Christopher Nolan really likes to mess with people’s heads, and his new movie is no exception. The movie is extremely complicated and somewhat like Matrix. You need to see it several times before you begin to get a glimmer of understanding. There’s just so much going on!
The Inception ending, however is definitely ambiguous. Nolan apparently did not know how to end his own movie! The film leaves us with the image of Leonardo’s totem spinning on the table, which could mean he is still in the dream and maybe even in limbo. Then the credits cut in and we never get to know if he comes out or not.
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Several theories are being bandied about the Internet. One theory is that Leonardo stays in the dream to find Saito, wakes him up, and they somehow hook up with Michael Caine and live happily ever after with the kids. Yeah, right.
The other more plausible theory is that Leonardo was actually in a dream through the whole movie! The thoughts of his wife were the result of her trying to pull him out of the dream. This is why he keeps spinning the top, to see if he’s in reality or not. At the end when the top works for him, it’s because he has let her memory go and given in to the idea that he was in a dream. Only then would he be able to wake up and leave the dream, and rejoin his wife.
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