Last night I went and saw the new Christopher Nolan film Inception, and I was blown away by how amazing it was.
After the film was over I spent a long time talking with friends about it in the parking lot. The conversation ended (reluctantly) because it was late, and we all had to work the next day. What we spent the most time talking about was the five layers of the film, and how they were all connected.
Anyway.
Today I found this amazing chart that describes the five levels of the film very well.
Warning: YOU SHOULD ONLY LOOK AT THIS AFTER SEEING THE FILM!
A few things that the group of people I saw the film with noticed (WARNING SPOILERS).
1. Fellow Foolish Human editor Justin points out a problem that starts on level two. Yusuf (the chemist) drives the van off of the bridge which puts the body’s of the rest of the team into freefall. The effect of this free fall on level two is that is that there is no longer any gravity in level three.
The problem that Justin pointed out is that there IS gravity on levels four and five. The question is why did the lack of gravity propagate throughout the levels? I think it’s a good question. Does anyone have an answer?
2. We see how Ariadne and Robert Fischer Jr. get out of level five, and it makes sense. It is assumed that Cobb and Saito shoot themselves to get out, but we NEVER see the shoots get fired! This comes back to haunt the viewer at the end when Cobb sees his kids. Is he still dreaming? Is he still in level five? It really could go either way, so the viewer will have to draw his or her own conclusion.
I personally believe that Cobb is still in level five, becase his kids look EXACTLY how they always look when he sees them in dreams. They are even wearing the same clothing! And we never see the top’s spin run out…
3. Everytime I saw the Ariadne character (played by Ellen Page) I saw her is Juno.
Source: For the chart.
Wikipedia article: for Inciption (film).
Tags: Christopher Nolan, dreams, Ellen Page, film, Inception, Juno, levels, movies, problems, summer blockbuster