Another banger of a film from Nolan and crew! Ok.... Was totem falling at the end???? Thank you @nicholasdyee for your cover of Hans Zimmer's "Time" for more check out his awesome channel www.youtube.com/@nicholasdyee Early Drops & Full Reactions on Patreon: www.patreon.com/baddmedicine Backup channel Subscribe here th-cam.com/channels/1CLUwA27dz-94o3FR0o3xg.html
You should watch Satoshi Kohn’s Paprika. Nolan actually steals a lot from that movie to make Inception. In fact they have a similar story and both deal with dreams, but in my opinion Paprika does it way better
The best part of whether the totem falls or not after the movie ends doesn’t matter- it’s the fact that Cobb finally accepted whatever world he was in as reality. He’s spent years constantly questioning if what he does to get back home matters because what if it turns out this world is just a dream one, and all those “actions” were meaningless, if he was still a layer deeper. But he lets go, and chooses to move on, because whether or not the world around him is real, this reality allows him to be with his children, and he’s going to cherish that. (There’s also in recent years been a fact of the movie revealed that can tell for fact how certain scenes are 100% reality SPOILER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW‼️ Around the ten year anniversary of the movie’s release, Michael Caine mentioned how Nolan told him that ANY scene he’s in is reality)
My favorite theories: 1. The top was never Cobb’s totem. It was Mal’s. What Cobb’s original totem was we never know, but in a way I think he used his kids as his totem - he knew them well enough that he also recognized when it was a fake version of them. That would potentially explain why he no longer cares about Mal’s totem when he gets back to them. However I expect he also had a different totem of his own originally. Maybe he just never tells anyone what it is because that would aid them in trying to fake it. 2. Ariadne had already been hired by Miles before she even met Cobb. She was hired to incept the idea that Cobb needed to fully let go of his dead wife so that he could be with his kids rather than ending up old and alone. She constantly reinforces this fact in multiple ways but it ends up being regarded by Cobb as his own idea.
Here's my take 1. Leo didn't care if it was reality or not. He had accepted it as his reality. 2. Leo's ring was his actual totem , pay attention to the scenes he has it on and the ones he doesn't. 3. Michael Cain claims Nolan told him that he is only in the scenes that are real. He is in none of the dreams. Still I like the idea of an ambiguous ending
There is a theory that Cobbs totem wasn't the spinning top, that was Mals as he originally said. His totem is his wedding ring, it's a specific shape and weight that only he would know and no one else would touch. Cobb doesn't wear his wedding ring in reality but he does wear it in dream sequences, so at the end scene he isn't wearing his wedding ring suggesting that he is back in reality.
Michael Caine was quoted that any scene he is in it is reality. Caine was even confused and Nolan explained that to him. So maybe that theory isn't to far off.
I think that theory has be debunked, though, because totems are for reality, not dreams. He needs something to prove he’s in reality, and a lack of something doesn’t do that
I personally think that he’s not in reality at the end, and that almost the whole movie is a dream. When he first goes to the chemist and goes under the drugged induced sleep, when he “wakes up”, he starts to spin the totem in the bathroom, but he fumbles it and it falls. He gets interrupted, and just picks it up and walks out, without ever confirming that he’s in reality. After that, we never see him spin his totem again until the very last scene. I think everything in that scene and after (including the whole inception job) is a dream.
One detail I always loved is that the new architect is named Ariadne. In Greek mythology, Ariadne helped the hero Theseus escape a labyrinth after he fought and killed a minotaur. I just always liked that nod to the myth since this movie's Ariadne is tasked with creating the levels and teaching the team how to navigate them.
That's what happens when writers are in awe of the human condition expressed in our mythologies - they create glorious beautiful art. Unlike the modern human-hating weirdos pushing THE MESSAGE...
@@AleksandarIvanov69Not sure I understand this comment tbh. The amount of rape, kidnapping, and murder in the mythologies did a pretty good job at human-hating by exposing humanity's darker sides, and every myth pushed a moral or message.
Outside of his Dark Knight Trilogy, this is my favorite Nolan movie! The complex rules of dreams, amazing visual effects that still hold up over a decade later, amazing score by Hans Zimmer. Simply one of Nolan's best
My favorite piece of acting: Cillian Murphy when he shows, in the plane, that the idea has indeed been implanted. So subtle, so cathartic. Magnificent. Clip left out of this reaction. It's OK, i forgive you guys 😂
We did read a quote after watching the film from Michael Caine saying he spoke to Nolan as he was confused a bit, Nolan told Caine any scene he is in it is reality.
@@BaddMedicine plus, remember when Joseph Gordon Levitt says he can't explain his totem to Ariadne? While Cobb explained how the top worked as a totem. He was able to reveal how it worked because it wasn't actually his totem, it was Mal's. His totem is his wedding ring. He knows he's not in a dream when he doesn't have his wedding ring.
If you take the first letters of the main characters' names, Dom, Robert, Eames, Arthur, Mal and Saito, they spell "Dreams". If you add Peter, Ariadne, and Yusuf, the whole makes "Dreams Pay", which is what they do for a mind thief.
