yes, you are stupid".
Goosebumps anyone? 'Time' is one of the best OSTs ever...and Inception one of the best films
Inception has always been one of my top three movies of all time. It overwhelmed me so much in all aspects.
One of my favorites as well.. Easily in my top 10 movies of all time. Plus, it's the only movie soundtrack that I listen to from start to finish. I actually love driving while listening to it.
Inception is also my favourite movie. Great video.
I especially loved your ending!
Thanks!
I think one of the biggest underlying themes in Inception that people often miss is how the flow of the movie intentionally distracts the audience and confuses them. It's meant to trick you and confuse you, because it is trying to immerse you in this world where Cob never knows if he is dreaming or not. The setting from one scene to the next is almost always drastically different, making you wonder if they are in a dream or not, and the things that happen in the real world, like the chase through the market, are just surreal enough to leave you with an inkling of doubt. That last shot with the Totem spinning is one last capitalization on that. It ties together the idea that, as Flick Fanatics said, Cob wants to move forward and is being pushed forward, and the fear and paranoia that he too will confuse reality with dreams like his wife did is finally left behind when he reaches the finish line, even if there never will be a way to be 100% sure.
That's just my two cents though! Awesome video, this too is one of my favorites movies and you did a fantastic job analyzing it :) Cheers!
i also love this movie because the accuracy of the topic, Nolan did such a great reaserch in terms of dreams and oneironauts, just perfect
This is my favorite nolan film next to the dark knight trilogy. The music, story, and actors are amazing.
The first time I watched inception I was on acid and I had no clue what was going on but I knew the movie was good lol
Damn that is so cool
I have bought the original DVD of this movie in three times, because simply is amazing and I try to watch it on DVD player with audio and subtitles in English. The last 10 minutes are my favorites ones! I feel a rare emotion when Cobb woke up on airplane and he achieved his objective. Greetings from México 🇲🇽
I watched this in the cinema when it came out. After the movie was over and I got outside I literally questioned if I was in a dream. This is an epic movie and deserves all the praise it gets.
Man, i've just watched the full movie yesterday after years of just watching some parts and knowing the story, the concept is so awesome and it is beautifully explored, great video
Thank you!
The concept was better the first time they did it... in the Matrix!
Thank for this, Inception is one those rare movies I've watched multiple times, I won't say it's my favorite movie but it definitely is a masterpiece.
Apart from the points you made, which I subscribe entirely, one thing peculiar of this movie, and I believe the one make it so popular for some people, is the actual rendition of a dream; even tho it's centered around DiCaprio's personal story, his acting is like 'suspended', it's more like we see the story through his perspective rather than him being at the center of the stage, he doesn't overshadow the rest of the cast, which is brilliant.
My favourite shoot is near the end, when DiCaprio and Page are exploring limbo and turn into a court (I believe the scene was shooted in n. Africa) it's just a glimpse, but the light and framing is just so perfect: do I know that place? Have I been in that place before, a long time ago? Or was that part of an half forgotten dream?
I have no idea how Nolan managed to tap into such inspiration, speaking of which: the soundtrack; apart from the egregious Hans Zimmer, what about Johnny Marr and the 'Dream is collpsing' intro? Just few chords and so much pathos, pure genius, how did he get there?
I came to the conclusion that Inception is a dreamer movie, made by dreamers for dreamers, some people love it and others just can't stand it, I know I enjoyed every moment of it.
Thank you! I also agree that even though it's such a character focused film, the central performance is kind of muted. It's my favourite film with Leonardo DiCaprio but not my favourite performance from him, that goes to either Catch Me If You Can or the Departed :)
Go watch Paprika this movie was originally inspired by it
@@KT-hi1rp Paprika released in 2006 and Nolan pitched the script in 2002. He was never inspired.
@@mahbubulhaque735 “script” you know the movie came out in 2010 right so they obviously took some inspiration from paprika while in production
Well observed and well expressed!
"Dreamer movie"
might be my favourite "crossover" genre. I shall use that term more often from now on, so thank you for that!
Other dreamer movies I like:
- Adaptation
- Being John Malkovich
- Dark City
- The Fall
- Flatliners*
- Living in Oblivion
- Paprika
- The Science of Sleep
- Slacker
- Strange Days
- Stranger than Fiction
- Total Recall*
*In these cases NOT the awful remakes!
