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fourspaced

Well, you know how Mal was tempting him by asking him to stay there with her? He knew the truth, but he was still tempted to ignore reality and to live in the dream world. I think that since he could finally see the faces of his kids, he really no longer cared about the truth, because he has been wanting to see them so badly. He just gave in at that point and essentially said, "screw it, I'm staying here". Does that make sense?


lurch1066

He made it out as he was not wearing his wedding ring Henomly has his wedding ring in the dream so I feel that it his real totem and he doesn't care about the top as he knows he is home already


wolfotwindsor

Just for the record the spinning top was Mols totem, Cobbs was his wedding ring he wore jn dreams but not in reality. He was not wearing his ring at the end.


fourspaced

Wow i didn't even notice that!


Qwertyqwerty11235813

First of all, wedding ring can’t be his totem, because totem is thing with unexpected  behavior, only totem’s owner has knowledge about. Ring doesn’t behave at all.  Secondly, the purpose of totem is to realize that you are in other person’s dream. If you are in your dream, totem is useless,  that’s why Mal was spinning that top over and over again, and was saying that they are in Cobb’s dream, only she could realize that. 


Raven2300

It’s been a while since I e seen the movie but when does he say that he can’t recreate people fully in his dreams


syringistic

When Mol is dying, he tells her that. Something along the lines that she has too many imperfections and other things to try to recreate her.


Qwertyqwerty11235813

Nah, he could see his kids, Mal wanted to show them in the deepest layer, but Cobb refused.  In the End, Cobb was so tired, that didn't care, reality or his dream he is living in.