Should have given those other trilogies more credit, as I agree with your assessments of all four mentioned strong finales. But I really imagine this movie to be simply incredible. I have never been disappointed by Nolan, and I don't believe this will be a first. As you say, he has a knack for good storytelling, not letting the "more is better" syndrome interfere with simply telling a good tale.

And I agree with your take of the new Supes movie as well. It'll be nice to see how his producing it will guide the film.