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First question:
Why, at the third level, were they on that weird mountain?

Because that was the way the dream level was designed. Most likely, they just wanted something that wasn't too similar to the other levels. They weren't planning on telling Fisher he was dreaming, when the dream levels were designed, so they probably just wanted something different, so that Fisher wouldn't draw comparisons to the other levels.

Second:
On the third level, who was the army, why were they there?

When a "subject" (mark/target) is brought into a dream, they fill the dream with their subconscious dream characters. Fisher's subconscious was trained to protect him, in the event that someone tried to break into his mind and steal information from him (Extraction), so when it began to converge on the invaders (just like Cobb's subconscious did, when Ariadne kept changing things, on her shared dream training) it responded with military/security force.

Third:
Who created the third level? The young girl or the young boy's subconscious?

The snow level? The young girl designed it, but the Forger (Eames; the older, British guy) is who was actually dreaming it.

Fourth:
Why did the will turn into a pinwheel?

The team stuck it in there, because they figured it would be something that meant a lot to Fisher, and it would help him have more of a sentimental reaction to everything that was going on. The will didn't actually turn into the pinwheel. The pinwheel was just planted in there, along with the will.

Fifth:
Why did they need to get the kick immediately when the car hit the water? Why not afterwards?

Because, if they didn't wake up when the van hit the water, they would have drowned and gotten stuck in Limbo (like Cobb did).

Sixth:
Why did that guy put the two charges on the ceiling of the hotel room?

Because the original plan was to use that as a kick (to drop them from one level of the hotel to the level beneath it), but they weren't able to do that, because after the van hit the edge of the bridge, they were no longer able to use a kick that involved gravity.

At the end, I really wanted to believe he was awake, because the top sort of tottered. But my mom burst my bubble and said it wasn't possible, that his children were wearing the same clothes and were the same age and in the same spot as when he left. Then we speculated on the failed mission.

The director purposely left ambiguous events in the movie (the ending being the most crucial), because the movie is, in effect, an "Inception Job" on the audience. People are going to interpret the ending based on how they interpreted the other ambiguous events in the movie. In my, personal opinion, Cobb is actually awake at the end.

(The children are neither the same actors, nor are they wearing the same clothes. They are simply wearing similar clothes, which was most likely done on purpose, so that many people will come to the conclusion that Cobb is still dreaming, at the end. He's not.)

Ohhh. Thanks so much for the explanations. I can't beleive I didn't figure out the answers myself... in my defense, the movie ended at 2 in the morning! XD