Many Thanks for this brilliant review. REALLY enjoyed your observations & insights - they let me understand things in ways I hadn't noticed. Well worth the time!
This movie is pure genius and i really appreciate your video, i love how you go into detail and i absoletely admire the way you went about it, this is also my all time favorite movie
First watched this film in May 2019 and I indeed did love it, but back then, even if it was only 1 year ago, I wasn't really into analysing movies at all or I knew much less about actors and directors. If I watched it now I would probably be much more amazed than the first time I saw it.
I love inception. To me it’s the best high concept film of all time. To me ever better than Nolan’s Dark Knight.
Agree I feel like this movie gets overshadowed by the dark knight don’t get me wrong the dark knight is great but inception feels more unique and real
Cobra Cinema yup I love the Dark Knight as well. It’s my favourite comic book film of all time. But inception is was original. New, nothing like it ever has been done before or since.
AlkalineAjay exactly and the movie has a such an amazing replay value
@@AlkalineAjay Hate to be that guy, buy what about Paprika?
@@AlkalineAjay except for the matrix of course, which is better
Great Video!
Inception is my favourite film of all time (Fellowship of the Ring a close 2nd)
It’s such a spectacle and a tight nit story. I would argue it’s Leo’s best performance of his career, he and Cillian Murphy give this movie so much heart!
Thank you for this awesome video!
Inception is my most favorite movie too. I love everything about this movie. It provides such an immersive experience that the story and the characters become a part of you. And Hans Zimmer''s "Time" always gives me goosebumps! This movie is a masterpiece.
In my opinion it's all a dream, not only all of the movie showed us but also the suposed life he had with mal, I think ariadne is a representation of how they really met in real life, as students experimenting with this concept, and they both got trapedand they formed their suposed life, so they never really knew eachother in real life, or get married and have children, all of that happened in the dream. And something I didn't even noticed until now, is that when he finally sees the face of his children at the end, it's in slow motion, a very subtle slow motion, if you know cristopher nolan, this is the only movie where he uses slow motion in his whole career, and the slow motion obviously represents the dream state, so yeah, how the hell I didn't noticed that in 10 years, damn. Anyway, those were my 5 cents.
Great video man! You're really hyping us up to Tenet. Also Christopher Nolan himself has said that whether Cobb is dreaming or not doesn't really matter because he doesn't care to look at the top, serving as a resolution.
Exactly, within the context of the charcter's arc it doesn't really matter at all and thanks!
It's also literally an inception on the audience. It's an idea, distilled down to its simplest form, that forces the audience to see the movie in a completely different way.
I had the pleasure of seeing this again at the cinema last week (10th anniversary screening) first film at the cinema since lock down and such a delight to be back in the theatre and such a masterpiece to return with.
I just watched it again today after about 5 years, and dude it's extraordinary how such a complicated and multi-layered storyline can be made so easy to understand
Tenet sequel to inception!!
Emma just debunked that theory, tenet holds no conection to inception
Please dont go in thinking Tenet is a sequel to Inception, you'll only be dissappointed.
Nicolas Labra Emma?
@@JewishNoble i think He means Emma Thomas. Christopher nolans lovely wife
Other than Batman, he doesn’t make sequels
I agree that score is amazing and one of the best in the way it enhances the film but I would like to point you to a film in which score goes way beyond that Vertigo (on Netflix now) the score not only enhances the film but actually helps to tell the story informing the viewer about what’s going on in ways no other film I’ve ever seen can come close to the score carries the whole thing and it’s possible that without it the film might not even make sense. It’s the peak of Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herman’s collaboratively careers and I think the best collaboration in cinema history.
Brilliant point! One of my upcoming videos is Hitchcock driven and you've given things to think about :)
@@flickfanatics7948 cool :)
I watched "Inception" for the first time on April 1st, and I instantly loved it. It took me some time to get invested in the movie, but as soon as I did, I enjoyed every second. It's one of the most emotional movies I've ever seen, and it also has one of the best scores. I have listened a lot to "Time" the last few weeks, and it always manages to give me chills. I already can't wait to watch it again to appreciate it even more!
