Reality In Inception

Inception is sweet relief for a Hollywood plagued by reboots, remakes, and disappointing sequels. Dom Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is a thief with a unique skillset – he can enter into other people’s dreams and extract virtually any information from them. Although his talent has made him an asset in the world of corporate espionage, it has cost him everything that he loves. Cobb is given a chance at redemption when he is hired to do the seemingly impossible: plant an idea in someone’s mind. If he succeeds, he will finally be able to return home without fear of persecution, but if he fails he will be stuck in limbo and lose sight of reality forever. Inception certainly rewards the attention it demands. The visuals are breathtaking, especially in the third dream level, and the action jaw dropping. Even better, however, is the complexity of the plot and the thought it provokes. The director forces his viewer to question “reality” as it is conventionally understood, and fans have debated from the film’s opening day whether or not Cobb has completely lost sight of reality at the end. Fan theories abound, from the plausible to the especially absurd, but no one seems closer to the answer than the
In the movie, one of Cobb’s colleagues says, “The dreamer can always remember the genesis of the idea. True inspiration is impossible to fake.” Just like the people born and raised in the cave, the dreamer does not remember how they “got there” otherwise they would understand the falsities and abnormalities of the dream world. Furthermore, like the cave dwellers the dreamers are brought into an environment and tricked into believing something is real. They are presented with specific ideas that they perceive to be reality. The extractors manipulate this ‘reality’ to create situations in which it is only reasonable that the person divulge their