Spoilers:  DC let Superman die at the end of All Star Superman and they let they let Joker die at the end of Arkham City and Batman 1989.  I think that as long as he's alive in the comics, the other media aren't canon so anything goes.

Having only seen Nolan's work in Insomnia and Memento (my favorite movie), I had no idea he was a twist ending guy.  I never saw Inception.  I thought he lived.  Then, I thought he died.  I've been going both ways on the topic ever since.  Right now, I'm on the "He's dead" state of mind.  If you think he lived, he lived.  There's enough stuff sprinkled throughout the movie for it to have gone either way.  It's what makes the movie awesome.

All I have to say to this is: Memento is sooooo good!

Sorry to bump such an old thread, however, this thread was made specifically for me and I just now finally made it to the theaters to watch TDKR.

First off, TDKR didn't fail to impress. It was a great end to a great trilogy. (If it actually ends...) However, it wasn't as good overall as TDK and since I originally stated I felt TDK was not as good as Avengers, then its obvious that TDKR is not as good as Avengers either.

1) Bane and co was a better villian scenario than Avengers. But that's where it ends. Bane's voice was awesome.

2) Avengers in all of their good characters both independently and as a group blow away Batman, cat woman, and the police/Robin. Sorry, but the characters were simply overall better and had better inter-play than batman/catwoman. Hell catwoman was predictable as hell in every scene, every scene.

3) The rebound of the Avengers as a team made FAR more sense than Batman's recovery from a dislocated/broken back and climb out of a hole. I mean wtf that was kinda stupid. 

4) The damn kissing scene when there were only a few short minutes left on the bomb was a major climax killer. Avengers had nothing but pure climax until it was over.

5) You actually believed their was a possibility of Iron Man living as it was actually explained clearly. Batman was dead. Him setting auto-pilot and jumping out at some point has a lot of holes. How the fuck did he survive a blast like that, how the fuck did he get the bomb ove 60miles away to not affect anyone on shore, how the fuck did he get picked up in secret and to France, how the fuck did catwoman know... jesus... so much left out. Iron Man blew up but protected from supersuit, fell back unconcious, saved by Hulk, and recovered. Makes perfect sense. 1+2=3. Batman is like x+y-q^3=x-pi. Just seems like too much missing.

6) I missed Heath Ledger and Joker. Scarecrow was there and you know damn well Joker would have been and it would have been sweeeet. ok, that's not really a reason but it would have been nice.

Well, I'm done. Can't wait for Nolan's Superman.

Only, it won't be Nolan's Superman, but Snyder's.

Well, I'm sure Snyder (who's also good) will have some feedback from Nolan as well. Eitherway it should be a great relaunch of Superman.

Snyder isn't taking a hint from Nolan's Batman.  He's taking a script from Goyer and Nolan. ^^,

Well, it's official. Batman Thread > Avengers Thread.

Also official:

Batman would have beaten Avengers if not for the theater shooting and the 3D tickets boost (and Avengers Re-Release).