[samwiseb]

Originally Posted by kevin

YEP

I think you could read it as 'it's his imagination' if inclined to, but I don't think that's how Nolan intended it with the scene also at the end that confirmed Bruce was the one who had fixed the autopilot problem months earlier. To me it felt that it was supporting the idea that Bruce had used the events as a cover to allow him to escape Gotham because he was never going to be happy there. As Bruce nor as Batman. I don't think there was any specific clue about him ditching though. I could be remembering it wrongly.

Upon second viewing I agree

But yeah, I had to see it a second time to feel truly reassured he was still alive and had scored with Catwoman. But that leads to the next obvious question: 'should' he have died? Did Nolan lack 'balls' to give his series the kind of definite ending some of us might have speculated he would based on things he had said? (I know at least a couple fan-oriented reviews have complained as much)