I remember I went to see this with a guy I was interested in as this was his choice for a movie. I was ambivalent about seeing it but I was so blown away, I ended up annoying him afterwards with all my theories lol. Safe to say I didn’t see him again hahaha
I think Inception is the perfect example of a complex film that gets better every rewatch. There are movies that are way too complex and co confusing, but this one gets it right. One of my favorites.
Inception was one of the best movies I've seen. It's overly convoluted, but he ties it together no matter how out of control it gets. The cast was amazing but through it all you could follow what they were saying and doing, without it ever feeling too contrived. None of it makes sense, but they made you BELIEVE it made sense and it kept you in the movie through all of it.
I remember watching this in the theatre when it just came out and the resounding shock everyone in the audience had at the ending. The whole train ride home I felt like I was in a dream. Such a visceral and unique experience I still remember so vividly to this day.
I watched this movie with my girlfriend in the theater. Then we _immediately_ went right back in to the theater and watched it again. Literally the only time I've ever done that in my life. Absolutely spectacular movie.
I was obsessed with this movie for some time, the concepts are just so fascinating. Idea planting and stealing, dreams within dreams, the soundtrack the great cast, it's just all so cool! It's one of those great movies that leaves you thinking about all the possibilities. 5/5
This movie is a masterpiece and the score is perfect. As far as the ending goes it’s ambiguous so it’s up to the viewer, but Nolan left clues as to wether or not he was dreaming.
I remember watching this in theaters, and at the end everyone in the audience sarcastically groaned in unison, and then clapped and applauded at the top scene. Everyone understood and appreciated the bit of trolling Nolan did with that final moment of doubt and questioning, it giving us just enough wobble to not feel cheated 😂😅😊
@israymervalentin-arias6313 completely incorrect lol, but nice job at being confidently incorrect. It's been confirmed by Nolan and Michael Caine that the top does indeed slightly wobble, meaning the world is indeed real--hence the older kids, wearing different clothes, and oh yeah--no Mal showing up trying to ruin everything. If Cobb was ever still dreaming, then she would pop up somehow to try and kill him or ruin the dream. It's very simple to know if he's dreaming or not.
Excellent film, great cast! That rotating hallway scene is unbelievable to watch how they filmed it. P.S. Warner Brothers wanted Nolan to use DiCaprio as The Riddler in his third Dark Knight movie after this movie was released, though he long already had his plans with Bane.
Please watch Cloud Atlas! That film changed my life. It is brilliant and a film that makes you think deeply about life and many other themes like old age, freedom, love, oppression, religion, power, cannibalism, and much more!
Cobbs totem is his wedding ring. Micheal Caine also said an interview a couple years ago that any scene he is in is reality. Also Cobb never sees his kids faces in a dream, since his dreams are reconstructed memories, his last memory is of his kids facing away in the yard. In the end his kids turn around and Michael Caine is there, sooo reality!! Such a great reaction, per usual!!!
This movie separates the optimists from the pessimists with that ending. 😂 Such a great film. I love Nolan’s movies, can’t wait for his next one. At the beginning you were worried about following this one but my first thought was: If y’all can follow TENET, you can definitely follow this one. lol
My favorite interpretation of the spinning top at the end is a theme that was present throughout the movie: that reality is something we choose. Someone else commented that the top wasn't a symbol of reality or not but rather a symbol of Dom's obsession with being able to distinguish dream from waking life, and that at the end, him running away while the top spins isn't meant to provoke the question of "is he still dreaming", but rather to signify that he is no longer held back by his guilt and anxiety over what happened with Mal. I'd take that last part but add a little of my own personal perspective. I think it's both a symbol of him letting go of his grief, but also a symbol to us that it actually doesn't matter whether the top falls or not, because he chose to accept this life, one where he's with his family again and free, as his reality. I think that is a concept that people don't consciously think through, but do quite frequently throughout our lives. If you're religious, you choose to accept your god(s) as reality. People of science trust science. People choose to believe we are or aren't in a simulation. We live in our own bubbles of suburbia or country or city in our own countries and know the limited amounts that an individual can know about the world, and we accept our views as reality. This has gotten really long, but I love this movie, and it changed the way I think about everything. I view reality and beliefs and trust as a choice I get to make.
I think its good for a movie to be complex, but the sweet spot is where you still understand and enjoy it the first time, but then in later watches it continues to blow your mind as you start to understand it deeper and more complexly. Which makes you love it every time even more. In my opinion this movie does that, but movies like tenet or interstellar are almost too complex for the first time viewing
Despite using Mal's totem through out the movie, there's an extra detail almost imperceptible unless you're activelly looking for it. In real scenes he's always without a wedding ring while wearing it in the dreams That leaves no doubt about the last scene, unlike the spinning top
@@carolinaa.4407 Nolan telling Michael Caine something has zero bearing on the functionality of a totem. I don't care whether it's dream or reality. I'm saying the whole point of a totem is to differentiate between dream and reality, so it would need to be on his person in both.
