Quote Originally Posted by DarkBahamut View Post
Actually, I think Batman died. When Alfred sees him at the end, I think it was supposed to be a symbolic sign that Alfred felt accomplished and Bruce did the right thing.
Except for the fact that Bruce fixed the auto-pilot in the bat, went back for his mothers pearls, and at some point after the movie ended left the coordinates to the Batcave for Blake.

Seriously, between all of that and them outright showing him alive it's pretty clear that they're not trying to leave things ambiguous. He is alive.

As for my thoughts, I'm still processing everything a bit and plan to see it again on Tuesday once it's all sunk in, but my initial reaction is that that was my favourite of the three. Excellent way to end the trilogy.