Worst Movie Ever

Worst Movie Ever

The worst movie I've ever seen?  Being a lover of movies it's always been sort of difficult for me to really put a finger on the best or worst movie I've seen.  There is one particular film which comes to mind pretty quickly which ultimately doesn't only require a finger to placed on it but is "hands down" the worst film I've ever seen.  The movie is K19: The Widowmaker.

Coming from the title alone, the movie may sound to be set up as a real winner.  The plot is based around a Russian submarine and her crew who are stranded below the ocean surface due to a fuel rod leaking radiation.  In attempt to save the crew and ship, one by one, sailors volunteer to enter the radioactive chamber to fix the problem.  One by one, each returns severely burned and eventually dies.    A film full of suspense and drama perhaps?  That's what the genre itself really sets the stage for and I believe that's what the director was aiming for, but ultimately fell short of.

Falling short really begins with the fact the film was based off actual events.  Doing a little research will shed light on the fact that some key points weren't portrayed correctly.  The most obvious false portrayal is the nickname of the sub which was never actually nicknamed "The Widowmaker".  When a movie is made based off history, the direction should be exact.  Otherwise, the expected outcome of gaining knowledge is really not achieved.  Falling short continues throughout the film due to the theme of racing against the clock ironically influencing the direction of the film itself as the points of the plot are really just thrown together in what seems to be an attempt to just wrap it all up.

K19: The Widowmaker can be watched with one of two different objectives.  It can either be watched for the knowledge of history or merely entertainment.  Both ways, however, fall short.  Watching the movie for history's sake doesn't give any viewer correct knowledge and leaves them with an incomplete experience asking what really happened.  Watching the film for entertainment's sake merely drains the viewer of what the crew themselves are drained of: time.