I saw this movie in the cinema. The last clip of the totem made me break out in a sweat. I left my seat, paid for another ticket and watched it again to make sure I understood what I had just watched. There is a lot more in this film than we think and is worth watching multiple times to realise something else I missed. Great reaction as always.
This might be the most technically impressive Nolan film, but I'd still say that Memento is his best as the story for me has the richest emotional complexity. I hope that now you've watched it, you can all watch the making of bits which show what they did to put together that spinning hallway scene
I made a copy from the video store and it cut off the last fifteen minutes. That was the only version I'd seen. Was super confused about it for years until I saw it on tv. lol. I mean I was confused about it anyways...but it made more sense.
This movie is just amazing... so many ways you can understand it. My understanding is the following and it might not be the most popular one (I went too deep lol): In my opinion the main question isn't just if he was in a dream or not in the end, the main questions was - what if the whole movie was a dream? The reason why Cobb got to see his children in the end was Saito and his actions. When the movie started we already saw the action and Saito but... did we see the beginning? Remember what Cobb said? You don't really remember the beginning of a dream, you just wind up in the middle. The main ending wasn't whether it was real or not. It's just that Cobb doesn't really care. He doesn't really want to know because he is finally with his kids. PS: He had been in dreams for so long that maybe even he forgot what reality was and this whole movie was just his dream where he decided to forget and go back to his kids. This movie is in my top 3 favorite movies of all time. It's just a beautiful masterpiece. Christopher Nolan + Hans Zimmer... Can't really go wrong with this.
You were spot on about how trippy it was to see in theaters Oak!! Me and my group of friends walked out of the theater still discussing what really happened, and continued the whole car ride home. After a few watches it's still mindblowing.
I like the trippy aspects in this movie. When its used in Dr Strange (and the Spiderman one), it's too much and makes me 🤢🤢. The hands of hands is particularly awful 😭😂😣😩🙈.
Oak's 4.95 is definitely the result of the wobble. Somewhere in his subconscious lies an idea. An idea that the top never fell. So, he buried the extra .05 deep down in limbo, awaiting the truth to be uncovered.
It's amazing how Answer and Oak ended up portraying both groups of people after watching the movie. Oak thought it had started to collapse and Answer thought it was still spinning.
I want to write a comment to show you guys some love and appreciation. All 4 of you are cool, great channel, amazing quality. I never get bored watching you guys react.
Love this movie. It's so complex that it's almost spoiler-proof because you won't really understand the end unless you follow how the film gets there. It's a movie that begs to be watched from start to finish.
Yes, it was falling. If Nolan would have wanted to make it more ambiguous, he should have CGI'd the spinning top to keep it straight through that last shot.
I saw an interview with Christopher Nolan where he stated that everyone was getting the end wrong wondering if the totem fell or not...The point is that Cobb doesn't watch to see if it falls but goes to his kids...signaling he no longer cares if it's real or not. Amazing storytelling. I would recommend Nolan's film Memento...another brilliant story.
Finally a new clip with a good movie, cause I am getting a bit sick of replaying The Martian and Interstellar clips for the thousandth time 😂 Love the reaction, gentlemen! Wish you all the best!
Evening gents..i've been watching you for the last 3 days..ya ya i know i just discovered you..if you know Christhofer Nolan uses most of british Icons in films and with some salt and pepper from Usa .And i tell you Extremely God Actor and Oscar winners/ or nominees. .( i don't whant to use Hollywood)..maybe you know why!..i.m glad you watched this and maybe the next one will be Tenet form the same director..what i whant to say is this..Christhofer Nolan is one of the best directors in cinema..and next to him is Dennis Villenueve with Dune and Sicario 1..on 2 was directed by someone else but the script was from him..keep it going guys ..and one more request..since " I'm young on your channel" watch The Thing and Predator..maybe your all watched it...the pinacle of making movies in the 80's ..
I would absolutely love for you guys to react to The Prestige. In my opinion, it’s the best Christopher Nolan movie! Also, Memento is another great Christopher Nolan movie.
I definitely had a dream, where I woke up twice before really waking up, and each time I was convinced that that's now real, until later when I noticed that there were definitely faults in that, but you don't notice during the dream. When I was finally awake, I stumbled around still questioning my reality :D
I dont think it was the real world because the image of the kids digging in the backyard never changed throughout the movie. Also it doesn't seem they've aged at all throughout the years and he supposedly was gone for years.
I love the inevitable argument about the wobble at the end. I like to believe whatever the reality was, he chose to stay with that version of his kids and it didn't matter if it was the correct reality or not anymore. Beyond that, he explains his totem is not the top. That was Mal's totem.
I remember when I saw this in theaters, my friend and I were going back and forth with that last top scene. I was convinced it would keep spinning while she was sure it would fall over. We were loud enough that all the surrounding audience were enraptured, me with my "It's totally gonna keep spinning!" and her with her "No, this is real now; it's gonna fall!" Then of course it faded to black and we both were like 'NOOO!" and people started laughing around us. Such good times.
