I just want to take the opportunity here to say that when I first found your channel I wasn't expecting much from it. I am so glad to have been so wrong. You are one of the most observant, honest, and good natured people I've found on a react channel. I went from not thinking much about your channel to eagerly looking forward to your video releases because of who you are. Thank you for being you and sharing your experiences with us.
@@thecocoacouch Honestly? I don't think so. I'm not sure how to convey it but I tend to look for a different visual vibe to things and yours didn't immediately match up. Telling you to change to fit that visual look would be a disservice to what you've built.
@@thecocoacouchIt was exactly the same for me as the above commenter. I think the first thing I saw was Mean Girls because I was on a kick, and it didn't stick out to me because it's a film where most people have the same (still pretty satisfying) takeaway. It's hard to get a good read on the nature and patterns of some reactors with just the first watch. It was your reaction to It's a Wonderful Life that I will never forget. I own Mean Girls, but IAWL is one of my most cherished films I own as well and I think your watch captured everything I like about you and this channel. The cozy catchphrase is exactly how it feels to come and sit down and watch, I have a fond memory now of finally sharing that movie again with someone who can truly appreciate the joy of it. And that's what I love about the channel most is the comfort and the JOY that you exhibit with every movie, no matter what it is. Your delight and enthusiasm is refreshing, heartwarming, and infectious. So don't change a thing, and thanks for encouraging me every week to embrace my joy and delight!!! 😊
I feel the same. I found his channel when I was searching for a Gladiators reaction. That was my introduction to him and I enjoyed his reaction of the film SO MUCH MORE THAN THE OTHER REACTIONS I PREVIOUSLY WATCHED because of te level of attention to detail that he has. On top of that though, I guess the reason why I keep coming back after that first watch was because we are sooo in the same wavelength based on how we process and understand things. Most of the time our judgements with a character's (and the filmmaker's) choice align. Now here I am waiting every two days for his uploads. I wish him all the best on this channel because he is doing GREAT by just being him. You are right.
Apparently Michael Caine was so confused by the film that he asked Christopher Nolan for some definitive answers to the story. Nolan confirmed to Caine that any scene with his character is set in Reality. Caine’s character is Never in a dream. So Cobb does reunite with his children in the end the whole point of the final shot is to be ambiguous and that it doesn’t matter to Cobb wether he’s in a dream or reality, what matters most to him is his kids.
Nolan told Caine what Caine needed to hear to play his role. It's easier as to explain the whole meta of the movie. Nolan structured the whole concept of the movie as a metaphor for filmmaking itself. Inception itself is an inception of an idea into your mind, the viewer by Nolan. Let me elaborate: The scene with the tabletop cuts and the next thing you, as the viewer, hear, is the song "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien", clueing you in to wake up from "your dream", watching the movie. In that moment you realize, DiCaprio's character isn't real, Caine's character isn't real, nothing you saw is real. But it left you with one tiny change inside of you: "What, if it was? What, if I am in a dream right now? How would I even know?" That's the real question the last scene asks. For me, Nolan asks another question: "Does it even matter, whether it's a dream or not?" and I would agree: As long as you are happy and content, it doesn't. The same as a movie (still a metaphor) doesn't have to be real to get you sucked into it. For the duration of the movie, you are part of the storyline, a part of the movie itself. Enjoy the ride. After all: What would a movie be, if it had no one watching it or is the audience an integral part of a movie? Does a tree make a sound if it falls and no one's there to hear it fall? :D And btw, to answer you properly: While the top spins, his son says: "Look at what we are building!" and Cobb asks: "What are you building?" and his son James answers: "We're building a house on the cliff!". Does that sound familiar? ^^ To explain: Seto was building a house on the cliff for himself to live there while being in limbo. That's where the movie starts and where it ends. Seto's subconscious bleeds through to this scene, like Cobb's subconscious in other scenes with Maud, the train or the hotel room and all of those scenes obviously were a dream as well. If you are interested in this kind of topic, there is a fantastic google Talk episode called "Inception and Philosophy" on youtube by Kyle Johnson (you'll find it easily enough).
@@eyozinBest analysis ever! Thank you so much for sharing it cause I legit never noticed the song cuing the kicks/waking up was actually at the end. Thats brilliant
@@Scapemaster00would you say we have an incepted idea that we need to stop everything we’re doing and watch The Cocoa Couch or everything else isn’t real? 😅
For most of the time, the conspiracy was that everything worked out like it was a dream because people believe it's still a dream. As for getting shot and it passes on, it's similar to the "don't think about elephants", the idea is that you've been shot, so even if you dream, you feel the pain and thinking about how you got shot.
I still remember being in theaters and seeing this and the ENTIRE movie theater gasped in unison as the movie cut at the end haha. the tension was so palpable and everyone had a good laugh about it because it was such a goofy authentic human moment haha.
Especially because Nolan isn't very good at writing characters. They tend to be idea vending machines, but he managed a really good performance anyways.
Nolan has only ever won one academy award, as has Leo. I genuinely believe it is time to stop comparing films based on what was released around them. Why not nominate the best films ever produced that have not won? The best performances that have not won? To me that makes much more sense- if you can release a film that competes, GREAT, but don’t cross out everything else from an amazing year.
I know it's already been said, that Cobb's real totem is his wedding ring. But it doesn't matter if the top was going to topple or not. What matters is that he no longer cares. He walks away from it to be with his kids. Great reaction as always.
@fieryangel522 What if Cobb has actually done the same thing he said that Mal did at 43:46 and locked away his own totem, in other words, his wedding band. A truth he once knew but chose to forget, like he said Mal also did. He has chosen to stay with his children in the dream world. The final scene is him "fixing" his last memory of his children by this time getting to see their faces, just like he said he wanted to fix that memory. It's the exact same scene as his memory of the moment when he last saw them. They're wearing the same clothes, doing exactly the same thing as the memory, at the same location, at the same time of day, etc. He spins Mal's totem but doesn't care to see if it topples because it doesn't matter to him anymore. He has chosen this "reality."
Just like the top is Cobb's totem (Not really, it's actually Mal's), Cobb's wedding ring is his and the audience's totem. Ring on = Dream, No ring = Reality. Nolan had a spinning room built because he loves practical, so the actors were on cables and choreographed stunt work. He got the idea from the spinning room that did the same type of thing is 2001 A Space Odyssey. I recommend another movie with Leo called Shutter Island. Don't want to say anything except it is a head-scratching mystery film. Then you have the actor that played Saito alongside Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai. There's so many good movie to watch. If you want another crazy mystery movie. Or another mystery/thriller movie called Memento which was also directed by Nolan. Someone replied to this comment and for some reason I forgot about The Prestige, which is a Sci-fy/thriller with it's own little mystery, also Nolan.
@@dawkosvkThe last shot of The Prestige gets me every. single. time. And whenever I watch it I get something new out of it. This Inception reaction was such a treat to watch (my fave movie and the only one I’ve seen multiple times in theaters), so I’d absolutely love to see Oscar’s response to another mind-blowing Nolan film like The Prestige.
