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Recently I went and watched the movie Inception after hearing so many positive reviews about it. It certainly is an excellent film, mostly because it forces you to pay attention, but is at the same time not so confusing that it neglects your interest. The visual effects are stunning and the acting is very well done. The explanations of how dreams work inside the movie make a lot of sense! Furthermore I want to discuss some of my opinions about the actual storyline as opposed to the movie, so spoiler alert if you haven’t seen it yet! Please feel free to leave your comments and discuss your own opinions of the movie!

So about the ending… was Cobb still dreaming or not? My personal take is that he had indeed woken up for real on the plane and finally met his goal. At the same time, I can definitely see why others might think differently, and as far as I’ve seen on web polls, the opinion is split right about even. I think it was intentional that director Christopher Nolan wanted the viewers to be unsure either way… perhaps to the point that inception had been performed on our own minds!

Moving on, the top spinning at the end seemed to wobble, unlike earlier scenes where it had moved fluidly without any hint of falling. Just the same, it appears that Cobb didn’t really care at the point that he saw his children’s faces, but it would not make sense that he would want to be satisfied with another dream world. When facing the spectre of his wife in the deepest dream of their adventure, he told her that a shade of his real wife would never suffice. She was not present at the end, which supports the idea that he is awake, although for all we know she could show up again (sequel, anyone?). The individuals in the airport did not seem to exhibit any odd behavior worthy of dream projections. The children seemed to be a little aged, but I at least could not tell for sure. We as viewers don’t know how long he was away from home, a piece of information which would certainly help to determine the truth!

Whatever the actuality, Inception is a brilliant movie worthy of your attention.