It's not so much whether or not the top wobbles at the end of the film, because that's actually not what Cobb's central character arc is about. In the last shot of Cobb he's not focused on the top; he's looking at _his children_ .
There is a replica spinning top you can buy that has a quiet engine in it that will spin for a few minutes to give you the illusion that you are in a dream. Its like $75 though.
i know I'm in the minority but I never thought it was that great of a movie. It threw in a lot of elements that would make for something great but it just felt pseudo--deep to me.
It’s great confusion at the end but the totem spinning means nothing because it’s not his. Rewatch the movie and you see the wedding ring is his and the only time he has his wedding ring on is in a dream, every single time. The last scene he has no wedding ring on
i loved Mason Quinn breaking the fourth wall there at the end with the top 🤣 also i saw Micheal Cain interview and he said any scene he was in was real
This movie is my favorite for one reason. The way I felt walking out of the theatre for the first time. It was an aesthetic I loved, with a concept I had never seen, shot amazingly well, I almost felt high afterward as dumb as that sounds. Absolutely love this movie
If you guys enjoyed this movie, definitely look into the idea that this is Nolan’s love letter to filmmaking and the parallels between dreams and films and how this film can be interpreted as the filmmaking process
There are so many great movies, I feel like to be a 5 it has to be a masterpiece and connect with you personally. Inception is definitely a 5 for me but that's ok if it doesn't tickle your brain the same way as it tickles mine.
I watched this movie at about 2 am when I was in a bout of insomnia. And it TOTALLY MESSED ME UP! I took the ending to mean that nothing had ended and he was still in a dream. Maybe I would have thought diff if I watched it at a normal hr but I didn’t. I was like “Is anything real?”. 😂😂. My suggestion, don’t watch this so late. Watch it at normal hrs of the day 🤣
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Another banger of a film from Nolan and crew! Ok.... Was totem falling at the end????
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You should watch Satoshi Kohn’s Paprika. Nolan actually steals a lot from that movie to make Inception. In fact they have a similar story and both deal with dreams, but in my opinion Paprika does it way better
The best part of whether the totem falls or not after the movie ends doesn’t matter- it’s the fact that Cobb finally accepted whatever world he was in as reality. He’s spent years constantly questioning if what he does to get back home matters because what if it turns out this world is just a dream one, and all those “actions” were meaningless, if he was still a layer deeper. But he lets go, and chooses to move on, because whether or not the world around him is real, this reality allows him to be with his children, and he’s going to cherish that. (There’s also in recent years been a fact of the movie revealed that can tell for fact how certain scenes are 100% reality SPOILER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW‼️ Around the ten year anniversary of the movie’s release, Michael Caine mentioned how Nolan told him that ANY scene he’s in is reality)
My favorite theories:
1. The top was never Cobb’s totem. It was Mal’s. What Cobb’s original totem was we never know, but in a way I think he used his kids as his totem - he knew them well enough that he also recognized when it was a fake version of them. That would potentially explain why he no longer cares about Mal’s totem when he gets back to them. However I expect he also had a different totem of his own originally. Maybe he just never tells anyone what it is because that would aid them in trying to fake it.
2. Ariadne had already been hired by Miles before she even met Cobb. She was hired to incept the idea that Cobb needed to fully let go of his dead wife so that he could be with his kids rather than ending up old and alone. She constantly reinforces this fact in multiple ways but it ends up being regarded by Cobb as his own idea.
Ohhhhhhhh nice! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Here's my take
1. Leo didn't care if it was reality or not. He had accepted it as his reality.
2. Leo's ring was his actual totem , pay attention to the scenes he has it on and the ones he doesn't.
3. Michael Cain claims Nolan told him that he is only in the scenes that are real. He is in none of the dreams.
Still I like the idea of an ambiguous ending
The insistence at “YOU SAW THE WOBBLE” at the end there. I felt that on a soul deep level 😂
Oak really wanted that ending to be true, huh 😂
@@AleksandarIvanov69 spoiler: they announced later on, that the wobbling does indeed mean its not a dream
It can't be a dream because if it was, Mal would constantly go back in the dream and try to get Leo to wake up
@@AleksandarIvanov69 also he wasnt wearing his wedding ring at the airport.
@@Salzui who announced it?
There is a theory that Cobbs totem wasn't the spinning top, that was Mals as he originally said. His totem is his wedding ring, it's a specific shape and weight that only he would know and no one else would touch. Cobb doesn't wear his wedding ring in reality but he does wear it in dream sequences, so at the end scene he isn't wearing his wedding ring suggesting that he is back in reality.
Michael Caine was quoted that any scene he is in it is reality. Caine was even confused and Nolan explained that to him. So maybe that theory isn't to far off.
I think that theory has be debunked, though, because totems are for reality, not dreams. He needs something to prove he’s in reality, and a lack of something doesn’t do that
I personally think that he’s not in reality at the end, and that almost the whole movie is a dream. When he first goes to the chemist and goes under the drugged induced sleep, when he “wakes up”, he starts to spin the totem in the bathroom, but he fumbles it and it falls. He gets interrupted, and just picks it up and walks out, without ever confirming that he’s in reality. After that, we never see him spin his totem again until the very last scene. I think everything in that scene and after (including the whole inception job) is a dream.
