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It is NOT a dream: The WEDDING RING gives it away.

这不是个( gè)梦：婚戒泄露了真相

I have now seen this movie three times. The first time I saw it I thought it was not a dream and he was home. When I saw discussions to the contrary, I saw it again looking for any clues to tell whether he is dreaming the whole time, and questioned the ending thoroughly. It was not until I saw a post about someone saying he is only wearing a wedding ring when he dreams. Multiple people shot it down saying that they saw him wearing it in reality or that he was not wearing it in this dream or that one. My third viewing had me looking for the ring in almost every shot, seeing if his totem ever falls in a dream (Something someone said happened), looking at his children's faces to see if they are the same, etc.

我已( yǐ)经看了三遍这电影。第一( yī)次我看时，我想这不是个( gè)梦，他是回家了。当我看到( dào)相反的争论时，我再看了( le)一遍，来寻找任何能告知( zhī)自始至终他是否在做梦( mèng)的线索，并完全怀疑这个( gè)结局。直到我看到一个帖( tiē)子说他只在他做梦的时( shí)候戴着结婚戒指。许多人( rén)反驳说他们看到他在现( xiàn)实中戴着它，或者他不是( shì)在这个或者那个梦中戴( dài)着戒指。我第三次观影就( jiù)在任何一个场景中寻找( zhǎo)这个戒指，观察他的图腾( téng)是否在梦中停下来过（有( yǒu)人说发生过的），观察他的( de)孩子们的脸来判断他们( men)是否还是一样的，等等。

My analysis as follows:

我( wǒ)的分析如下：

The Wedding Ring:

结婚戒指

We start the movie with Cobb in limbo with Saito, he is wearing a ring. Step back to the beginning, he is trying to convince Saito to let him into his mind to help protect it, this takes place in a dream two layers down. He is wearing a wedding ring. Things go south and we wake up in the apartment, where we think an angry mob is really coming down the street. They threaten Saito's life with him thinking it is reality, only for him to discover otherwise. In this entire scene Cobb is wearing a wedding ring. Wake up on the train, NO WEDDING RING. In the hotel suite on the phone with his kids, NO WEDDING RING. On the roof talking to Saito, NO WEDDING RING. France, the architecture university, NO WEDDING RING. The coffee shop in Ariadne's first shared dream, Cobb is wearing his wedding ring, she freaks out. They wake up in the workshop, NO WEDDING RING. They go back under and Ariadne explores the physics of the dreamworld, again Cobb is wearing a wedding ring.

电( diàn)影随着Cobb（Leo演的）和Saito（斋藤）在梦( mèng)境中开始，他戴着一个戒( jiè)指。倒退回最开始时，他正( zhèng)努力说服Saito让他进入他的( de)意识去保护他，这发生在( zài)2层深的梦中。他戴着一个( gè)婚戒。事情黄了然后我们( men)在公寓中醒来，现实中有( yǒu)一群暴民正沿着街道行( xíng)进。他们威胁Saito相信这是现( xiàn)实。在这个全部场景中，Cobb戴( dài)着一个婚戒。在列车中醒( xǐng)来，没有婚戒。在饭店房间( jiān)打电话给孩子时，没有婚( hūn)戒。在屋顶和Saito说话时，没有( yǒu)婚戒。法国，建筑大学，没有( yǒu)婚戒。在Ariadne的第一个被分享( xiǎng)的梦中的咖啡店里，Cobb戴着( zhe)他的婚戒，她吓坏了。他们( men)在工作间里醒来，没有婚( hūn)戒。他们回到梦中，Ariadne发现梦( mèng)中世界的物理学时，Cobb再次( cì)戴着他的戒指。

Cobb goes to see Eames, the entire time not wearing a ring. He meets the new chemist, still no ring. The chemist gives him a quick taste of his latest potion, in that scene we get a quick glimpse of his hand with a WEDDING RING. Wakes up, no ring. See the pattern?

Cobb去看Eames，这整( zhěng)段时间都没戴婚戒。他见( jiàn)了新药剂师，还是没戒指( zhǐ)。药剂师给了他一剂最新( xīn)药让他快速尝试，在那个( gè)场景中我们看到他戴着( zhe)婚戒的手快速的一闪。醒( xǐng)了过来，没有戒指。看到了( le)吗？

So finally, the inception. We are on the plane, we clearly see is not wearing a ring. Level 1, WEDDING RING, Level 2, WEDDING RING, Level 3 WEDDING RING, Limbo he is wearing his WEDDING RING.

