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The Inception is simple Sports_Gambler Send a noteboard - 23/07/2010 04:28:38 AM
The movie is simply asking you to make this choice:

'Is the existence you see around you now a simple black-and-white reality -(existence of everything has a YES/NO answer) or is existence a multi-level dream (existence is not black or white but a matter of degree)'.

To to boil it down to the simplest question:

'Is your world real, or it is a multi-level dream'?

That is the choice the spinning totem at the end of the movie is forcing you to make. What is your answer?



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Inception *No Spoilers!* - Discussion thread L0gan - 17/07/2010 02:57:23 AM 2292 Views
Saw it. Loved it. Won't mind seeing it again. Bookwyrm - 17/07/2010 04:24:06 AM 1419 Views
Cotillard was amazing. Darth_Katie - 17/07/2010 07:58:08 AM 1248 Views
Wikipedia says Nolan almost ditched the Piaf song when Cotillard was cast. Tim - 22/07/2010 09:38:56 AM 1522 Views
That was an awesome review. *NM* Tim - 22/07/2010 09:34:07 AM 707 Views
OMG Aisha - 17/07/2010 04:34:44 AM 1310 Views
Loved it. *NM* Zalis - 17/07/2010 09:07:26 AM 690 Views
Everybody in the theater groaned at the ending. It was perfect. *NM* Ghavrel - 17/07/2010 09:49:01 AM 772 Views
Everybody clapped in mine. Of course, there were some scattered groaning as well. *NM* Bookwyrm - 17/07/2010 06:21:29 PM 756 Views
People laughed in mine *NM* Mark - 18/07/2010 06:22:19 PM 691 Views
Unison groaning at mine too. Highly amusing. *NM* MikeyMikeyMikey - 22/07/2010 11:00:26 PM 697 Views
Really good film. Spriteling - 17/07/2010 12:12:45 PM 1380 Views
Yeah, I saw it last night with my fiancee. We both loved it. Mad Cow Bomber - 17/07/2010 03:19:11 PM 1374 Views
Matrix meets Dark City meets Ocean's Eleven? *NM* Dannymac - 17/07/2010 10:17:42 PM 715 Views
Yeah, I walked out of there thinking, "I need to check out Memento." Gher - 14/08/2010 04:12:06 AM 1237 Views
The Prestige is one of my most favorite movies ever. *NM* Darth_Katie - 14/08/2010 04:29:59 AM 663 Views
Yeah. Same here. Gher - 14/08/2010 07:11:24 PM 1175 Views
Gets my vote for best of the Summer. Dannymac - 17/07/2010 10:15:51 PM 1235 Views
THAT's what I'd seen him in... Zalis - 17/07/2010 11:36:34 PM 1102 Views
He was in G.I. Joe as well. Did an excellent job as the Cobra Commander. *NM* Bookwyrm - 18/07/2010 02:58:33 AM 640 Views
He is excellent in Mysterious Skin and Brick *NM* Mark - 18/07/2010 06:24:05 PM 644 Views
I really liked him in 500 Days of Summer too *NM* LightsongTheBold - 19/07/2010 05:25:32 PM 766 Views
My review badassashaman - 19/07/2010 04:21:32 PM 1265 Views
I felt there were two ways they could have gone with this movie beetnemesis - 20/07/2010 06:26:34 AM 1251 Views
I thought it was smart of Nolan to use architects in manipulating/exploring the mind instead of Bookwyrm - 20/07/2010 08:03:42 AM 1258 Views
nice theory Foxhead - 21/07/2010 12:20:21 AM 1239 Views
Re: nice theory Bookwyrm - 21/07/2010 06:47:39 AM 1305 Views
It makes sense, but eventually feels like over-thinking the entire film. Zalis - 21/07/2010 06:37:20 PM 1243 Views
The place where Cobb meets Adrienne (minor spoilers) beetnemesis - 21/07/2010 04:18:41 AM 1493 Views
One thing I thought was interesting Darth_Katie - 21/07/2010 05:51:38 AM 1415 Views
Dream sharing tech and Architects explained ... Bookwyrm - 21/07/2010 06:23:02 AM 1437 Views
If Dreaming was mainstream enough to be taught in schools, Ariadne would have known about it. Tim - 22/07/2010 10:12:50 AM 1318 Views
...or did he? Aemon - 25/07/2010 07:24:22 AM 1403 Views
They never explain the technology because IT'S ALL A DREAM. Kronin al'Sulc - 31/07/2010 06:05:39 AM 1344 Views
IMO, it's a regular college or university. Gher - 14/08/2010 06:55:36 PM 1077 Views
There was Inception for real - I mean for REAL real Sports_Gambler - 22/07/2010 03:45:15 PM 1284 Views
Nah. By the movie's rationale, that couldn't be. Aemon - 25/07/2010 06:55:33 AM 1227 Views