@jennv2948 yes but the point is that the spinning top is not his totem so the ending of it waiting to fall means nothing
@@Ronocos But if Mal died, why wouldn’t that stop being her totem?
"- They come here every day to sleep?
- No. They come to be woken up. The dream has become their reality"
Hits different man
One detail I always loved is that the new architect is named Ariadne. In Greek mythology, Ariadne helped the hero Theseus escape a labyrinth after he fought and killed a minotaur. I just always liked that nod to the myth since this movie's Ariadne is tasked with creating the levels and teaching the team how to navigate them.
That's what happens when writers are in awe of the human condition expressed in our mythologies - they create glorious beautiful art.
Unlike the modern human-hating weirdos pushing THE MESSAGE...
@@AleksandarIvanov69Not sure I understand this comment tbh. The amount of rape, kidnapping, and murder in the mythologies did a pretty good job at human-hating by exposing humanity's darker sides, and every myth pushed a moral or message.
It’s also my middle name!
@@AleksandarIvanov69what is The Message?
@@Babygorl1209 The Critical Drinker will explain it best
My favorite movie of all time. The last 5 minutes is cinematic perfection. I literally almost cried after seeing it for the first time
Mine too
Saaaame!!!
Same got excited
ye the end really feels like waking up after a long dream
Same mine too
Outside of his Dark Knight Trilogy, this is my favorite Nolan movie! The complex rules of dreams, amazing visual effects that still hold up over a decade later, amazing score by Hans Zimmer. Simply one of Nolan's best
The score was awesome!!!! Good ol Hans!
that cover was absolutely killer
The most underrated performance in this movie is Cillian Murphy by a mile. That scene in the hospital is so raw and amazing, makes me teary every time
My favorite piece of acting: Cillian Murphy when he shows, in the plane, that the idea has indeed been implanted. So subtle, so cathartic. Magnificent. Clip left out of this reaction. It's OK, i forgive you guys 😂
I love how he just kept repeating "it was wobbling" 😂
Oak was really invested into that ending being true 😂
We did read a quote after watching the film from Michael Caine saying he spoke to Nolan as he was confused a bit, Nolan told Caine any scene he is in it is reality.
@@BaddMedicine plus, remember when Joseph Gordon Levitt says he can't explain his totem to Ariadne? While Cobb explained how the top worked as a totem. He was able to reveal how it worked because it wasn't actually his totem, it was Mal's. His totem is his wedding ring. He knows he's not in a dream when he doesn't have his wedding ring.
@@BaddMedicine Insert The Incredibles' "WOBBLING IS WOBBLING" meme.
Can't wait for the "It was wobbling" merch
If you take the first letters of the main characters' names, Dom, Robert, Eames, Arthur, Mal and Saito, they spell "Dreams". If you add Peter, Ariadne, and Yusuf, the whole makes "Dreams Pay", which is what they do for a mind thief.
Mindblown.
Saito's "I bought the airline" has the same energy as Bruce Wayne's "I bought the bank".
This was so damn good in theaters. Utterly INSANE this came out 13 years ago.
It’s aged so well cuz everything is done practically
I remember I went to see this with a guy I was interested in as this was his choice for a movie. I was ambivalent about seeing it but I was so blown away, I ended up annoying him afterwards with all my theories lol. Safe to say I didn’t see him again hahaha
I was completely obsessed with this movie when it first came out. The acting, the cinematography, the story -- such a fantastic film.
I LOVE the relationship between Arthur and Eames. There is so much history in so few lines and moments. Expert storytellingA
Just a few moments launched a thousand fanfics :D
this is so real gay ppl are wild
@@saturated3821it’s been like 12 years since this movie and fanfics are still being written to this day😂😂😂
Such well-realized characters for having such little screen time
I think Inception is the perfect example of a complex film that gets better every rewatch. There are movies that are way too complex and co confusing, but this one gets it right. One of my favorites.
Inception was one of the best movies I've seen. It's overly convoluted, but he ties it together no matter how out of control it gets. The cast was amazing but through it all you could follow what they were saying and doing, without it ever feeling too contrived. None of it makes sense, but they made you BELIEVE it made sense and it kept you in the movie through all of it.
Oak's knowledge through memes never fails to entertain me. I love this movie, excited to watch the reaction!
I remember watching this in the theatre when it just came out and the resounding shock everyone in the audience had at the ending. The whole train ride home I felt like I was in a dream. Such a visceral and unique experience I still remember so vividly to this day.
I watched this movie with my girlfriend in the theater. Then we _immediately_ went right back in to the theater and watched it again. Literally the only time I've ever done that in my life. Absolutely spectacular movie.
