It's intentionally open-ended because the camera cuts before you can tell if the top falls or not. American Psycho also does something similar to this.
16Something a lot of people forget about good writing is that the question is more important than the answer
7Good writing? Ha.
Inception makes a point of introducing us to "The Kick". You remember the scene. We all remember the scene, because it is crucial to the story telling.
So the plan was to put a guy to sleep, go a few layers deep into the minds of multiple people, all of whom need a kick to wake up...and they decide to do this on an AIRPLANE.
An AIRPLANE. In flight. Across the ocean. All of them dozing off in first class, in various stages of sleep. In turbulent, kick inducing, skies.
Cherry on top - Buddy bought the airline just to make it easier.
Christopher Nolan tries to hide his shoddy writing with flashy edits and quick quips about the plot, hoping to distract the viewer from his lacking skill.
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He wasn't in the dream at the end, any scene that has Michael Cain in it is real life.
6That's the neat part : you don't
3Yoo, that's pretty creative
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