For what it's worth, what I took away from the ending of inception is how much we crave for things to be real. We desperately yearn for our relationships to be genuine and have meaning beyond just our senses telling us so. We want the people we love to really be there and for our actions with them to carry on in them when we are gone. You say, "it doesn't matter if he was dreaming or not." To me, it's entirely the opposite. It's all that matters. We all want to live lives of truth and meaning. Not to get too philosophical, but the tragedy is, in some sense, we can never truly know if that's the case. And, to me, that's why the ending is so powerful.
Thank you for putting together such a thoughtful video.
Agree. Story wise everything indicates that Cobb is not dreaming, so I think what Nolan was all about by deciding to finish the film with that final shot is plant the audience an idea that "Reality Matters". As human beings many times we are driven by the pursuit on what's real and what's not. Why after having a really good dream and waking up sometimes you find yourself sad or even deppressed for a certain time? because that fantasy you were part of during the dream could never be consumated in the real world, because you don't accept the dream world as your reality: it's silly and it's just a part of whole of what you're in the real world, so reality matters for us. We humans don't like uncertainty and with that ending you feel the need to go back and find the pieces to have a better grasp on things and confirm that he really is not dreaming, but I think what Nolan also intended is that you decide what storyline to follow: the one where he still dreaming or the one that is placed in reality, but what is certain at the end is that for Cobb, it doesn't really matter anymore, but like dreams have a film-like behavior Cobb can choose not care anymore,be we can't, so that's why...Reality Matters!
Thank you for enjoying it!
I don't know if I am looking too deep into the movie but I feel like Cobb & Mal's relationship is reminiscent to Adam & Eve
Within Limbo that would kind of make sense, they are the only ones in the world but slowly become disillusioned by it, nice!
It's so hard to ignore the similarities between the "Fruit" that Adam eats to the "Leap Of Faith" Cobb takes
aside from some heavy handed exposition i'd say it's almost flawless as a genre movie
Nolan is so lucky he has such convincing actors to deliver exposition :)
I read the plot on Wikipedia a few years ago before I watched the movie and I still love.
Wow man, great video. I never thought someone would exist who's two favorite movies are also whiplash and inception but here you are. That's so crazy. Everything you said is exactly why this is my favorite movie, the emotion of Cobb, the genius I'd the premise, the amazing film making from every department. To me it's perfect and has also changed my life. Whiplash speaks more to my own persistence to achieve my goals like Neiman also has, and I'm also a jazz musician so that's also part of why it speaks so much to me. Anyways, great video really well done.
Wow thanks!
Inception has been my all time fav since its release in 2010, followed by Blade Runner 2049, Interstellar, Matrix 1 2 3, Shutter Island, Dark Knight 1 2 3. Looking forward to Julyl 30th!!
By all means give Arrival a shot then.
Hard to believe for me that back around 2003-04, I posted in the 2001: A Space Odyssey forum section of IMDb (back when they had forums) that Nolan might be the most likely director to be lauded as "the next Stanley Kubrick". This on the strength of Memento and Insomnia alone (I hadn't yet seen Following), but something about his meticulous and cerebral style struck a chord and made me feel there was unbounded potential in this guy.
Wow, that's awesome! An OG IMDB user haha :)
'Nolan might be the most likely director to be lauded as "the next Stanley Kubrick". '
The modern film industry can no can no longer tolerate people like Stanley Kubrick and films like 'The Shining'. Still Nolan is close and 'Momento' is so disturbing I can't watch it anymore because I see people acting the same way, without their knowledge!
Inception is the film that inspired my filmmaking career also. Nice to know I wasn't the only one who felt inspired.
Your video reminded me of how much Inception impacted me on my filmmaking career. Thanks!
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How many want Nolan to direct a bond film!!!
He is s reputed to be doing the next one.
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So glad I have the chance to watch this in cinema for the first time after ten years of it being out. So worth it
Thank you for your insights , its keeps inspiring to carry on with desires.
The only thing I found lack in Nolan's films is that all the characters feel to obvious coming from the imaginations of the writer / director. While Scorsese and Tarantino's characters are more natural and have they own uniqueness as human being. That alone, have made me not very excited toward Nolan's films, including Dunkirk.
Well put
Nolan is essentially the star of his film, no matter how big the actor is :)
He's emotionally stilted. A plot man only
Nolan is more focused towards plot
Daniel Lee Interstellar has me weeping at multiple points. I think he’s slowly learning to express better.