Cool! 🥰🥰🤩
I was obsessed with this movie for some time, the concepts are just so fascinating. Idea planting and stealing, dreams within dreams, the soundtrack the great cast, it's just all so cool! It's one of those great movies that leaves you thinking about all the possibilities. 5/5
Absolutely agree
I love how you can tell you've been watching pitch meetings with the "super easy, barely an inconvenience" 😂
This movie is a masterpiece and the score is perfect. As far as the ending goes it’s ambiguous so it’s up to the viewer, but Nolan left clues as to wether or not he was dreaming.
Nolan+Hans=Magnificence
I remember watching this in theaters, and at the end everyone in the audience sarcastically groaned in unison, and then clapped and applauded at the top scene. Everyone understood and appreciated the bit of trolling Nolan did with that final moment of doubt and questioning, it giving us just enough wobble to not feel cheated 😂😅😊
sorry to break it to u but Cobb is still in his dream and hes stuck there forever. He doesnt care anymore hes accepted he's in hell.
@israymervalentin-arias6313 completely incorrect lol, but nice job at being confidently incorrect.
It's been confirmed by Nolan and Michael Caine that the top does indeed slightly wobble, meaning the world is indeed real--hence the older kids, wearing different clothes, and oh yeah--no Mal showing up trying to ruin everything.
If Cobb was ever still dreaming, then she would pop up somehow to try and kill him or ruin the dream. It's very simple to know if he's dreaming or not.
It reminded me of 12 Monkeys (show) finale. :) The same level of bittersweetness...
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You guys better watch Oppenheimer when it comes out this year
We will have a reaction here on the channel :)
Excellent film, great cast! That rotating hallway scene is unbelievable to watch how they filmed it.
P.S. Warner Brothers wanted Nolan to use DiCaprio as The Riddler in his third Dark Knight movie after this movie was released, though he long already had his plans with Bane.
Please watch Cloud Atlas! That film changed my life. It is brilliant and a film that makes you think deeply about life and many other themes like old age, freedom, love, oppression, religion, power, cannibalism, and much more!
Cobbs totem is his wedding ring. Micheal Caine also said an interview a couple years ago that any scene he is in is reality. Also Cobb never sees his kids faces in a dream, since his dreams are reconstructed memories, his last memory is of his kids facing away in the yard. In the end his kids turn around and Michael Caine is there, sooo reality!!
Such a great reaction, per usual!!!
This movie separates the optimists from the pessimists with that ending. 😂 Such a great film. I love Nolan’s movies, can’t wait for his next one. At the beginning you were worried about following this one but my first thought was: If y’all can follow TENET, you can definitely follow this one. lol
Or, you could just look up what Nolan meant and find out for sure...
@@MrBrock314 OR, you could be like me and know that it was obviously left up to interpretation without needing Nolan to tell me. 😂
I have to INSIST you watch The Lovely Bones, its a really good movie!!
I don't know if it is for everyone but that 5min reality and an hour while dreaming. That happens to me all the time, feels like an eternity.
My dreams are insane. This concept helped me understand their chaotic nature a little better. I go with the flow a little easier than i used to.
Top 3 movie theater going experiences of all time - the crowd reacted so viscerally to the spinning top at the end. An absolute masterpiece
I love how more than a decade later people are still arguing about the ending and what it meant. epic stuff 🤣🤣🤣
My favorite interpretation of the spinning top at the end is a theme that was present throughout the movie: that reality is something we choose. Someone else commented that the top wasn't a symbol of reality or not but rather a symbol of Dom's obsession with being able to distinguish dream from waking life, and that at the end, him running away while the top spins isn't meant to provoke the question of "is he still dreaming", but rather to signify that he is no longer held back by his guilt and anxiety over what happened with Mal. I'd take that last part but add a little of my own personal perspective. I think it's both a symbol of him letting go of his grief, but also a symbol to us that it actually doesn't matter whether the top falls or not, because he chose to accept this life, one where he's with his family again and free, as his reality. I think that is a concept that people don't consciously think through, but do quite frequently throughout our lives. If you're religious, you choose to accept your god(s) as reality. People of science trust science. People choose to believe we are or aren't in a simulation. We live in our own bubbles of suburbia or country or city in our own countries and know the limited amounts that an individual can know about the world, and we accept our views as reality.
This has gotten really long, but I love this movie, and it changed the way I think about everything. I view reality and beliefs and trust as a choice I get to make.
What caught me in this film is how Cillian Murphy nailed the role of oblivious preppy son-of-the-CEO
Cillian Murphy nails everything he's ever done even when the movie doesn't quite get there! He's a phenomenal actor .. brilliant stage actor too ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I think its good for a movie to be complex, but the sweet spot is where you still understand and enjoy it the first time, but then in later watches it continues to blow your mind as you start to understand it deeper and more complexly. Which makes you love it every time even more. In my opinion this movie does that, but movies like tenet or interstellar are almost too complex for the first time viewing
Yay! Let's go! Looking forward to Oak and Answer's minds being blown 😂
Despite using Mal's totem through out the movie, there's an extra detail almost imperceptible unless you're activelly looking for it.
In real scenes he's always without a wedding ring while wearing it in the dreams
That leaves no doubt about the last scene, unlike the spinning top
you would need it in both reality and the dream - otherwise, it's not serving its purpose as a totem
Right. He even says "in my dreams, we're still together" aka married.
