re: Yes, another Inception Thread

To the gripe part. The kick needed to be bigger to wake them because they were so deep into the dream within the dream. When you're in zero gravity you don't drop or fall, you just float.

As far as the top falling goes, I think it did because he mentions the only time he wants to see his children's faces is when he knows without a doubt he is not dreaming. Throughout the movie they show the kids but never the faces until he is finally at home not in te dream