所以最后，《盗梦空间》。我( wǒ)们在飞机上，我们清楚看( kàn)到没有戴戒指。第一层，戴( dài)着，第二层，戴着，第三层，戴( dài)着，梦境中他一直戴着婚( hūn)戒。

After he meets Saito as an old man, the conversation continues past what we saw in the beginning, yet even here he is wearing a WEDDING RING still. Then, when Saito reaches for the gun, we are on an airplane. He is not wearing a wedding ring here.

在他看到已是老头样( yàng)的Saito之后，会谈继续经过我( wǒ)们在一开始看到的，在那( nà)时他仍然一直戴着婚戒( jiè)。然后，当Saito去够枪，我们就在( zài)飞机上了。在那里，他一直( zhí)没有带婚戒。

HERE IS THE KEY. As he is walking through the terminal, no ring, as he is greeted by father in law, no ring, when he gets home and spins his totem, no ring.

这里就是关( guān)键。当他穿过过航站楼，没( méi)有戒指，当他的岳父欢迎( yíng)他时，没有戒指，当他到家( jiā)和旋转他的图腾时，没有( yǒu)戒指。

In his dreams he is married to Mal still, as she can still exist there. In reality, he knows she is dead and does not wear a wedding ring as he is no longer married. A simple yet easily unnoticed way to test which parts are reality.

在他的梦中他仍然( rán)和Mal结婚，她可以仍旧存活( huó)在梦中。在现实里，他知道( dào)她已经死了，没有戴婚戒( jiè)表示他已经不再结婚。一( yī)个简单而容易忽视的方( fāng)式去推测哪段是真实的( de)。

Not done there, I investigated another thing, Cobb's totem:

在那之前，我研究了另外( wài)一个东西，Cobb的图腾：

I have seen many posts of people saying his totem falls when he is in others' dreams. This is simply not true. People say it wobbles and falls over in the beginning. I watched and listened closely, Saito spins the top and we hear it spinning as the scene cuts to the young Saito. Then, in the end when we see him old again, he looks down and it is still spinning, he knows he is not in reality and goes for the gun.

我已经( jīng)看过很多人的帖子，说他( tā)的图腾在别人的梦中倒( dào)下了。这是完全不正确的( de)。人们说它在一开始的时( shí)候摆动、翻倒。我看了和仔( zǎi)细听了，Saito转动顶部，当画面( miàn)转入Saito年轻的时候我们听( tīng)到它旋转着。然后，在结束( shù)时我们再一次看到他老( lǎo)的样子，他往下看，它还是( shì)在不听地转，他知道他不( bù)在现实中就拿起了枪。

When Cobb uses inception on Mal, it continues and never stops. In the hotel after the failed Saito mission, it falls. A funny thing to note is that every scene in which the top spins endlessly he is wearing a WEDDING RING. In the scenes in which it topples, he is not.

当( dāng)Cobb在Mal身上用了inception时，它在继续( xù)着没有停。在酒店那Saito失败( bài)的任务后，它停下来了。一( yī)个有趣的发现：每个陀螺( luó)无休止旋转的场景里他( tā)总是戴着婚戒。在它倒下( xià)的场景里，他就没戴。

Now, the awakening scene. Looks an awful lot like a dream right? Not really. He wakes up on the plane surprised, but everyone is smiling. They woke up from the sedatives, but Cobb and Saito were down in limbo. When they got back, everyone is happy to see he made it, Saito looks just as stunned only backing up the fact that he really snapped back to reality. They are all getting bags, going through customs, etc. Everyone looks at each other with a grin because they know inception worked and that Cobb is finally home. Not very dream-like except that it seems like a dream come true. Had the scene after he and Saito with the gun been him in his home, him on his way to his home, etc, I would think it is a dream. No, he awakens in EXACTLY the place he went to sleep to start inception. You never really know how you get to where you are in a dream, do you? Then how does he know he is on a plane and just successfully completed inception on Robert Fischer, the man in front of him?

现在( zài)说说那个唤醒的场景。看( kàn)到那帮傻货很像一场梦( mèng)是吧？不见得。他在飞机上( shàng)意外地醒来，但是每个人( rén)都在微笑。他们从镇静剂( jì)中醒来，但是Cobb和Saito还深处梦( mèng)境。当他们回来时，所有人( rén)都很开心看到他做到了( le)，Saito看起来震惊地接受这个( gè)突然回到现实的事实。他( tā)们一起拿箱子，过了海关( guān)，等等。每个人看对方露齿( chǐ)而笑因为他们知道inception成功( gōng)了，Cobb最终回家了。若不是如( rú)梦一般，这真似梦成真。在( zài)他和Saito够枪之后在他家的( de)场景以及他回家的路上( shàng)等等的场景，我想它是一( yī)个梦。不，他醒来时的确回( huí)到了那个他睡去去展开( kāi)inception的地方。你永远不知道你( nǐ)怎么去你梦中世界的，对( duì)吧？然后他怎么知道他在( zài)一架飞机上，而且成功地( dì)在那个坐在他前面的Robert Fischer身( shēn)上完成了inception？