I didn't know the ring part, that's cool! I thought I heard something about Nolan confirming any scene with the grandfather was also reality. Including the last one. Could be wrong though. Either way I like how it always sparks internal debate with the reactor(s)
The scene in the hallway with the actors running on the ceiling while the van was overturned, was so cool to watch. They actually built this hallway inside a machine that spun the whole hallway around, then when they were walking on the walls that’s actually the floor for the actors. But because the camera spun with the hallway the audience thinks it’s the actors that move, when it’s actually the whole hallway.
Apparently it was revealed in a later interview that the last scene WAS reality, because his totem is his wedding ring (the top is Mal's) and every scene he's not wearing his ring is real. I love this film and love your reaction as always!
@@RhaenyraT2001your reasons will never be strong enough because Micheal himself assured that every scene in which he acted was reality. He was never a projection of a dream. NEVER!!
@@RhaenyraT2001 I also believe that, personally. Well, it's not so much that I believe it was the intention, but more that I think it's the more interesting interpretation given all the dream-like shit that happens in Cobb's 'reality'.
@@bugdrawsportraits YO. I AM SO GLAD I FOUND SOMEONE WHO TALKS ABOUT THE SUSPICIOUS UNAGING OF THE KIDS. WHY ARE THE KIDS OF THE SAME AGE?? WHY ARE THEY WEARING THE EXACT SAME CLOTHES???
Just like Inside Out, where Joy and Sadness are in conflict with each other, but are actually both just parts of Riley going through a crisis, Mal here is still Cobb. She's not really Mal, she's the version existing in Cobb's subconscious. So every time dream Mal tries to convince Cobb to stay in the dream, it's really Cobb desiring to be with Mal again as part love and part guilt for his contribution to Mal's psychosis and eventual death. I've learned how to Lucid Dream where I am aware I'm dreaming but choose not to wake. I have some control of what I do in my dream but not fully. There are times when there's this "zone" where I go "wow, there's so much I can do with this limited control in this fantastical place, I want to stay here forever". What's funny is I'm a paranoid/anxious person. So when I spend too much time having fun in the lucid dream and refuse to wake up, zombie hoards or some form of mob interrupt and chase me around, forcing me to wake up.
32:20 "...not to shoot himself, and he knew about it." I don't think he knew about it. Arthur, Eames, & the other "experts" didn't know about dying taking them to limbo, so how would his training? I believe Cobb is using "memory suggestion" here ("remember the training"), taking advantage of how "dreams feel real while we're in them" to induce confidence in this "prior knowledge" in Fischer by leveraging his assumed trust in Mr. Charles' persona. VERY creative use of dreams' effects on the subject's mind.
Oh more so that Leo can draw from something real and not have to lie about it. There’s real stakes to him shooting himself apposed to just simply trying to deceive him.
I *adore* how this movie uses Cinematography to play with the viewer's mind. It's so normal to cut from scene to scene, location to location. Only when someone points out that we're in a dream do we, the viewers, realize it as well. It doubles down the idea in our own minds: how do we know what's reality and what isn't?
50:44 - Something someone else pointed out in a review is that when Cobb is finally home and he spins the top, one of the important things is that he doesn't stay to see if the top will fall over or not. Whether it's a dream or not he finally can see his kids again. I honestly think that he made it out of the dream, but the point for the character is that he doesn't care anymore.
I remember reading somewhere about Michael Caine saying he was confused by the story and Christopher Nolan mentioned something like all the scenes that Michael Caine is in, takes place in reality so the ending is real (?)
The most obvious sign that the last scene is CLEARLY real is Cobb’s Totem. The Spinning Top is NOT his. It’s Mal’s. Cobb’s Totem is his Wedding Ring. He always has it on in the dreams (“in my dreams we’re still together”) while in real life he does not. He does not wear a ring in the final scene. It’s real.
So what if Cobb was a dream character she made up and therefore he was in his top level of reality, but when she killed herself she actually did wake up to a higher level?
His memory of her death is flawed. He went to their apartment, but when she was on the ledge, it was the ledge of the same building mirrored on the other side of the alley way, and Leo was telling her to "come back inside" motioning for her to follow him. Which would have been an impossibility. So I don't think Leo ever reached reality in the end, I don't think the entire movie ever showed us reality.
If you want to see some behind the scenes stuff, you can see how they did the hallway scene which is pretty insane. Nolan actually had people build a rotating hallway since he loves doing everything practical when he can. The way it ends is left up to the audience to interpret on if Cobb is dreaming or not. If you pay attention to smaller details you can obviously figure out the truth as there are quite a few thing that reveal if the top falls or not. With this and alot of Nolan films you can obviously rewatch them several times and pick up on things you never notice before that change how you can or choose view the movie.
FUCK yes. Such a good movie and it gets better with each watch. Action, suspense, emotion, tragedy, real-life human issues, even a bit of comedy. This movie really has it all in my opinion. Nolan’s best work, which is saying a LOT. One of my top 5 favorite films ever
Heyy Oscar! If you liked this movie, I 100% recommend Interestellar. It's a great movie and I think you'll love it. I hope you can read my comment. By the way, I absolutely love your reactions ♥️
That last song in the movie ("Time") was the closer of a Hans Zimmer concert I went to.. such an emotional ride to be on, cos it's such a beautiful piece of music. You could've heard a pin drop in 20000 people venue.. now that's impressive!
This is my favorite movie with Interstellar. Those are sooo amazing. I love the genre and also i feel like my mind is being fed with energies that are lying in my personality. I feel aligned with those movies. And i wish i could express my creativity at the level of Christopher Nollan. It is just mind blowing YOU HAVE TO WATCH INTERSTELLAR!
Ah yes, the never ending debate about whether the top was gonna stop spinning or not. I believe it was gonna stop. Personally, i’m surprised this concept/world was never revisited in a sequel or reboot. Kinda glad about it, leaves it as just a singular well-told story. But also part of me would love to see other interpretations of dreams within a dream, even if it was a completely different team. (I would also love if that film would end on the exact same ambiguous note like this movie) Also, i have seen this film multiple times and i NEVER noticed yusef was flipping the guards off as he drove off the bridge. XD Glad you enjoyed it! What a fantastic film. The behind the scenes for the fight in the hallway is crazy to see, i’m sure you can find that video on youtube somewhere.
Great reaction! I hope you'll watch Tenet one day. Some people complain that it doesn't have character moments like Inception does, but I think part of Nolan's goal with Tenet was "Can I make a movie that's 100% plot/action and 0% character?" After my first watch I thought it was "fine," but now it's one of my favorites.
Every time i watch this movie i'm gonna cry. It hits me every single time so much. The inner conflict of Cobb, the music of Hans Zimmer, the end. Even on your react. Loved it.
This is my absolute favorite Nolan film by far, I love it so much. And the practical way they filmed the insane shifting gravity fight scene in the hotel is amazing.
You did an excellent job analyzing this movie. You sorted out piece by piece the concept. I certainly did not catch as much as you did on my first watch. You’re very bright. Don’t ever doubt yourself.
