How Did Cobb Saito Wake Up?

Cobb and Saito got out of limbo by waiting until the sedative ran out (and they were normal-asleep) then they shot themselves, thus waking up.

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Why does Cobb wake up on the beach again?

Cobb was already in Limbo yes, but when he dies on level one (The Van) he gets resent into Limbo, which is why he washes up on shore. It’s kind of like a dream changing instantly. This would also explain why Saito is aged and Cobb is not despite the fact that Cobb entered limbo before Saito.

Did Saito know he was in Limbo?

So to answer the question, Saito didn’t kill himself because he didn’t realize he was in Limbo in the first place. He told Cobb “Have you come to kill me?” only after he realized he was in Limbo due to the age difference.

How did they wake up in Inception?

From a first-level dream, waking up is easy and any form of jerk or shock will easily wake someone up. Eg : Death, drowning, pain, etc. To understand this better, we all dream first-level dreams as part of our daily lives. And we are woken up quite easily, by a knock on the door, a phone ringing, physical contact, etc.

Why is Saito so old in Limbo?

The answer is fairly straightforward: Saito died on level three, which pushed him into limbo well before Cobb. Cobb was in level four searching for Fischer when Saito died. Cobb entered level four as a reflection of his last time there with his wife.

Why did Arthur not wake up from the first kick?

When the music played, Arthur says “it’s too soon” and doesn’t want to quit the dream so early, which is why he doesn’t accept the kick (rather his brain doesn’t accept the kick and wants to continue the dream).

What is Saito’s role in Inception?

Saito is an immensely powerful and wealthy business magnate, and is the head of Proclus Global. He offers Cobb a job for a valuable reward; to clear Cobb of his charges and to allow him to return home to America and his children.

How long did it take Cobb to find Saito?

Using the 1:20 ratio, 10 hours of reality actually equals 8.3 days of dreaming on the first level, 5.47 months on the second, and 9.1 years on the third. Therefore, Cobb and Saito would have been trapped in limbo for 182 years if they hadn’t been kicked out of the dream.

Was all of Inception a dream?

Despite what some abstract thinkers suggest, Inception is not entirely “just a dream.” This is proven every time Cobb is able to use his spinning top totem correctly. While it originally belonged to Mal, in her dream it spun for eternity.

What is Mr Charles in Inception?

Charles is a tactic used by Dominick Cobb. The point of this tactic is to convince the subject that Cobb is a projection of their subconscious named “Mr. Charles.”

Why is Inception so confusing?

Christopher Nolan did something similar with you. He presented a mammoth of storylines in front of you, and your job is to encapsulate them by making arbitrary theories. As a consequence, you were confused. Another reason why Inception was so confusing can be it’s clever editing and fast pacing.

How did Saito get out of limbo?

Cobb and Saito got out of limbo by waiting until the sedative ran out (and they were normal-asleep) then they shot themselves, thus waking up. Just like how Cobb and Mal got out by lying on the train tracks. Saito grew to be an old man, and Cobb reminded them they had a mission.

Did he make it back in Inception?

At the end of “Inception,” Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) finally returns home to his kids after spending a long time in the dream world. Cobb carries a little top with him. If the top keeps spinning, that means he is in a dream. If it stops and falls over, that means he is back in reality.

Is ending of Inception a dream?

“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,” he added. Now because Caine did feature in the final scene featuring Cobb and his kids, it means the scene was reality and not a dream.

How did Cobb know he was in limbo with Mal?

When Mal and Cobb both ‘washed up on the shore’ of their own unconscious, they were both aware that they were in limbo, which allowed them to ‘act like Gods’ and build their own world.

Is Limbo Real Inception?

Over time, Cobb became dissatisfied with Limbo because he knew that it was not real, while Mal was beginning to accept it as her reality, as she saw Limbo as a paradise. Mal would not accept that she was asleep, so Cobb was forced to perform Inception on her, planting the idea in her mind that her world was not real.

Why did they leave Cobb in the van?

Later on when everyone rides up using the kicks, they use oxygen masks and exit the drowning van. Here they leave Cobb to drown, this leads to Cobb’s death (if Mal’s stabbing doesn’t).

Why does Saito hire Cobb?

Saito convinced Cobb to head the operation on the grounds that if he succeeded, the former would use his influence to ensure that the charges against the extractor would be dropped, allowing him to return home to his children.

Why does Saito age in Inception?

In the movie, we see that the scene right after the van sinks is with Cobb waking up on the beach. Saito is old because those minutes between both deaths felt like decades in limbo.

Why did Mal lock away her totem?

It meant that she firmly believed in the reality (which was their shared dream) which she was in. Therefore, she no longer needed the totem.

Did Mal and Cobb grow old together?

Cobb and Mal did grow old together, in their 3rd or 4th level dream. They grew old and died there, after which they went to Limbo. When they showed up in Limbo, they were young again. It was in Limbo that Cobb had to use inception to force Mal to commit suicide with him.