Inception (spoilers within)

The biggest movie of the summer is here, and it has everyone talking. People all over the internet are spewing there love for this movie. Along with there love they are amassing an amazing outpour of ideas, and thoughts regarding the ending of the film. (Caution if you have not seen inception read no further as I am about to give my interpretation of the ending). My interpretation is probably nothing new but here goes anyways. I think it was not a dream during the end of the movie. This is due to the fact that the ending would in my opinion be ruined if it were all supposedly a dream. The entire journey you just embarked on, the characters, the relationships would all mean nothing if the entire thing were a dream. Think about how complicated of a dream it would have had to been in order for the events to all play out as they did. The top clearly wobbles at the end of the movie. Yet the entire theory that the only way to tell if it is reality is the "top" is in a way an inception placed upon the viewer. Christopher nolan makes us think that the only way to tell reality from fiction is the spin of a top. The top may have no effect upon the telling of reality at all. Could his subconscious not have dreamt the top falling down prematurely. The top was not even Leo's to begin with. He had inherited the top from his dead wife. Which may have been the reason she continuously haunted him. Part of her subconscious was connected to the top. As long as he held on to the top, she would haunt his dreams. Also you should recall that Leo himself contaminated his wife's totem while in limbo. He broke into her mind and spun the top. Doing this he would have discovered the weight of the totem. This may have affected the usefulness of the totem. So who knows the true mystery behind the totem. Another important fact about the ending. Is that Leo does not care whether or not its a dream. He does not wait for the top to fall. This is because he himself knows that it is reality. It is not as if that particular moment was the first time (after awaking) that he would have attempted to spin the top. He is just in the force of habit of constantly spinning his top. He knew it was reality,either because he had tried the top earlier (right after waking up on the plane, or in the airport), or because he instinctually knew the truth. This time he truly saw the faces of his children, while in his dreams the memory was never fully complete. They are little things like this that swing me into believing that the ending is reality, not a dream. In a lot of ways this film reminded me of Shutter Islands ending. It is also left up to interpretation as there is evidence that points to both claims. There is evidence to support either way of thinking. This is just my opinion on it. I do not think it is a dream. It gives the film a deeper meaning overall, and feels like the journey taken in the film was worthwhile. (end of spoilers) This is just my take upon the film's ending. If you agree or disagree with my takes be sure to mention it/debate it in the comments. I have not done a blog post in a while, and I will try to update this blog more frequently. Until then...sleep well, or live well. The choice is up to you.