That's what they want you to think. Gher - 14/08/2010 07:15:49 PM 1448 Views
it was so awesome! *NM* Foxhead - 21/07/2010 12:13:16 AM 676 Views
2 questions Foxhead - 21/07/2010 12:22:20 AM 1388 Views
I can see it either way, actually. Darth_Katie - 21/07/2010 01:19:18 AM 1345 Views
Well. Rebekah - 21/07/2010 08:55:30 AM 1283 Views
Re: 2 questions Sports_Gambler - 22/07/2010 07:40:34 PM 1170 Views
We get it, and the thought occurred to me in the movie. It is, however, just a movie. So... yep. Zalis - 22/07/2010 09:02:56 PM 1157 Views
Absolutely brilliant. Tim - 22/07/2010 10:31:26 AM 1321 Views
Classic sci-fi for the ages - My Theory + Plot Twist Elements Used Sports_Gambler - 22/07/2010 05:01:26 PM 1498 Views
My head still hurts 24 hours later. MikeyMikeyMikey - 22/07/2010 11:02:24 PM 1176 Views
The Inception is simple Sports_Gambler - 23/07/2010 04:28:38 AM 1251 Views
Enough people should have seen the movie by now, so here is a spoiler question for people to answer! L0gan - 23/07/2010 12:45:18 AM 1288 Views
The latter. Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 01:34:24 AM 1062 Views
Even tho my theories support the former, I believe it Bookwyrm - 23/07/2010 03:00:55 AM 1178 Views
Objective answer=Neither. Subjective Answer = Spin Sports_Gambler - 23/07/2010 03:15:43 AM 1160 Views
Um... No. The drop theory is perfectly sound. Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 09:23:56 AM 1210 Views
Nope. Here's why.... Sports_Gambler - 24/07/2010 02:28:03 AM 1188 Views
No. It's just a movie. It can drop within the context of the movie. End of discussion. *NM* Ghavrel - 24/07/2010 10:47:06 PM 656 Views
Schrödinger's Top! *NM* Gher - 14/08/2010 07:20:36 PM 733 Views
the kids Mix - 23/07/2010 07:41:37 AM 1210 Views
that's what I first noticed Deadsy - 26/07/2010 01:29:47 AM 1250 Views
Yeah but they turned and he saw their faces ironclad - 29/07/2010 02:03:53 AM 1273 Views
But is that not the point of the film Mix - 29/07/2010 02:21:11 AM 1422 Views
I can accept that theory, even if I don't agree with it (yet?), but it's just a theory ironclad - 02/08/2010 02:01:34 PM 1161 Views
drop *NM* Foxhead - 23/07/2010 09:31:49 AM 591 Views
It doesn't matter what happened to it, because it wasn't his. It was his wifes. Nebhead - 25/07/2010 12:45:29 AM 1484 Views
Not True LightsongTheBold - 25/07/2010 04:23:46 AM 1437 Views
You're assuming too much. Aemon - 25/07/2010 07:07:39 AM 1175 Views
It dropped. *NM* ironclad - 28/07/2010 11:42:35 PM 683 Views
Dropped. Gher - 14/08/2010 07:23:09 PM 1037 Views
Loved it, but still trying to figure things out. Here were some of my biggest problems. Aemon - 25/07/2010 07:22:53 AM 1195 Views
Bookwyrm, to the rescue! Here are the As to your Qs Bookwyrm - 25/07/2010 06:05:35 PM 1227 Views
I might buy the last part, but not the first few things. Aemon - 26/07/2010 03:25:08 AM 1226 Views
Why they "missed" the kick Helene - 26/07/2010 09:54:22 AM 1163 Views
I haven't even heard of this movie until now. Maybe I'll see it when I don't have to pay... *NM* callandor1000 - 28/07/2010 04:39:53 AM 613 Views
Every single moment of Inception is a dream. Mix - 29/07/2010 02:52:39 AM 1414 Views
Here's my problem with this and other theories advanced in this thread. Ghavrel - 29/07/2010 10:19:55 AM 1233 Views
I agree *NM* ironclad - 29/07/2010 12:46:28 PM 748 Views
Easily the best film of the year so far ironclad - 29/07/2010 01:06:54 PM 1168 Views
It's phenomenal Sidious - 30/07/2010 10:44:59 PM 1115 Views
All is explained here ironclad - 02/08/2010 01:46:15 PM 1600 Views
What the Costume designer has to say about the ending and the kids. Also: The ring. ironclad - 03/08/2010 08:25:19 AM 1387 Views
Just scored free tix on a radio contest. Time for a re-watch! *NM* Zalis - 03/08/2010 08:09:36 PM 690 Views
There is still hope for mankind ironclad - 06/08/2010 11:25:14 AM 1332 Views
Hans Zimmer, I think I love you. Darth_Katie - 14/08/2010 04:29:11 AM 1118 Views
Incredible. Gher - 14/08/2010 04:34:11 AM 1202 Views
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