INCEPTION (2010) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Hidden Details, & Ending Explained

INCEPTION (2010) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Hidden Details, & Ending Explained. In this film analysis of Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION we breakdown all the hidden details, symbolism, true meaning behind the movie and much more. This spoiler review of the movie will hopefully help you see the film in a brand new light.

Inception is a 2010 science fiction action film[4][5][6] written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced the film with Emma Thomas, his wife. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets. He is offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.[7] The ensemble cast includes Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page,[a] Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine.

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Though Christopher Nolan will likely go down known as the man who made The Dark Knight, I think all in all that this is his best film. Written and directed by him it feels like the quintissenstial Nolan film and it deals with all the techniques that he's known for. Theres a focus on a high level concept, non chronological story telling and major action set pieces with a big ensemble cast.

Man brought together his dream team, pun not intended and you can see why he's continued to work with so many of these actors.

Like the Dark Knight, Nolan shot this entire movie himself without ever using a second unit director which is a norm in hollywood. You can tell he put his all into it and initially when he pitched it he thought that he'd have the script ready in a couple of months. 8 years later he finally finished it off and the movies absolutely meticulous from top to bottom.

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Let us know your thoughts on the film below

[ARBLACKx]

In just a 5 year period I have no idea how Nolan released Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight and Inception all back to back

[personagrata]

Robert may have been "conned", but one of the nice things about this movie is that ultimately I think it's fair to say that he'll probably live a happier life because of the inception. Breaking up the company means destroying the monopoly, but it will still leave him with more than enough money to do pretty much whatever he wants in life and he'll now have a certainty at the deepest core of his being that his father loved him and wanted him to pursue his dreams, which is way, way better than the alternative he was facing.

[a.r.t]

I think in hindsight, Nolans filmography in general will be heavily regarded for his use of time and perception. The Dark Knight will be mentioned most because of what it did for the Superhero genre but Memento, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk and The Prestige all have refreshing takes on non linear storytelling and the human experience dealing with time.

[matthewcoleman]

Blows my mind the level of detail Nolan put into this film and thanks to channels like this we get to appreciate them.

[notoriousbmc]

Inception is my favourite Nolan movie. The characters, the mind bending story, Hanz Zimmers' score, the excellent practical effects, the deep, intricate scenes filled with Easter eggs that have kept us talking for a decade.

This. Is. Cinema.

[knado]

This will always be my favorite movie ever made. The visuals, the acting, the sets, the storytelling...it was just a perfect movie. I dont think ive ever rewatched a movie as much as i have this one...and everytime i feel like i catch something i never did.

So amazing.

[TheJaker]

I’ve always been film junkie. I remember seeing memento, the prestige, and insomnia and loving them all not realizing they were all directed by Nolan. When I made the realization I decided he was my favorite director. Little did I know he would continue to make more of the greatest movies of all time.

[auguststafford]

I always thought Cobb's 'real' totem, the way he knew whether he was dreaming or awake, was actually the faces of his children - over and over in the film, we see him almost catch the faces of his kids, but never quite, and it's clear this moment torments him. But when they do finally turn around and he does actually see their faces, he knows he's not dreaming - and he's finally left the nightmare that was his life from Mal's death until that moment behind.

[jacksonbauer]

I have always assumed that Cobb made it home because 1) The wedding ring 2) He finally sees his children’s faces 3) The top is beginning to wobble as the screen cuts to black and for a brief moment after the black screen hits you can hear the top being unstable and “ticking” out of time. If the top would spin endlessly in dream world, then the audience shouldn’t ever see/hear it slow down or wobble. Because that’s exactly what we see, the only logical conclusion is that Cobb made it back.

[DanWhiteT]

I always thought that Mal's insistence it is all a dream was Cobb's fault. She invented the idea of a totem and used the top - it's her totem (see below). Cobb went and spun it himself, and when she saw it was like that it made her think it was a dream, which was his intention. But since she didn't plant the idea herself, it didn't stop after she woke up. This is why Cobb has instilled the idea in his team that nobody can know how the totem works except the person that made it, because otherwise it makes you lose track of reality when others mess with it. Also why he knows inception is possible.

I don't even think Mal created the totem idea intentionally. I think Cobb's regret is that he realized she depended on it, finds it in a safe (as shown earlier in the movie - might have been a safe that he prompted her to create), then uses it to manipulate her to agree to commit suicide in order to exit limbo. Cobb took those concepts and developed the totem concept from that. His ring is a totem but unintentional - he tries to use hers, but he's uncertain.

[jtbesquire]

I'm ashamed to admit that I just watched this movie for the first time today. I actually bought it at least 10 years ago and just kept forgetting to watch it until I was inspired by seeing Oppenheimer this weekend. Nolan might be my favorite director at this point. Nothing gets me thinking quite like a Christopher Nolan film. Thanks for the breakdown HS.

[MrDino]

I always thought that what gave away the ending was not a dream was that he was able to see his children's faces, as he was not capable of seeing them in memories or dreams

[TheAurgelmir]

To me, the spinning top at the end is an indication that Cobb getting together with the kids, was in a sense Mals final dream. The wobbling indicating that it also means her tormenting Cobb will come to an end.

[JustinEvitable]

The character names initials don't only spell out DREAMS PAY but also A DREAM SPY. I thought another detail that was going to be mentioned was the final part of the first dream where Robert Fischer tells Peter what his dad wanted. After the camera pans around Robert, you can see Eames again. I didn't even notice this until I watched the movie again.

[OverhaulTwenty-tswn]

I think Cobb made it home and the ending is reality because Cobb only remembers his kids faces before his exile, and at the end his kids are a bit older, and he couldn't have created them using memory since he couldn't look at their faces ever since his wife's death... Also his kids are credited as being played as two different ages proving the time had passed since he last seen them

[louisberry]

One of the best films ever made. Nolan deserved a Oscar nomination for directing. Leo crushed it as did the rest of the cast. I notice something everytime i watch it. They don't make films like these anymore. Can't wait for Oppenheimer.

[TiredGang_]

This easter egg walk through is so detailed and amazing, I was shocked there was no mention about how the film Paprika so heavily inspired the script and scenes of Inception. Would be very worth doing a video on that, in my opinion as those 2 films are ultimately 2 of my all time favorites!

[redbearington]

Michael Cane has also said Nolan told him if he's in a scene its the real world. Since he's in the end scene its the real world

[romantaylor]

5. Old souls
2. We built our own world
8. One simple idea
4. Radical notion
9. Dream within a dream
1. Half remembered dream

I see what you did there Nolan.