The "Leo as a tortured soul"- remark had me "Then you should see him in Django unchained" It's another great performance but a whole other street. It's a character that was made to be hated 😂 Somehow I know Mr. Wholesome here will still find some beauty and amazement about this story ❤
This is my favorite Nolan movie with Interstellar and Oppenheimer tied for second. His movies are ones that are still good with a rewatch. Especially because you can catch things you missed the first time.
This movie has the coolest set design and practical effects ever! For the turning hallway scene they built the set so it turned in real like! It's all practical! Including the shifting hotel room, the tilting in the hotel restaurant too! And for the zero gravity hallway they built the same set from before but vertically so they could put the actors on wires and make it look like they're floating! Drama major here and it still blows me away how amazing it is!!!😁
One of my all time favorite films, regarding the spinning hallway scene, they actually built a hallway that spun and fixed a camera to the rotation. Also the end, has supposedly been revealed to be real, but when it came out and people were debating it, the real point was that it shows he no longer cares and he's just ready to see his kids.
If you think this movie is complex, watch Nolan's movie Tenet. Your brain is going to overload trying to process that story. Still very interesting concepts. Nolan loves to play with time
The coolest part is, about the actual concept of "inception", is that it's completely real. Even the time dilation. I had a false awakening (being in a dream, then "waking up", only it's still a dream) a while ago... I dreamt I was in my house, thought I was awake, went through an entire normal day, then I "went to bed", I then "woke up", went through another normal day, on repeat. The actual technical term is a "nested-chain of false awakenings"... I was 6 or 7 layers deep before I actually woke up. And the only reason I even woke up (with the exception of literal biology around my real wake up time) is because the last layer my "house" was all dark and twisted like a horror movie and it scared my awake. I literally woke up, feeling schizophrenic as hell, just sat up and rocked back & forth in the fetal position while chanting: "that wasn't real, this is real, that wasn't real, this is real" over & over & over again until I calmed down. I lived what I thought were several months of my life in that chain of dreams, and freaked the hell out when I realized that it hadn't even been 10 hours. I quit caffeine, alcohol, and weed just to start dreaming more. Lucid dreaming is amazing. Literal God powers that feel completely real. The "powers" shown in this movie don't even scratch the surface of what you can actually do in them... But just like the movie, to do some things, you do in fact have to literally fight the projections of your subconscious at times. One of my favorite mainstream lucid dreaming movies to date.
Damn, that must have been a mild-melter! My favorite thing to do in dreams is to fly, or to breathe underwater (for some reason, I always know it's a dream… or maybe I just know when I'm awake _not_ to do it 😂)
Stephen LaBerge (probably the world's expert in lucid dreaming) says that time doesn't actually pass slower but compared it to watching a movie that cuts from scene to scene that causes the sensation of time passage. They've done experiments where they moved their eyes in dreams at a counted interval and the outside observer was able to reference the same amount of time.
I used to have false awakenings as stress dreams. They're absolutely horrible. I also had a dream once that forced me through multiple entire years of trying to manage life in an industrial dystopia with a chronic illness... I think I was napping for about an hour. I woke up not even knowing where I was. Most of my dreams 'skip scenes', so to speak, but that one made me live every moment. Dreams, man...
My parents wanted to watch this with my grandma but she was already on the older side at the time so they asked me to join and "pause every once in a while to explain what's going on and answer questions." It was kind of a fun way to rewatch such a brilliant movie.
I just found your channel a couple weeks ago and I have to say, your content is a rare gem of reactions on youtube. So refreshing, you're really paying attention on movies, you're getting involved and try to find the most entertaining/interesting aspect of every single movie, even when the movie itself is considered bad (I never tought that I will click on a Twilight review and I will enjoy it), you really made me to be more open towards more films. You know when an intelectual view is needed, when you have to keep things light and not take too seriously, meanwhile you can point out the mistakes too, I am fascinated. I was so happy to watch this review, Inception was a very important piece to me when I was younger. I am very curious what would you think about Memento (also Nolan movie, made in 2000), it is my overall favourite until this very day), because you can see some similarities in the script writing, still it has a whole different story concept. It makes you think a lot, but to me this is what makes it a genius movie. Anyway, thank you so much for this video, you made my day! Greetings from Hungary. 💙
I remember when I first found your channel, and man😭you’ve become one of my favourites. You have such pure and genuine reactions to films that makes it such a joy to watch you react, especially for my childhood/ overall favourite films. Looking forward to seeing more! Thank you🥹
As @TheDaringPastry1313 pointed out the wedding ring is the real totem: he’s wearing it in his dreams but not real life. The end IS real life, because if you look closely you can see he’s not wearing his wedding ring (and before you think it’s because of the cathartic moment of him and Mal in Limbo towards the end: AFTER that he meets Saito in Limbo and Cobb has his ring on). The very last scene he isn’t wearing his ring, so it’s real. The purpose of showing the top continuing to spin is showing that Cobb is done with Inception, he’s done with trying to dream of happier times, he can finally live in the reality of the present.
alternatively, he isn't wearing his wedding ring bc he took it off in that dream because he doesn't want to know if he's dreaming or not; he'd rather be in the dream than not see his kids again
Something I really like about reactions like this is getting to share in the enthusiasm of someone seeing this stuff for the first time, because it makes you relive what that was like for yourself. I was 17 when Inception came out, and I want to say that for a solid five or six years afterwards, EVERY movie score was trying to sound like this. But hearing it for the very first time booming out at you in a dark theatre, while cities are folding over on themselves and gravity is suddenly gone, was NUTS.
One of the things I love about this movie is that it answers so many questions that it presents, but it still gives leaves you with questions at the end.
I loved this movie, the emotion and excitement, the way it worked my brain to figure out what was happening. It probably wasn't until the second or third time I watched it that it entirely made sense, but it was great. I also loved Arrival with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. Similar start and sequences where you don't really understand what is happening, and then you do, and your mind is blown. There are so few movies that are not formulaic and predictable out there that when you find one that expands you mind, it is invigorating. I would love to see you review Arrival. I think you would love the concept and the special effects!
I've seen this movie so many times that I forget how brilliant it is! Loved seeing your reactions to those amazing moments: the street bending into the sky, the spinning gravity fight (shot in a full-scale rotating set of that hallway!), Arthur's and Ariadne's ideas for the kicks, that frigging ending that denies us certainty, and meanwhile Hans Zimmer is Zimmering as hard as is physically possible 😂 it's all so good!!!
You should watch the behind the scenes of how they did the hallway scene. It’s incredible. They built a hallway they can turn on all sides. It’s insane.
A thing Nolan does a lot here, intentionally, is that in dreams, you never dream how you got there. So every scene, especially every dream scene is started when things start picking up. You don’t see the guards grab them at first, or walk them to see Saigon, you just see them sitting with Saigon talking. That’s true of how the dream tech works, but every scene of the film is that. Cobb just starts talking to the professor. Then Cobb is on the rooftop asking “Draw me a maze”, etc.
I'm sure I am not the first to comment this, but the rotating hallway fight scene was totally practical, done using an actual rotating set. One of the most iconic fights in movies mainly because if that, and I love it!