@@carolinaa.4407 Nolan telling Michael Caine something has zero bearing on the functionality of a totem. I don't care whether it's dream or reality. I'm saying the whole point of a totem is to differentiate between dream and reality, so it would need to be on his person in both.
I can't believe he didn't do 5. This movie is literal perfection. I'm obsessed with it.
If this is confusing, what does that make TENET? 😅
One of my fave movies. The music is just fantastic. I always tear up the last 5 mins of the movie with the music. Great reaction 😊
I saw this movie in the cinema. The last clip of the totem made me break out in a sweat. I left my seat, paid for another ticket and watched it again to make sure I understood what I had just watched. There is a lot more in this film than we think and is worth watching multiple times to realise something else I missed. Great reaction as always.
This might be the most technically impressive Nolan film, but I'd still say that Memento is his best as the story for me has the richest emotional complexity. I hope that now you've watched it, you can all watch the making of bits which show what they did to put together that spinning hallway scene
I made a copy from the video store and it cut off the last fifteen minutes. That was the only version I'd seen. Was super confused about it for years until I saw it on tv. lol. I mean I was confused about it anyways...but it made more sense.
Memento was my favorite movie before wow thanks for mentioning this masterpiece of a movie.
This movie is just amazing... so many ways you can understand it. My understanding is the following and it might not be the most popular one (I went too deep lol):
In my opinion the main question isn't just if he was in a dream or not in the end, the main questions was - what if the whole movie was a dream? The reason why Cobb got to see his children in the end was Saito and his actions. When the movie started we already saw the action and Saito but... did we see the beginning? Remember what Cobb said? You don't really remember the beginning of a dream, you just wind up in the middle.
The main ending wasn't whether it was real or not. It's just that Cobb doesn't really care. He doesn't really want to know because he is finally with his kids. PS: He had been in dreams for so long that maybe even he forgot what reality was and this whole movie was just his dream where he decided to forget and go back to his kids.
This movie is in my top 3 favorite movies of all time. It's just a beautiful masterpiece. Christopher Nolan + Hans Zimmer... Can't really go wrong with this.
You were spot on about how trippy it was to see in theaters Oak!! Me and my group of friends walked out of the theater still discussing what really happened, and continued the whole car ride home. After a few watches it's still mindblowing.
I like the trippy aspects in this movie. When its used in Dr Strange (and the Spiderman one), it's too much and makes me 🤢🤢. The hands of hands is particularly awful 😭😂😣😩🙈.
"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."
Oak's 4.95 is definitely the result of the wobble. Somewhere in his subconscious lies an idea. An idea that the top never fell. So, he buried the extra .05 deep down in limbo, awaiting the truth to be uncovered.
It's amazing how Answer and Oak ended up portraying both groups of people after watching the movie. Oak thought it had started to collapse and Answer thought it was still spinning.
The Hallway fight scene is the best action scene of all time (for me). Nolan does practical effects, like no other.
I was expecting The Oak would take up the whole discussion into a huge rant. I was ready 4 it! Also, Cillian Murphy is pronounced Kill-i-Ann Murphy.
Such a fun movie. Love you guys
I want to write a comment to show you guys some love and appreciation. All 4 of you are cool, great channel, amazing quality. I never get bored watching you guys react.
We appreciate this and thanks for watching with us! 🤜🤛
Great reaction guys, thanks for the edits Dave🤟
🤘🤘🤘🤘Thank you and thanks for watching with us!
"Finally got off that door" XD this is the why i love watching you giys. The commentary is always peak humor
I love this movie so much, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the Goat in this movie!
Love this movie. It's so complex that it's almost spoiler-proof because you won't really understand the end unless you follow how the film gets there. It's a movie that begs to be watched from start to finish.
Great movie! Shutter Island next?
Do watch pitch meetings after every movie. 👍
Amazing movie love you guys, have you done Zack Snyder's Justice League yet?
Yes, it was falling.
If Nolan would have wanted to make it more ambiguous, he should have CGI'd the spinning top to keep it straight through that last shot.
You guys should watch Paprika, an animated movie. There's definitely imagery that Inception took from it. And The Matrix too.
I saw an interview with Christopher Nolan where he stated that everyone was getting the end wrong wondering if the totem fell or not...The point is that Cobb doesn't watch to see if it falls but goes to his kids...signaling he no longer cares if it's real or not. Amazing storytelling. I would recommend Nolan's film Memento...another brilliant story.
Finally a new clip with a good movie, cause I am getting a bit sick of replaying The Martian and Interstellar clips for the thousandth time 😂
Love the reaction, gentlemen! Wish you all the best!
It doesn't matter whether the top fell or not - it wasn't Cob's Totem. His was his wedding ring.
