Consider us incepted. Ever since Christopher Nolans blockbuster hit theaters in July, weve been trying to suss out dream from reality. Now that we can bring the movie home, we can put our freeze-frame thumb to use. (Havent seen the movie? Stop reading. This is one big spoiler.) Nolan specializes in puzzles, and Inception is no exception. The trick isnt the plotcome on, it wasnt that complicated. The challenge is picking out Nolans lies. Does hero Dom Cobbs totem tell the truth about whether hes dreaming? Is the sequence in Mombasa just good action or good action in a paranoid dream? Below, our take on whats really going on. To make sure we havent lost our minds, we let Nolan himself weigh in. As they say in Inception, the only way forward is downwardso into the rabbit hole we go.
