Inception Theory Suggests Cobb's Final Line Secretly Answers His Big Dream Mystery
The ending of Inception has been a topic of debate for years as it was left intentionally ambiguous, but the movie’s final line could be hinting at Cobb still being trapped in a dream. Christopher Nolan has become one of the most respected filmmakers thanks to his narrative and visual style and the themes he often addresses in his projects, mostly those of time and identity. In 2010, he went deeper into those themes by also exploring the complexity of dreams in Inception, a movie that also left the audience debating on what’s real and what’s a dream.
Inception introduces Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), a professional thief who specializes in stealing information by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets, extracting and implanting ideas in the process and as needed. When Cobb is offered to have his criminal history erased so he can go back to his family after years of being on the run due to his “crimes”, Cobb takes on a complex mission that requires the help of his team, formed by architects, chemists, and more. Together, they build dream scenarios with different layers so they can extract the information they need from business heir Robert Michael Fischer (Cillian Murphy), but their mission gets more and more complicated in each layer. However, Cobb and his crew are successful, and so his employer, Saito (Ken Watanabe), keeps his promise and Cobb returns to his family.
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Cobb’s personal issues are at the core of Inception as the act of “inception” itself was what drove his wife, Mal (Marion Cotillard) to commit suicide, leading Cobb to flee to the U.S., leaving his two children, Phillipa and James, behind. Cobb’s recurrent dream was the last
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