1:02:32 - yooo that's an amazing opportunity, please do the Ocean's movies next! 😁
Those are on list 🤘🤘🤘
Evening gents..i've been watching you for the last 3 days..ya ya i know i just discovered you..if you know Christhofer Nolan uses most of british Icons in films and with some salt and pepper from Usa .And i tell you Extremely God Actor and Oscar winners/ or nominees. .( i don't whant to use Hollywood)..maybe you know why!..i.m glad you watched this and maybe the next one will be Tenet form the same director..what i whant to say is this..Christhofer Nolan is one of the best directors in cinema..and next to him is Dennis Villenueve with Dune and Sicario 1..on 2 was directed by someone else but the script was from him..keep it going guys ..and one more request..since " I'm young on your channel" watch The Thing and Predator..maybe your all watched it...the pinacle of making movies in the 80's ..
I would absolutely love for you guys to react to The Prestige. In my opinion, it’s the best Christopher Nolan movie! Also, Memento is another great Christopher Nolan movie.
I definitely had a dream, where I woke up twice before really waking up, and each time I was convinced that that's now real, until later when I noticed that there were definitely faults in that, but you don't notice during the dream. When I was finally awake, I stumbled around still questioning my reality :D
IT. WAS. WOBBLING!! 😆 #cantunthink
I liked this film... the only thing I would have changed was some of Elliott Page's lines, as they were mostly questions. Which irritated me! 😂
I dont think it was the real world because the image of the kids digging in the backyard never changed throughout the movie. Also it doesn't seem they've aged at all throughout the years and he supposedly was gone for years.
Would u ever react to the dark knight trilogy? Everyone loves the Dark Knight but personally Batman Begins is my favorite one from the trilogy
I love the inevitable argument about the wobble at the end. I like to believe whatever the reality was, he chose to stay with that version of his kids and it didn't matter if it was the correct reality or not anymore. Beyond that, he explains his totem is not the top. That was Mal's totem.
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A underrated masterpiece 💪🍺
Nolan is a mastermind
Ok, but if you're doing Nolan movies you have to do Memento, I know you guys will have a blast watching it!
I hope, that maybe one day it will be Cinema Paradiso that pops up in my recommendation. But still i guess you have not seen enough. Keep going.
I remember when I saw this in theaters, my friend and I were going back and forth with that last top scene. I was convinced it would keep spinning while she was sure it would fall over. We were loud enough that all the surrounding audience were enraptured, me with my "It's totally gonna keep spinning!" and her with her "No, this is real now; it's gonna fall!" Then of course it faded to black and we both were like 'NOOO!" and people started laughing around us. Such good times.
I would love for you guys to react to The Prestige if y'all haven't seen it already! Another great Nolan film
U guys should react to Dunkirk next! My personal fav from Nolan
It's not so much whether or not the top wobbles at the end of the film, because that's actually not what Cobb's central character arc is about. In the last shot of Cobb he's not focused on the top; he's looking at _his children_ .
There is a replica spinning top you can buy that has a quiet engine in it that will spin for a few minutes to give you the illusion that you are in a dream. Its like $75 though.
F yeah! Never clicked on a notif fast enough
I know exactly the meme he means ahahah
“there’s a dog behind you”
“what does he look like?”
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i know I'm in the minority but I never thought it was that great of a movie. It threw in a lot of elements that would make for something great but it just felt pseudo--deep to me.
You guys should watch Your Name it's a Japanese anime movie. It's so good!
You should watch Don Jon if you want to see Joseph Gordon Levitt EXCEL
It’s great confusion at the end but the totem spinning means nothing because it’s not his. Rewatch the movie and you see the wedding ring is his and the only time he has his wedding ring on is in a dream, every single time. The last scene he has no wedding ring on
If you like Nolan, you should definitely check out some of his early movies.. Memento and The Prestige are great!!
i loved Mason Quinn breaking the fourth wall there at the end with the top 🤣 also i saw Micheal Cain interview and he said any scene he was in was real
This movie is my favorite for one reason. The way I felt walking out of the theatre for the first time. It was an aesthetic I loved, with a concept I had never seen, shot amazingly well, I almost felt high afterward as dumb as that sounds. Absolutely love this movie
If you guys enjoyed this movie, definitely look into the idea that this is Nolan’s love letter to filmmaking and the parallels between dreams and films and how this film can be interpreted as the filmmaking process
I appreciated you putting "Time" at the end. That piece of music is phenomenal.
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A movie inside a movie inside a movie inception is just a metaphor for making a movie
This is up there with Shutter Island for me. Also would not mind watching a reaction to Ocean's 11.
There are so many great movies, I feel like to be a 5 it has to be a masterpiece and connect with you personally. Inception is definitely a 5 for me but that's ok if it doesn't tickle your brain the same way as it tickles mine.
Nolan doesnt disappoint. cant wait for Oppenheimer
I watched this movie at about 2 am when I was in a bout of insomnia. And it TOTALLY MESSED ME UP! I took the ending to mean that nothing had ended and he was still in a dream. Maybe I would have thought diff if I watched it at a normal hr but I didn’t. I was like “Is anything real?”. 😂😂. My suggestion, don’t watch this so late. Watch it at normal hrs of the day 🤣
You guys should watch requiem for a dream, if be really interested to see your reactions