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Maybe I'm misinterpreting the movie, but I don't think this is correct at all. If you cut out the first and last 10 minutes of the movie, then maybe you could g

• brianmwang 16y ago
  I think it's a fairly good representation. It's faithful to the chronology; the first 10 minutes of the movie and the last 10 minutes are the same. One thing that strikes me as off, however, is Cobb's length of time spent in Limbo. It's only slightly shorter than Saito's yet as far as the audience sees, Cobb only spends a brief amount of time there to find Saito, as evidenced by his relative lack of aging.
  • pgbovine 16y ago
    Re: Cobb only spends a brief amount of time there to find Saito, as evidenced by his relative lack of aging. one explanation i've found online is that since Cobb's mind is more aware of limbo, it's better able to handle the time he spends there, so he doesn't age nearly as much as Saito
    • Retric 16y ago
      Other option is Saito aged that much between the time he died and Cobb went to look for him.
• masterj 16y ago
  I was under the impression that limbo was a separate level entered into when you "die" in a dream but your body is not ready to receive you back. Saito goes there when he dies in Level 3, and Cobb when he drowns in Level 2 because he's trapped "below". Level 4 was simply a deeper level filled by Cobb's dream world that he had created with his wife. I might have misunderstood though.
  • redrobot5050 16y ago
    They mentioned (very briefly) that those who have been to limbo bring their artifacts (from being in limbo) with them when they return. That's why Limbo was built around Cobb's subconscious/memories/creations.