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Just saw Dunkirk last night - was a pretty great film. The spitfire vs 109 dogfights really got my blood pumping and the rest of the film was truly immersive. One thing that has me wondering though is the ending. Tom hardy the British pilot runs out of fuel ( he knew this was going to happen) had every opportunity to bail out of his spitfire and doesn't. Ends up scrapping his plane way down the beach (after a huge glide) in what he must have known was enemy territory. It seems he opens his canopy - hears the men below cheering for him after he shot down a dive bomber - and he decides to not sully the victory with him bailing out in front his men? To me that doesn't quite hit the spot if that is what Nolan was trying to pull off here. For sure Hardy plays a character that is willing to sacrifice himself in defense of his countrymen - but this just goes a little to far. To sacrifice yourself for a bit of morale - (would that really lower morale anyways? - He got his kill?) just seems silly. To fall into enemy hands seems like a far worse decision.
Anyways. Still loved the film. This part just had me scratching my head.
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