You wanted to know how they did the rotating hallway fight. Well...they literally built a rotating hallway. The actors had to train and learn the timing of when the shifts would happen. I am not kidding, you can find footage from behind the scenes online. Quite impressive.
I had a chance to see this in the theaters but didn't go. After seeing the hallway scene I super regretted it and still do to this day. One of my favorite Nolan movies.
To help a little bit with the ending for people who don't want the answer. That final shot on the spin is basically a trick. Arthur says once in the movie that the totem has to be personnal and untouched by anybody. And Cobb says that the spin is his wife's totem. So that spin has absolutely no technical purpose for Cobb.
There's a video where they show how they shot the hotel fight scene. It involved a giant rotating hallway that the two actors were running in. I definitely recommend giving it a watch! I can also tell you that the experience of watching this in theaters opening weekend was something else. The absolute silence in the theater followed by the collective gasp of everyone as the top wobbled.
Superb reaction! You definitely figured out a ton of details that I missed 1st time, 2nd time……So, I think you are very bright! Was fun to watch you experience this brilliant film! 😊
I don't see anyone mentioning this, but what's weird is the story about Mal death. When you see Leo at the window looking at Mal, she's on the ledge of a mirror-image of the building, ACROSS the alley. Leo tells her "just come back inside" and he motions with his hand in two different instances to follow him back into the room...but again...she's on the other side of the alley. I haven't yet understood what this means in the greater picture. But I have a theory that the movie never actually takes place in reality.
I love this reaction, it's fun seeing first time watchers figuring out how inception works as they're watching it, and you're very quick on catching up with things (not to mention observant). I hope this becomes a thing and you'll continue the Christopher Nolan journey all the way to Oppenheimer or at least Tenet. I will surely be seated for Dunkirk and Interstellar if that ever happens.
I had a whole week of college lectures dissecting this movie in my history of art course. There are so many detais that are designed to make you doubt reality: the architech is Ariadne, a character of greek myth connected to mazes so maybe she's not real, theres the repeated mentions and visual of houses on cliffs so you begin to wonder if they're going in circles, the children have two sets of actors so you're not sure if they've just grown or if they are different children entirely, Mal's name is literally latin for bad and matches her role as the "bad" character so you never know if it's short for something, and the big kicker is that Cobb appears to be using Mal's token, which the rules of is intentionally secret from everyone but her and the ending feels too good and clean to be true which is why the top is so compelling to watch for answers.
So many people saying the ring is Cobb’s totem. You can argue it’s a sign to the audience, but it CANNOT be his totem. The whole point of a totem is that the sensory experience of it grounds you in reality. A lack of a ring cannot do that.
The camera was locked to the floor while the entire hallway and lighting setup rotated. This made it appear as if gravity was rotating during the fight.
As always liked your reaction. You are actually one of the two reactors or something that I actually enjoy and relatable reactor who does genuinely and have your own Opinion, & take on Every movie. And not just try to please a Trend & Fake, exaggerated nonsense for views. And I appreciate that a lot. I dunno why it is so hard for ppl in here to be themselves and do genuine reaction instead of annoying nonsense. So keep going 👏🏻 I enjoy your reactions.
35:43 I don’t know the movie too much, but subconsciously I think your mind and body would still communicate in someway that something’s wrong. For example you been shot, but while you might not feel the pain in your sleep your body and mind are still alert to what’s happening so I’m sure it ends invading your dreams. THATS JUST A GUESS THO
Yeah and I guess if it’s something THAT severe, you wouldn’t be able to dream but because of the sedative he can. So yeah I guess it would follow him 🤙
If you loved that Inception I can only tell you to give a try to Shutter Island not the same director but strangely both Di Caprio with disturbed guilty minds attacking him in a mastermind manipulative atmosphere. However it’s more police thriller rather than heist this time
![[MV] A leap of faith...ความเชื่อใจครั้งสุดท้าย (From "Petrichor the series")](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/U1piZH2CNXA/mqdefault.jpg)
“That was gonna fall over, right? That was gonna fall over!” Gosh, I remember EVERYONE saying this when it came out. 😂
I just want to take the opportunity here to say that when I first found your channel I wasn't expecting much from it. I am so glad to have been so wrong. You are one of the most observant, honest, and good natured people I've found on a react channel. I went from not thinking much about your channel to eagerly looking forward to your video releases because of who you are. Thank you for being you and sharing your experiences with us.
I really appreciate that!! Hoping they continue to entertain. Anyway I can improve my first impressions? 😆 (edit, I’m joking)
@@thecocoacouch Honestly? I don't think so. I'm not sure how to convey it but I tend to look for a different visual vibe to things and yours didn't immediately match up. Telling you to change to fit that visual look would be a disservice to what you've built.
@@thecocoacouchIt was exactly the same for me as the above commenter. I think the first thing I saw was Mean Girls because I was on a kick, and it didn't stick out to me because it's a film where most people have the same (still pretty satisfying) takeaway. It's hard to get a good read on the nature and patterns of some reactors with just the first watch.
It was your reaction to It's a Wonderful Life that I will never forget. I own Mean Girls, but IAWL is one of my most cherished films I own as well and I think your watch captured everything I like about you and this channel. The cozy catchphrase is exactly how it feels to come and sit down and watch, I have a fond memory now of finally sharing that movie again with someone who can truly appreciate the joy of it.
And that's what I love about the channel most is the comfort and the JOY that you exhibit with every movie, no matter what it is. Your delight and enthusiasm is refreshing, heartwarming, and infectious. So don't change a thing, and thanks for encouraging me every week to embrace my joy and delight!!! 😊
You took the words right out of my mouth lol
I feel the same. I found his channel when I was searching for a Gladiators reaction. That was my introduction to him and I enjoyed his reaction of the film SO MUCH MORE THAN THE OTHER REACTIONS I PREVIOUSLY WATCHED because of te level of attention to detail that he has.
On top of that though, I guess the reason why I keep coming back after that first watch was because we are sooo in the same wavelength based on how we process and understand things. Most of the time our judgements with a character's (and the filmmaker's) choice align. Now here I am waiting every two days for his uploads.
I wish him all the best on this channel because he is doing GREAT by just being him. You are right.
Apparently Michael Caine was so confused by the film that he asked Christopher Nolan for some definitive answers to the story.
Nolan confirmed to Caine that any scene with his character is set in Reality. Caine’s character is Never in a dream. So Cobb does reunite with his children in the end the whole point of the final shot is to be ambiguous and that it doesn’t matter to Cobb wether he’s in a dream or reality, what matters most to him is his kids.
Nolan told Caine what Caine needed to hear to play his role. It's easier as to explain the whole meta of the movie. Nolan structured the whole concept of the movie as a metaphor for filmmaking itself. Inception itself is an inception of an idea into your mind, the viewer by Nolan.
Let me elaborate: The scene with the tabletop cuts and the next thing you, as the viewer, hear, is the song "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien", clueing you in to wake up from "your dream", watching the movie. In that moment you realize, DiCaprio's character isn't real, Caine's character isn't real, nothing you saw is real. But it left you with one tiny change inside of you: "What, if it was? What, if I am in a dream right now? How would I even know?"
