Why do we never see the faces of Cobb's children? And why don't they age?
One thing that makes me feel that Cobb dreamed the end of Inception is that the faces of his children were never revealed.
And weirdly, they don't seem to have grown up either. Children of that age change significantly in a few years.
Somehow I feel Cobb sees only things he can remember. He sees them how he has seen them last.
The 'not showing their faces' thing makes me feel that maybe he didn't actually have children. Maybe Mal was right when she said that they weren't their children.
Best Answer
Their faces are revealed at the end. From what I can recall, usually as they start to turn, something 'interferes' and we never see the reveal; but the end sequence we definitely see both their faces.
They turn, stand and Miles brings them indoors. They embrace.
Then there is a pan to the spinning top... we see it start to wobble, but never fall.
You're left to make up your own mind as to whether it does ever fall... If it falls, they're real; if it doesn't, they're not.
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Are Cobbs kids real in Inception?
Though it may look like the same kids at the same age wearing the same clothes at the end of the film, IMDB confirms that two different child actors of different ages played Cobb's kids in the movie.Do you see the kids faces at the end of Inception?
Cobb spins the top he uses as his totem to remind himself he's not dreaming\u2014then he sees his kids' faces and rushes to meet them. Pan to the top, which wobbles but never stops spinning.Why did Saito age more than Cobb?
The most common theory as to why Cobb is younger then Saito in limbo is because Cobb knew limbo wasn't reality so he projected himself not aging, whereas Saito lost his mind down there and thought he was aging and not in a dream.Din Djarin meet Cobb Vanth - The Mandalorian Season Two (2020)
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Answer 2
Just found this:
During a recent panel for Film4's Summer Screen series at Somerset House in England, Michael Caine (Miles) gave the definitive answer on the question that fans were discussing over the last decade.
“When I got the script of Inception, I was a bit puzzled by it, and I said to him (Nolan), 'I don't understand where the dream is. I said, 'When is it the dream and when is it reality?' He said, 'Well, when you're in the scene it's reality.' So get that -- if I'm in it, it's reality. If I'm not in it, it's a dream," said Caine.
If this is true, then the ending where Cobb is reunited with his children happens in the 'real' world. The video can be seen here.
Answer 3
From the very beginning until the end of the movie, Cobbs is away from his kids (in terms of distance), whenever he sees his "non-real kids" he turns away, because simply they are not real, and that he does not want a fake attachment in a fake world, which is why he looks away no matter how much he misses them. He wants his love for his kids to be in a realistic world. The proof is that their faces are revealed at the end of the movie (only).
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