FYI, don’t click any of the links if you don’t want to know.
Not really sure why Sir Michael Caine felt the need to do it, but he did. He recently went on BBC Radio and spoiled the ending to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant Inception. Caine was promoting his autobiography to the radio station and was asked about the final scene. My personal belief about the ending is what the consensus probably is. THR has the story essentially as is, but MTV Movies Blog posits that this is merely Caine’s opinion. So it’s left up to you to interpret what you believe, like the movie.
Not going to reprint Sir Michael’s response here, simply because our Invisotext is a moody bitch at best. But if you really must know, click the link below and scroll down to the bottom of the page for the story, or any of the other links.
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After recently watching Harry Brown, Caine still has it! What an impressive career – I say he can say whatever he wants! Of course, I won’t be surprised when it’s revealed in the opening crawl of the next batman movie that Alfred died due to an unexpected Batcave collapse.
Nolan left it up in the air whether or not he's in a dream. This is how it was meant to be left: unresolved. Was he in a dream or not? We're not meant to know, and contemplation of the meaning of THIS is what Nolan meant, not for you to decide literally "yes he's still dreamiing" or "no he's awake." Any idiot who decides one way or the other missed the point (sorry Sir Michael, but just because you're in the movie doesn't men you understood it).
Fuck you Oliver, you think you know better than Michael Caine?
Anyone remember when Caine stated that Depp was Riddler and P.S. Hoffman was Penguin? Nobody?
I love the guy. Fantastic actor. But, he's an old dude, who says old dude stuff from time to time.
Meh. That's exactly what I figured happend in the end. I thought Devin was giving Nolan too much credit when he wrote his diatribe about what the movie was REALLY about. Too bad really. If the movie was really all a dream, then it would be easier to forgive the plotholes.
Oliver. I like your stuff, but don't cock tease me like this again. If you're writing about a comment, don't make me run to another site to read it. Fuck.
Although the ending is supposedly left open to interpretation, I prefer to intepret it as Cobb being awake and in the real world. I find the idea that "it was all a dream" is a very unsatisfying conclusion, so my interpretation is as much based on what I want the film to be as much as what is signposted. I love that about Inception. Besides, if it were all a dream, then Cobb would just find the top still spinning when he goes back inside, right?
The red herrings in the film were the things that Devin fell for in the first half of his well written article, "And Never Wake Up". Nolan knew we would all be looking for ways to think that the film would trick us and set these up. I watched it a second time looking for the subtle clues: wedding ring, age of the children, different clothes, etc. Caine is right.
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