That's the real question the last scene asks.
For me, Nolan asks another question: "Does it even matter, whether it's a dream or not?" and I would agree: As long as you are happy and content, it doesn't. The same as a movie (still a metaphor) doesn't have to be real to get you sucked into it. For the duration of the movie, you are part of the storyline, a part of the movie itself. Enjoy the ride.
After all: What would a movie be, if it had no one watching it or is the audience an integral part of a movie? Does a tree make a sound if it falls and no one's there to hear it fall? :D
And btw, to answer you properly: While the top spins, his son says: "Look at what we are building!" and Cobb asks: "What are you building?" and his son James answers: "We're building a house on the cliff!". Does that sound familiar? ^^
To explain: Seto was building a house on the cliff for himself to live there while being in limbo. That's where the movie starts and where it ends. Seto's subconscious bleeds through to this scene, like Cobb's subconscious in other scenes with Maud, the train or the hotel room and all of those scenes obviously were a dream as well.
If you are interested in this kind of topic, there is a fantastic google Talk episode called "Inception and Philosophy" on youtube by Kyle Johnson (you'll find it easily enough).
@@eyozinBest analysis ever!
Thank you so much for sharing it cause I legit never noticed the song cuing the kicks/waking up was actually at the end. Thats brilliant
@@eyozin As a movie concept it's really cool, however, in the real world it does matter.
Guess I'm running errands in 57 minutes and 53 seconds.
Me
This is literally me. I was just browsing while getting ready to go out, and now I'm laying in bed half prepared, watching this instead
@@Scapemaster00would you say we have an incepted idea that we need to stop everything we’re doing and watch The Cocoa Couch or everything else isn’t real? 😅
I’m glad I’m not the only be who loves this man’s reactions 😂
For most of the time, the conspiracy was that everything worked out like it was a dream because people believe it's still a dream.
As for getting shot and it passes on, it's similar to the "don't think about elephants", the idea is that you've been shot, so even if you dream, you feel the pain and thinking about how you got shot.
I still remember being in theaters and seeing this and the ENTIRE movie theater gasped in unison as the movie cut at the end haha. the tension was so palpable and everyone had a good laugh about it because it was such a goofy authentic human moment haha.
Yeah. In my case the theater was a little bit empty, I screamed and everybody looked at me XD. Totally worth the embarrasment! 😝
The fact that Di Caprio did NOT get awarded for this movie, is insane
im sure the other awards make up for it
They should have planted an idea in the jury's subconcious...
Especially because Nolan isn't very good at writing characters. They tend to be idea vending machines, but he managed a really good performance anyways.
Nolan has only ever won one academy award, as has Leo. I genuinely believe it is time to stop comparing films based on what was released around them. Why not nominate the best films ever produced that have not won? The best performances that have not won? To me that makes much more sense- if you can release a film that competes, GREAT, but don’t cross out everything else from an amazing year.
His performance is so wooden - just like the rest of the cast. Even he can't save Nolan's dialogue.
I know it's already been said, that Cobb's real totem is his wedding ring.
But it doesn't matter if the top was going to topple or not. What matters is that he no longer cares. He walks away from it to be with his kids.
Great reaction as always.
@fieryangel522 What if Cobb has actually done the same thing he said that Mal did at 43:46 and locked away his own totem, in other words, his wedding band. A truth he once knew but chose to forget, like he said Mal also did. He has chosen to stay with his children in the dream world. The final scene is him "fixing" his last memory of his children by this time getting to see their faces, just like he said he wanted to fix that memory. It's the exact same scene as his memory of the moment when he last saw them. They're wearing the same clothes, doing exactly the same thing as the memory, at the same location, at the same time of day, etc. He spins Mal's totem but doesn't care to see if it topples because it doesn't matter to him anymore. He has chosen this "reality."
@@hazelm4610 Oh. I totally agree. That was my point, but you expounded upon it beautifully.
Your poor face at the end and how it changed from a huge smile to pure horror 😂 I’m sorry but I laughed so hard ❤
Absolutely amazing to watch 😂
Someone needs to make a meme of it
Just like the top is Cobb's totem (Not really, it's actually Mal's), Cobb's wedding ring is his and the audience's totem. Ring on = Dream, No ring = Reality. Nolan had a spinning room built because he loves practical, so the actors were on cables and choreographed stunt work. He got the idea from the spinning room that did the same type of thing is 2001 A Space Odyssey. I recommend another movie with Leo called Shutter Island. Don't want to say anything except it is a head-scratching mystery film. Then you have the actor that played Saito alongside Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai. There's so many good movie to watch. If you want another crazy mystery movie. Or another mystery/thriller movie called Memento which was also directed by Nolan. Someone replied to this comment and for some reason I forgot about The Prestige, which is a Sci-fy/thriller with it's own little mystery, also Nolan.
Prestige also
@@dawkosvk This, I love that movie.
@@dawkosvk Prestige is awesome
@@dawkosvkThe last shot of The Prestige gets me every. single. time. And whenever I watch it I get something new out of it.
This Inception reaction was such a treat to watch (my fave movie and the only one I’ve seen multiple times in theaters), so I’d absolutely love to see Oscar’s response to another mind-blowing Nolan film like The Prestige.
I didn't know the ring part, that's cool! I thought I heard something about Nolan confirming any scene with the grandfather was also reality. Including the last one. Could be wrong though. Either way I like how it always sparks internal debate with the reactor(s)
The scene in the hallway with the actors running on the ceiling while the van was overturned, was so cool to watch. They actually built this hallway inside a machine that spun the whole hallway around, then when they were walking on the walls that’s actually the floor for the actors. But because the camera spun with the hallway the audience thinks it’s the actors that move, when it’s actually the whole hallway.
Please do more Nolan films. You seem to be one of the few reactors who can actually pay attention to dialogue. lmao
Yeah I talk a lot but I know when to shut up 😆 will do man!
Interstellar should be next
The Prestige would also be incredible!
Memento would be insane!!!
The theme that was playing at the end is one of my favorite pieces by Hans Zimmer…
It's one of his bests alongside the "marry me" from Pirates and Interstellar theme.
@@LSG101097 lion king too
This movie probably as one of the best endings ever. It leaves you with your jaw on the floor as the credits roll.
Biggest blue ball cliff hanger
Apparently it was revealed in a later interview that the last scene WAS reality, because his totem is his wedding ring (the top is Mal's) and every scene he's not wearing his ring is real. I love this film and love your reaction as always!
I still to this day believe that it WAS a dream and I have strong reasons for that. I think I will continue to believe that.
@@RhaenyraT2001do we know how much time passed since she died? Because the only suspicious thing to me is that the kids look the same.
@@RhaenyraT2001your reasons will never be strong enough because Micheal himself assured that every scene in which he acted was reality. He was never a projection of a dream. NEVER!!
@@RhaenyraT2001 I also believe that, personally. Well, it's not so much that I believe it was the intention, but more that I think it's the more interesting interpretation given all the dream-like shit that happens in Cobb's 'reality'.
