Well, I don't think the fish died either, but let's just presume that if it did, it was because of cold salty water. The idea of such an ending, I believe, is to give the viewer a hope that the crew has some chance to survive and in fact be rescued, but not to make just a stupid happy-end. Why? Let me explain.
First of all, in the scene in HQ near the end of the film: two generals in fact found out where the boat could have been. Which means they could have sent a party to check the place. They have enough time, because it is shown in the very ending of the film, in the logbook, that the survivors have enough oxygen for 12 hours.
Furthermore, they didn't let the doc go just because of mercy. It was told there: "When you're out, attach the safety hook to the- there'll be a ring on the hulk, like this. Make sure you do, or else you and all us are doomed". Doc released the buoy which would help to locate the sub.
And, the in the very ending of the film we see the base, which is filling with the lights. The lights might be turning on because of the evening, or because the base is alarmed (by doc, for example) that the sunk sub is somewhere near.
So, the happy endng is quite possible. Though... 12 hours is not that much, you know. We had bloody much time to save fellows in Kursk... and see what we got in the end.
So I agree, the film's ending is magnificent because it isn't obvious.
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roelluvbabes
17 years ago
They didn't survive i guess too,
1) is about the dead fish...
2) He looked on the watch, and wrote down 12 hours of oxigen left... Well the alarm is to wake up the people... So it will be 6 oclock in the morning, so the crew allready runed out of oxigen...
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