[Saya]

Originally Posted by Mr E Nigma

-shrugs- *SPOILER* Well there's a few options that lead people to believe he's in a dream or not... From when Mal dies, really only a few months pass 'til we get to where the ending is so it's quite possible the kids just happen to be wearing the same clothes and they didn't age much, but so far the only clue to that is that Cobb is only wearing his wedding ring outside of the dream state.

Now of course the ultimate thought, is that if the whole movie is in a dream state.. no matter what, anything is possible and explaining it is pointless, haha.

Also, SPOILER, if you check the credits of the movie, there are two different sets of actors for the children. They didn't make that clear at the end, but it does seem that while they happen to be wearing similar clothes they are in fact older.

I don't get how the theory that it was all a dream works, though. I kinda get it if he was still stuck in limbo in the end, but if he was dreaming the whole time...who set it up? And how many layers were there really? With that many layers, wouldn't it be completely unstable? And why did the top fall all the other times in the movie, like when he was in Tokyo with a gun to his head?

I'll check out 500 Days Of Summer too, thanks!