@@bugdrawsportraits YO. I AM SO GLAD I FOUND SOMEONE WHO TALKS ABOUT THE SUSPICIOUS UNAGING OF THE KIDS. WHY ARE THE KIDS OF THE SAME AGE?? WHY ARE THEY WEARING THE EXACT SAME CLOTHES???
the horror on his face when he realized the top wasn’t stopping 😂
I feel like the movie “ shutter island “ too had me questioning things
If you like Christopher Nolan movies… i recommend you watch The Prestige.. that cast is also pretty stacked
He needs to watch Interstellar if he hasn't done it yet, it's my fav!
Soooo good. The Prestige is a work of art, for sure!
David Bowie is so good in that.
I hope it’s on his list to do soon! I’ve requested it a couple times.
Just like Inside Out, where Joy and Sadness are in conflict with each other, but are actually both just parts of Riley going through a crisis, Mal here is still Cobb. She's not really Mal, she's the version existing in Cobb's subconscious. So every time dream Mal tries to convince Cobb to stay in the dream, it's really Cobb desiring to be with Mal again as part love and part guilt for his contribution to Mal's psychosis and eventual death.
I've learned how to Lucid Dream where I am aware I'm dreaming but choose not to wake. I have some control of what I do in my dream but not fully. There are times when there's this "zone" where I go "wow, there's so much I can do with this limited control in this fantastical place, I want to stay here forever". What's funny is I'm a paranoid/anxious person. So when I spend too much time having fun in the lucid dream and refuse to wake up, zombie hoards or some form of mob interrupt and chase me around, forcing me to wake up.
How did u learn to lucid dream?
32:20 "...not to shoot himself, and he knew about it." I don't think he knew about it. Arthur, Eames, & the other "experts" didn't know about dying taking them to limbo, so how would his training? I believe Cobb is using "memory suggestion" here ("remember the training"), taking advantage of how "dreams feel real while we're in them" to induce confidence in this "prior knowledge" in Fischer by leveraging his assumed trust in Mr. Charles' persona. VERY creative use of dreams' effects on the subject's mind.
Oh more so that Leo can draw from something real and not have to lie about it. There’s real stakes to him shooting himself apposed to just simply trying to deceive him.
I *adore* how this movie uses Cinematography to play with the viewer's mind. It's so normal to cut from scene to scene, location to location. Only when someone points out that we're in a dream do we, the viewers, realize it as well. It doubles down the idea in our own minds: how do we know what's reality and what isn't?
50:44 - Something someone else pointed out in a review is that when Cobb is finally home and he spins the top, one of the important things is that he doesn't stay to see if the top will fall over or not. Whether it's a dream or not he finally can see his kids again. I honestly think that he made it out of the dream, but the point for the character is that he doesn't care anymore.
he's in reality
I remember reading somewhere about Michael Caine saying he was confused by the story and Christopher Nolan mentioned something like all the scenes that Michael Caine is in, takes place in reality so the ending is real (?)
The most obvious sign that the last scene is CLEARLY real is Cobb’s Totem. The Spinning Top is NOT his. It’s Mal’s. Cobb’s Totem is his Wedding Ring. He always has it on in the dreams (“in my dreams we’re still together”) while in real life he does not. He does not wear a ring in the final scene. It’s real.
So what if Cobb was a dream character she made up and therefore he was in his top level of reality, but when she killed herself she actually did wake up to a higher level?
His memory of her death is flawed. He went to their apartment, but when she was on the ledge, it was the ledge of the same building mirrored on the other side of the alley way, and Leo was telling her to "come back inside" motioning for her to follow him. Which would have been an impossibility. So I don't think Leo ever reached reality in the end, I don't think the entire movie ever showed us reality.
“Okie-Dokie-Doo”….. The reasons we all love you 😂
If you want to see some behind the scenes stuff, you can see how they did the hallway scene which is pretty insane. Nolan actually had people build a rotating hallway since he loves doing everything practical when he can.
The way it ends is left up to the audience to interpret on if Cobb is dreaming or not. If you pay attention to smaller details you can obviously figure out the truth as there are quite a few thing that reveal if the top falls or not. With this and alot of Nolan films you can obviously rewatch them several times and pick up on things you never notice before that change how you can or choose view the movie.
FUCK yes. Such a good movie and it gets better with each watch. Action, suspense, emotion, tragedy, real-life human issues, even a bit of comedy. This movie really has it all in my opinion. Nolan’s best work, which is saying a LOT. One of my top 5 favorite films ever
Heyy Oscar! If you liked this movie, I 100% recommend Interestellar. It's a great movie and I think you'll love it. I hope you can read my comment. By the way, I absolutely love your reactions ♥️
I don't think anyone has ever settled in to watch Inception saying "Okie Dokie Do" before n that's why I love this channel 😂
That last song in the movie ("Time") was the closer of a Hans Zimmer concert I went to.. such an emotional ride to be on, cos it's such a beautiful piece of music. You could've heard a pin drop in 20000 people venue.. now that's impressive!
This is my favorite movie with Interstellar. Those are sooo amazing. I love the genre and also i feel like my mind is being fed with energies that are lying in my personality. I feel aligned with those movies. And i wish i could express my creativity at the level of Christopher Nollan. It is just mind blowing YOU HAVE TO WATCH INTERSTELLAR!
Ah yes, the never ending debate about whether the top was gonna stop spinning or not. I believe it was gonna stop.
Personally, i’m surprised this concept/world was never revisited in a sequel or reboot. Kinda glad about it, leaves it as just a singular well-told story. But also part of me would love to see other interpretations of dreams within a dream, even if it was a completely different team. (I would also love if that film would end on the exact same ambiguous note like this movie)
Also, i have seen this film multiple times and i NEVER noticed yusef was flipping the guards off as he drove off the bridge. XD
Glad you enjoyed it! What a fantastic film. The behind the scenes for the fight in the hallway is crazy to see, i’m sure you can find that video on youtube somewhere.
I personally believe the point is that, whether it stops spinning or not, Cobb isn't looking because he no longer cares.
Great reaction!
I hope you'll watch Tenet one day. Some people complain that it doesn't have character moments like Inception does, but I think part of Nolan's goal with Tenet was "Can I make a movie that's 100% plot/action and 0% character?" After my first watch I thought it was "fine," but now it's one of my favorites.
The Edith Piaf song is a nice choice, since Marion Cotillard (Mal) played her in La Vie en Rose.
The fight in the hallway while the van is rolling is one of my favorite scenes in film. Great reaction!
Every time i watch this movie i'm gonna cry. It hits me every single time so much. The inner conflict of Cobb, the music of Hans Zimmer, the end. Even on your react. Loved it.
This is my absolute favorite Nolan film by far, I love it so much. And the practical way they filmed the insane shifting gravity fight scene in the hotel is amazing.
You did an excellent job analyzing this movie. You sorted out piece by piece the concept. I certainly did not catch as much as you did on my first watch. You’re very bright. Don’t ever doubt yourself.