Finally, the home scene. Looks like a dream? In this case, yes it does. we see the children exactly where they were, doing the same thing, wearing the same clothes. They appear the same age. On my second viewing this was red flag that it was a dream. But on my third viewing I noticed slight differences, such as the kids looking slightly older. The cast list has two sets of kids listed, ones slightly older than the others. They are not voice casts but actual actors in the film. I especially noticed a difference as the camera pans towards the totem, I chose to focus on the back door with the kids. The girl is seen throwing herself on her father, in this scene she looks clearly older than the memory he has of her.

最后讲讲家里( lǐ)的场景。看起来像个梦？这( zhè)种情况说来，的确是的。我( wǒ)们看到孩子们还在做同( tóng)样的事，穿着同样的衣服( fú)。他们还是相同的年龄。在( zài)我的第二次观影时发现( xiàn)这是个惹人生气的信号( hào)：这是个梦。但在我第三次( cì)观影时，我注意到细微的( de)不同点，例如孩子们看起( qǐ)来长大了些。演员表列着( zhe)两个孩子，一个稍微比另( lìng)一个大些。他们不是配音( yīn)演员而是电影里的实际( jì)演员。我特别注意到一个( gè)不同点，就在画面摇摄那( nà)个图腾的时候。我聚焦在( zài)有孩子们的后门上。那个( gè)女孩看起来是跳到她父( fù)亲的身上，在这个场景中( zhōng)她看起来明显比他记忆( yì)中的孩子更大些。

And of course, the totem itself. I watched each spin my third time through. It spun flawlessly for a while, began to wobble slightly, then started a hard wobble then fall. In the final scene it appears to be spinning smoothly for a long time, he probably gave it a lot of power. It starts to slightly wobble, and the screen goes black after it begins a HARD WOBBLE as if it is about to topple, not correct itself.

当然了( le)，还有图腾本身，我第三次( cì)看时每次旋转都看完了( le)。它会一段时间完美无瑕( xiá)地旋转起来，会轻微颠簸( bǒ)下，然后大幅度摇晃最后( hòu)停下。在最后场景中，它平( píng)滑地旋转了很长一段时( shí)间，他可能给它很大一股( gǔ)劲儿。它开始轻微摇晃，就( jiù)在它开始大幅度摇晃像( xiàng)要倒下而不是校准自身( shēn)时，屏幕就变黑了。

Conclusion: The movie isn't a dream, Cobb isn't caught in some "limbo that looks a lot like reality." Cobb spends the entire movie trying to get to his kids in reality, why would he settle for shades in a limbo? What proof is there that he is dreaming the whole time? If he is dreaming at the end, where is he dreaming? Limbo? So he goes from talking to Saito to just waking up on a plane, all as a part of a dream in limbo? Really? Think about it.

结论：这( zhè)个电影不是一场梦，Cobb没有( yǒu)困在什么“梦境看起来很( hěn)像现实。”Cobb花了一整部电影( yǐng)的时间努力去在现实中( zhōng)回到孩子身边，为什么让( ràng)他满足于梦境中的影子( zi)？有什么证明说他自始至( zhì)终一直在做梦？如果他梦( mèng)到了结局，他又在哪里做( zuò)梦？梦境中？所以他从和Saito对( duì)话就仅仅是为了上一架( jià)飞机，作为全部梦境中的( de)一段？真的么？想想吧。

Nolan would never take the "eeet was aaaaalll a dreeeeaaaammmmm" cliche way out. But the fact that he cut the film before the top falls over does have a meaning. He is planting a seed of doubt in your mind. He uses inception on the audience to have them question the ending. The concept of the movie thus becomes reality to the viewer, a heavy thing to think about and something that hasn't been done before.

Nolan（电影( yǐng)导演）不会拿出“这~是~一~个( gè)~梦~”这样的陈词滥调。但事( shì)实是他剪掉了在陀螺倒( dào)下的片段说明有一个含( hán)义。他是在你脑中种下了( le)一个怀疑的种子。他在观( guān)众身上用了inception的方式以使( shǐ)观众探究这个结局。因此( cǐ)这部电影的思想对观影( yǐng)者来说成为了现实，更深( shēn)刻地去思考那些从前从( cóng)不会做过的事。

But all the evidence points to reality.

但所有的( de)证据指向了现实。


（啊啊啊( a)啊·。。。。累死我了。。。。终于翻好了( le)。。有错误请指正啊~~~~谢谢）