What Elon Musk is to the tech world, Christopher Nolan is to the movie world.
Loved the way you said it:
Inception is a film that needs multiple viewings to fully appreciate it.
Just some important information about the end because i haven't seen anyone post it yet. Firstly when Cob wakes up he doesn't go back through all the layers like the other characters, and in fact if all those characters left the levels then the dreams above cob have closed. So in theory he wakes up in limbo but what he sees is what he expects to see when he wakes up, the plane. Also his totem at the end cant tell us anything since your own totem only tells you if you're in someone elses dream. Lastly you hear the kids taking about building a house on the cliff, like the one Saito was in at the beginning of the movie.
This movie is great but certainly not a masterpiece, like most of the movie is people explaining things to other people
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I appreciated this video so much. It gave me goose bumps every 20 seconds. I also love this movie and everything you said about this movie I 100% agree with and have thought, but I just never put it in words as well as you did. Amazing video.
Thank you so much!
For Mr. Flick Fanatics and all the Inception fans - The genius of this film is that people think the final scene matters. That just being able to see if the top stays steady or falls would tell you whether Cobb is dreaming or not. This is Nolan performing inception...on you. The truth is that what the top does, fall or keep spinning, wouldn't have mattered and would NOT have told you whether Cobb is dreaming or not.
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Totems are a concept introduced in the film as a way for the characters to know whether or not they are in someone else's dream. A totem is an everyday, mundane, object that all Dream Architects would be familiar with. However, the totem has some unique property or characteristic that is counter to the nature of the mundane object. Eame's poker chip has a misspelling, Ariadne's bishop always falls a certain direction, and Arthur's loaded dice always show the same result when rolled. This unique property is kept secret from everyone with the thought being that a dreamer or architect would never know to create these objects with these weird and unique properties. If you test the totem and they behave like the mundane object then you know you're in a dream.
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There are two very important rules. 1) You can never share the unique behavior or your totem with anyone. Otherwise they could architect a dream where your totem behaved as you described and you'd have no way to know. And 2) Your totem must act in a weird or unique way in the REAL world. Otherwise you would not be able to distinguish your totem from a mundane object created by an architect.
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Cobbs totem breaks BOTH of these rules.
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His top is not even HIS totem at all. It's Mal's totem. That means he could be in a dream created by Mal and he would never know. She would know how the top is supposed to behave and could duplicate it. In fact, she could make the top keep spinning or fall to manipulate Cobb. Cobb even explains how his totem works to Ariadne, so he could also be in a dream SHE created.
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But the second rule is really the one that shatters things for Cobb. The top's unique behavior happens IN DREAMS and NOT in the real world. Cobb claims that when he is in a dream the top keeps spinning indefinitely. When he is in the real world it behaves like a normal top and falls over. ANY dreamer or architect would instinctively create a top that falls over because that is how tops work in the REAL world. Cobb could literally be in ANYONE'S dream and not know it.
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The top is Christopher Nolan implanting the idea in your head that the result of that spin would somehow matter. It doesn't and never did. Remember folks, King's Speech won best picture over this film. For more search YT for Kyle Johnson: Inception and Philosophy Talks at Google.
Amazing exploring about Inception masterpiece film, I also know that Tenet will make us talk a lot about it for the next 20 years.
I just found your channel, and I am loving it! Keep up these amazing analysis!
Thanks!
It is very important whether Cobb is dreaming at the end or not. If He's dreaming than the film didn't end well and he just thinks it ended well for a while but he will still end up locked up in his dream and realize it sooner or later. On the other hand if it's reality, it really is a good end so that particular fact is really important. I'm very sure he's not dreaming, not only because of some of the hard evidence but most of all because Nolan wouldn't bear it in his heart for such a big film not to have a good ending, he would have cheated the viewer if it was still a dream. It very much does matter.
Inception & Gladiator... I watched those both when there was nothing else to watch thinking they could be boring movies. Now I have no idea how many times I have watched them and still they haunt me. Just Amazing!!!
It's been slowly edging up into my Top 5 ever, every single time I watch it again.
Your explanation of the ending perfectly sums up my view, that I haven’t been able to put into words. I think it’s suppose to be ‘poetic’