The "Leo as a tortured soul"- remark had me "Then you should see him in Django unchained" It's another great performance but a whole other street. It's a character that was made to be hated 😂 Somehow I know Mr. Wholesome here will still find some beauty and amazement about this story ❤
This is my favorite Nolan movie with Interstellar and Oppenheimer tied for second. His movies are ones that are still good with a rewatch. Especially because you can catch things you missed the first time.
Omg...if you ever do merch, I NEED that happy fluffy marshmallow in the background! 🥰
The most unrealistic part about this movie is that Leonardo DiCaprio is dating an older woman
I think you meant "dating a woman his age" lol
Marion Cotillard is 1 year younger than DiCaprio.
@@stephen01king Yeah, that is unlike him. He goes for women way younger than that
😂😂😂💀
@@RhaenyraT2001 'much younger' is an understatement. he has literally dated no woman over 25 in DECADES. it's super creepy.
This movie has the coolest set design and practical effects ever! For the turning hallway scene they built the set so it turned in real like! It's all practical! Including the shifting hotel room, the tilting in the hotel restaurant too!
And for the zero gravity hallway they built the same set from before but vertically so they could put the actors on wires and make it look like they're floating!
Drama major here and it still blows me away how amazing it is!!!😁
One of my all time favorite films, regarding the spinning hallway scene, they actually built a hallway that spun and fixed a camera to the rotation. Also the end, has supposedly been revealed to be real, but when it came out and people were debating it, the real point was that it shows he no longer cares and he's just ready to see his kids.
If you think this movie is complex, watch Nolan's movie Tenet. Your brain is going to overload trying to process that story. Still very interesting concepts. Nolan loves to play with time
The coolest part is, about the actual concept of "inception", is that it's completely real. Even the time dilation.
I had a false awakening (being in a dream, then "waking up", only it's still a dream) a while ago...
I dreamt I was in my house, thought I was awake, went through an entire normal day, then I "went to bed", I then "woke up", went through another normal day, on repeat.
The actual technical term is a "nested-chain of false awakenings"... I was 6 or 7 layers deep before I actually woke up.
And the only reason I even woke up (with the exception of literal biology around my real wake up time) is because the last layer my "house" was all dark and twisted like a horror movie and it scared my awake.
I literally woke up, feeling schizophrenic as hell, just sat up and rocked back & forth in the fetal position while chanting: "that wasn't real, this is real, that wasn't real, this is real" over & over & over again until I calmed down.
I lived what I thought were several months of my life in that chain of dreams, and freaked the hell out when I realized that it hadn't even been 10 hours.
I quit caffeine, alcohol, and weed just to start dreaming more.
Lucid dreaming is amazing. Literal God powers that feel completely real.
The "powers" shown in this movie don't even scratch the surface of what you can actually do in them... But just like the movie, to do some things, you do in fact have to literally fight the projections of your subconscious at times.
One of my favorite mainstream lucid dreaming movies to date.
Damn, that must have been a mild-melter! My favorite thing to do in dreams is to fly, or to breathe underwater (for some reason, I always know it's a dream… or maybe I just know when I'm awake _not_ to do it 😂)
Stephen LaBerge (probably the world's expert in lucid dreaming) says that time doesn't actually pass slower but compared it to watching a movie that cuts from scene to scene that causes the sensation of time passage. They've done experiments where they moved their eyes in dreams at a counted interval and the outside observer was able to reference the same amount of time.
I used to have false awakenings as stress dreams. They're absolutely horrible. I also had a dream once that forced me through multiple entire years of trying to manage life in an industrial dystopia with a chronic illness... I think I was napping for about an hour. I woke up not even knowing where I was. Most of my dreams 'skip scenes', so to speak, but that one made me live every moment. Dreams, man...
My parents wanted to watch this with my grandma but she was already on the older side at the time so they asked me to join and "pause every once in a while to explain what's going on and answer questions." It was kind of a fun way to rewatch such a brilliant movie.
I just found your channel a couple weeks ago and I have to say, your content is a rare gem of reactions on youtube. So refreshing, you're really paying attention on movies, you're getting involved and try to find the most entertaining/interesting aspect of every single movie, even when the movie itself is considered bad (I never tought that I will click on a Twilight review and I will enjoy it), you really made me to be more open towards more films. You know when an intelectual view is needed, when you have to keep things light and not take too seriously, meanwhile you can point out the mistakes too, I am fascinated.
I was so happy to watch this review, Inception was a very important piece to me when I was younger. I am very curious what would you think about Memento (also Nolan movie, made in 2000), it is my overall favourite until this very day), because you can see some similarities in the script writing, still it has a whole different story concept. It makes you think a lot, but to me this is what makes it a genius movie.
Anyway, thank you so much for this video, you made my day! Greetings from Hungary. 💙
I remember when I first found your channel, and man😭you’ve become one of my favourites. You have such pure and genuine reactions to films that makes it such a joy to watch you react, especially for my childhood/ overall favourite films. Looking forward to seeing more! Thank you🥹
As @TheDaringPastry1313 pointed out the wedding ring is the real totem: he’s wearing it in his dreams but not real life.
The end IS real life, because if you look closely you can see he’s not wearing his wedding ring (and before you think it’s because of the cathartic moment of him and Mal in Limbo towards the end: AFTER that he meets Saito in Limbo and Cobb has his ring on).
The very last scene he isn’t wearing his ring, so it’s real. The purpose of showing the top continuing to spin is showing that Cobb is done with Inception, he’s done with trying to dream of happier times, he can finally live in the reality of the present.
alternatively, he isn't wearing his wedding ring bc he took it off in that dream because he doesn't want to know if he's dreaming or not; he'd rather be in the dream than not see his kids again
I can’t explain it but I absolutely love this film! It feels so motivational to just live a life worth exploring and experiencing
You should react to Shutter Island, it's a MASTERPIECE ❤
Something I really like about reactions like this is getting to share in the enthusiasm of someone seeing this stuff for the first time, because it makes you relive what that was like for yourself. I was 17 when Inception came out, and I want to say that for a solid five or six years afterwards, EVERY movie score was trying to sound like this. But hearing it for the very first time booming out at you in a dark theatre, while cities are folding over on themselves and gravity is suddenly gone, was NUTS.
One of the things I love about this movie is that it answers so many questions that it presents, but it still gives leaves you with questions at the end.
g’day marshmallows 🫡
I loved this movie, the emotion and excitement, the way it worked my brain to figure out what was happening. It probably wasn't until the second or third time I watched it that it entirely made sense, but it was great. I also loved Arrival with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. Similar start and sequences where you don't really understand what is happening, and then you do, and your mind is blown. There are so few movies that are not formulaic and predictable out there that when you find one that expands you mind, it is invigorating. I would love to see you review Arrival. I think you would love the concept and the special effects!
I've seen this movie so many times that I forget how brilliant it is! Loved seeing your reactions to those amazing moments: the street bending into the sky, the spinning gravity fight (shot in a full-scale rotating set of that hallway!), Arthur's and Ariadne's ideas for the kicks, that frigging ending that denies us certainty, and meanwhile Hans Zimmer is Zimmering as hard as is physically possible 😂 it's all so good!!!
