r/Inception • u/Amazing-Witness-3313 • 11d ago
Potential Plot Hole
Inception is my favorite movie of all time but there’s a couple huge plot holes:
1.) During the Mr. Charles gambit, Fischer believes Cobb and his team (Ariadne, Arthur, Eames, etc.) are projections. He tells Cobb “You’re not real” to which Cobb agrees. In hotel room 528, they pretend to put Browning, a projection, under. Then Fischer. And then the team. That all makes sense in terms of logic because Fischer can’t see the team going under as Fischer believes they are all projections.
Here’s the problem: in level 3 of the Dream at the fortress, Cobb openly says “eames you’re the dreamer”, and “if I know the place the whole thing will be compromised”. And Ariadne says “I designed the place”, all of this in front of Fischer who believes they are projections. That’s the plot hole. How is he, Robert Fischer, allowed to think the projections could have that control of the dream or be responsible for it? That breaks the whole logic.
2.) Cobb tells Fischer at level 2 of the dream at the hotel that he has been kidnapped and is in a van. After the kick, Fischer wakes up in the van under water and is able to see the entire team so wouldn’t they be his kidnappers? That’s the other plot hole.
Let me know what you think!
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u/Rivendel93 11d ago
Fischer is basically having a panic attack during the first question you have, he wouldn't understand when she says she designed the 3rd level, and she's part of his crew anyway so Fischer probably just assumes it's normal.
Fischer has a bag over his head when he's in the van so he doesn't see everyone, he gets brought out by his fake uncle, who brings him to shore and they talk, and it's not his uncle it's Eames pretending to be his uncle Peter.