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Not at all. Nolan let DiCaprio wear the ring with an intent. It is at least part of his message.
by jkscm 13y ago
Not at all. Nolan let DiCaprio wear the ring with an intent. It is at least part of his message.
- leokun 13y agoNo, it could also mean he simply let go of his wife, whether dreaming or not.
- emhs 13y agoPost-catharsis, pre-wake, in Limbo to get Saito, he has the ring. If letting go of Mal got rid of the ring, it wouldn't be there on him in Limbo.
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoThe two aren't necessarily incompatible though are they? Whether Cobb cares or not he's still somewhere. Or you can look at it that there are two endings depending on what you're looking for - certainty or something other.
- homosaur 13y agoI feel that is largely Nolan's intent, that Cobb has chosen experience over memory and guilt whether that experience is truly real or not.
- Packeteer 13y agoI think so too. Regardless of the idea that Cobb let go of his wife and reunited with his children or not, that ring symbolizes the intent to the viewer with much more directness. Using the ring as an indicator allows someone to nit pick that he may be wearing the ring in that scene and that something happened between the airport and the car ride home. Using the fact that he didn't care to verify solidifies the real result... he's given up fighting.