You should watch the behind the scenes of how they did the hallway scene. It’s incredible. They built a hallway they can turn on all sides. It’s insane.
I’m sure someone else has already mentioned it, but you’ve definitely gotta watch the behind the scenes of how they filmed the spinning hallway fight.
A thing Nolan does a lot here, intentionally, is that in dreams, you never dream how you got there. So every scene, especially every dream scene is started when things start picking up. You don’t see the guards grab them at first, or walk them to see Saigon, you just see them sitting with Saigon talking. That’s true of how the dream tech works, but every scene of the film is that. Cobb just starts talking to the professor. Then Cobb is on the rooftop asking “Draw me a maze”, etc.
"NOW TELL ME WHY!"
"🎶Tell me why...🎶 😂
I wheezed 😂
This sent me 😂 he was so immersed in the movie and said it so seriously/unconsciously 😂
I'm sure I am not the first to comment this, but the rotating hallway fight scene was totally practical, done using an actual rotating set. One of the most iconic fights in movies mainly because if that, and I love it!
You wanted to know how they did the rotating hallway fight.
Well...they literally built a rotating hallway. The actors had to train and learn the timing of when the shifts would happen. I am not kidding, you can find footage from behind the scenes online. Quite impressive.
the soundtrack in this movie is one of my all-time favorites!! hans zimmer really outdid himself
I had a chance to see this in the theaters but didn't go. After seeing the hallway scene I super regretted it and still do to this day. One of my favorite Nolan movies.
To help a little bit with the ending for people who don't want the answer.
That final shot on the spin is basically a trick.
Arthur says once in the movie that the totem has to be personnal and untouched by anybody. And Cobb says that the spin is his wife's totem. So that spin has absolutely no technical purpose for Cobb.
That corridor scene was F ing crazy love it
There's a video where they show how they shot the hotel fight scene. It involved a giant rotating hallway that the two actors were running in. I definitely recommend giving it a watch! I can also tell you that the experience of watching this in theaters opening weekend was something else. The absolute silence in the theater followed by the collective gasp of everyone as the top wobbled.
Superb reaction! You definitely figured out a ton of details that I missed 1st time, 2nd time……So, I think you are very bright!
Was fun to watch you experience this brilliant film!
😊
I don't see anyone mentioning this, but what's weird is the story about Mal death. When you see Leo at the window looking at Mal, she's on the ledge of a mirror-image of the building, ACROSS the alley. Leo tells her "just come back inside" and he motions with his hand in two different instances to follow him back into the room...but again...she's on the other side of the alley. I haven't yet understood what this means in the greater picture. But I have a theory that the movie never actually takes place in reality.
I love this reaction, it's fun seeing first time watchers figuring out how inception works as they're watching it, and you're very quick on catching up with things (not to mention observant). I hope this becomes a thing and you'll continue the Christopher Nolan journey all the way to Oppenheimer or at least Tenet. I will surely be seated for Dunkirk and Interstellar if that ever happens.
I've heard somewhere that this movie is actually about movies - how the creators of movies work to "inception" the audience.
This movie is so unique in that the second watch is always the most amazing!
I bet you would enjoy the behind the scenes, you can see how they built the hotel set to rotate so the actors can run up the walls and ceiling
Wow!!! Really enjoyed watching this Inception reaction!!! Was like watching it for the first time through you! Great vid and channel!!!
This movie is so mindblowing. And the score of Hans Zimmer is so brilliant.
I came across this video in the recommendations and clicked on it so quickly. Great reaction, my favorite movie! You are a very nice person 🥰
I had a whole week of college lectures dissecting this movie in my history of art course.
There are so many detais that are designed to make you doubt reality: the architech is Ariadne, a character of greek myth connected to mazes so maybe she's not real, theres the repeated mentions and visual of houses on cliffs so you begin to wonder if they're going in circles, the children have two sets of actors so you're not sure if they've just grown or if they are different children entirely, Mal's name is literally latin for bad and matches her role as the "bad" character so you never know if it's short for something, and the big kicker is that Cobb appears to be using Mal's token, which the rules of is intentionally secret from everyone but her and the ending feels too good and clean to be true which is why the top is so compelling to watch for answers.
So many people saying the ring is Cobb’s totem. You can argue it’s a sign to the audience, but it CANNOT be his totem. The whole point of a totem is that the sensory experience of it grounds you in reality. A lack of a ring cannot do that.
@@jennv2948 THIS
I love this movie so much. It always gets me in the feelings ❤
The camera was locked to the floor while the entire hallway and lighting setup rotated. This made it appear as if gravity was rotating during the fight.
many of my closest friends are aussie met them online , anywhere from nsw to qld, and you’re one of my favorite aussies along with them
Not just catching the falling body. If you look closely, he catches the bullet shell, too, so it doesn’t make noise.
Please tell me you're doing Interstellar next!!
Afterwards Tenet.
The amount of time I spent trying to figure out this movie as a child is something I'll never admit to 😅
This movie really is incredible and your reaction is always great! Hope that you do Shutter Island one day.
Second favorite Nolan film and favorite original Sci-film of last decade
As always liked your reaction. You are actually one of the two reactors or something that I actually enjoy and relatable reactor who does genuinely and have your own Opinion, & take on Every movie. And not just try to please a Trend & Fake, exaggerated nonsense for views. And I appreciate that a lot. I dunno why it is so hard for ppl in here to be themselves and do genuine reaction instead of annoying nonsense. So keep going 👏🏻 I enjoy your reactions.
Interstellar has to be next!
love your reaction vids! this film is a real head-scratcher and the attention to detail is Very cool, especially with the music.
- How complicated do you want this movie to be?
- Yes.
Soldier 1998 with Kurt Russell, still waiting >:3
its not complicated though
I have to watch this and Shutter Island back to back because it just keeps your mind going! Another good duo is Now You See Me and Now You See Me 2!
Clicked this so fast! Thoughtful reaction as always. Would love your reaction to Nolan's Interstellar as well, one of my all-time favourite movies.
I absolutely love this movie
thank you for actually listening and understanding what goes on alot of reactors talk over the dioloug to much.
35:43 I don’t know the movie too much, but subconsciously I think your mind and body would still communicate in someway that something’s wrong. For example you been shot, but while you might not feel the pain in your sleep your body and mind are still alert to what’s happening so I’m sure it ends invading your dreams.
THATS JUST A GUESS THO
Yeah and I guess if it’s something THAT severe, you wouldn’t be able to dream but because of the sedative he can. So yeah I guess it would follow him 🤙
If you loved that Inception I can only tell you to give a try to Shutter Island not the same director but strangely both Di Caprio with disturbed guilty minds attacking him in a mastermind manipulative atmosphere. However it’s more police thriller rather than heist this time
Another great reaction!
We need some spooky movies for October!
This is one of my favorite movies! Glad to see you react to it. I’d recommend Shutter Island since you enjoyed this one 😊
My favorite movie of all time! ❤
Oscar, you're one of the best reactors out there. Thanks for a terrific video, as always. I love your content.
This is such a crazy movie but I loved it! I also loved the movie shutter island which is another crazy one that Leo is in.