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Still curious about the ending of Inception? Haven't had enough go-rounds with people on the Internet about what it all means? Well, thankfully for you, Sir Michael Caine is here to help. Everyone's favorite British badass recently took to the BBC airwaves in an exceedingly lengthy interview, and along the way he gave his opinion on the film's ending. Curious as to what he said? We'll put it behind the jump so as to not spoil anything for those of you who haven't seen the film yet. 

Caine says that, since his own character appears in the scene, that “it’s real, because I’m never in the dream.” (This according to the AV Club.) Of course, whether or not that is just his opinion or if that's something that Nolan told him directly is still up in the air. I don't necessarily see Caine's opinion as being ironclad, at any rate - if the end of the film is interpreted as a dream, then Caine's character might simply appear there as another aspect of the dream, not as a literal shared-dream-partner thing. So I wouldn't quite close the book on anything just yet. 

I like the ambiguous ending.  

What's wrong with Lukas Haas? The Pin is, like, one of the best villains ever.

yeah that doesn't change anything. he could just be a DC (dream character)

MICHAEL CANE HATH SPOKEN. THE INTERNETS MUST NOW SHUT UP ABOUT THE ENDING.

@Batty

I like the ambiguous ending.  

This. I like being able to think that it could go either way and in content with that.

I would be highly amused if Chris Nolan had told each of the main cast members that a different ending was true.

Michael Caine being awesome is my totem.

@Joe said:

" I would be highly amused if Chris Nolan had told each of the main cast members that a different ending was true. "

LMFAO, that would be awesome 
 
also...I never thought the ending was a dream personally but that may have just been me

@Hawkeye:  For some reason I remember him in some movie he was in as a younger actor and not liking him that much. I dunno. I like him more than Balthazar Getty, I guess.

I think the dudes saying they liked the ambiguous ending don't get it. It's still ambiguous. This is just what Michael Caine thinks. I thought ambiguous (in this case) meant there is no correct answer. Not that the correct answer is there is no answer.
 
Anyway,  I think the ending is a dream (BUT it could go either way).

I sincerely doubt even Nolan knows whether or not the end was a dream.
 
Frankly I'm just content with a perfect ending to a kick-ass, mind-fuck of a movie. 

Ending was just a cool way to end the movie. Whether or not it was real, I couldn't give a shit about.

The ended isn't complicated at all. By debating the end I think people are missing the point. It didn't matter if he was awake or not. All that matters is he was able to accept the reality he was in. They make the point super obvious. 

I know it's meant to be ambiguous, but isn't fun to discuss?  

@Rorie:  Lucas Haas was in Mars Attacks as the son of Joe Don Baker, and the guy who figures out that the music kills the aliens.

It really doesn't matter either way. Are people actually discussing it? It's an ambiguous ending so there's really nothing to say about it.

Keep the dream alive, as a matter of speaking. The ending was ambiguous for a reason.

My friend had another theory as to why it's not a dream. The top wasn't DiCaprio's totem.  It was only his wife's.  His kids were.  He never saw their faces in the dream, but he did at the end of the film.  Could be complete bullshit, but it's an interesting take.

I say keep it a mystery.