The "Inception" Thread

Alex · 07-30-2010, 11:15 AM

Has anybody seen it established with certainty whether the kids shown at the end really are the same kids shown in the explicitly dream part of the movie?

The credits for the movie list two sets of kids, about 18 months apart from each other in age.

Some say the young ones were in the dreams and the old ones were in the last scene (though wearing the same clothes and same set up as the dream, but that is also a common Hollywood trope). In which case they did age and just not very obviously and so isn't evidence either way (he could certainly dream them as having aged). Nothing in the movie though said how long Cobb had been in the run so it need not have been "years".

Others I've read online have said that the older ones were actually the voices on the phone when he talked to them while the younger ones appear in both the dreams and the last scene. This would be compelling evidence that the last scene is a dream but contrary evidence that the phone call scene is a dream (since why would he fail to dream them at older ages in one place but do it in another).

But I haven't seen any formal documentation of where the actual various actors were used.

07-30-2010, 11:15 AM	#11
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Has anybody seen it established with certainty whether the kids shown at the end really are the same kids shown in the explicitly dream part of the movie? The credits for the movie list two sets of kids, about 18 months apart from each other in age. Some say the young ones were in the dreams and the old ones were in the last scene (though wearing the same clothes and same set up as the dream, but that is also a common Hollywood trope). In which case they did age and just not very obviously and so isn't evidence either way (he could certainly dream them as having aged). Nothing in the movie though said how long Cobb had been in the run so it need not have been "years". Others I've read online have said that the older ones were actually the voices on the phone when he talked to them while the younger ones appear in both the dreams and the last scene. This would be compelling evidence that the last scene is a dream but contrary evidence that the phone call scene is a dream (since why would he fail to dream them at older ages in one place but do it in another). But I haven't seen any formal documentation of where the actual various actors were used.
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