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One of the worst movies ever made.


Mostly every movie on IMDB has a bunch of people who just say a film sucks. I tend to disregard these, and also, find I enjoy plenty of films with 3 star ratings and the like. Rather then repeat, Im going to list everything in this movie which makes it a terrible movie. Im writing this list as I watch.


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- Right away I notice its fullscreen. No widescreen version of this film
- How is a 16 year old (character age, real age probably older) still in elementry school? They try to explain it as being because hes a "punk" kid who keeps failing, but you can see right away that his character is nice.
- the fat black kid is REALLY annoying. Some of the worst acting I have ever seen from a child actor. The other actors are also bad
- The kids seem to have a fort inside a shipping frieght container but its located in the middle of nowhere, yet has a power cord running into it, giving it electricity?
- The kids are playing Zelda: Ocorina of Time and are at the end of the game at ganons castle, yet the Kiroki woods music is playing.
- The girl seems to have invented an decryption program and has a GPS system and everything. Who needs gold when a 10 year old is that smart? She could make a good living as a software engineer.
- Why is there some creepy ghost guy trying to get these kids to follow him in the past, rather then more compitant adults?
- How do 4 kids outrun a train on bikes to its next stop?
- The kids show no regard for their bikes, throwing them onto the train, and literally throwing them off a cliff when leaving the train.
- All 4 kids somehow escape the train conducter when they have the kids cornered
- The 16 year old comes out of nowhere and becomes friends with the 4 kids?
- The uncle scares the children and sound like hes insane, but hes right about a mineshaft being dangerous and no place for children
- Then he must think about letting them go as he sleeps. What bad parenting to even consider letting children into the mineshaft.
- The kids head to the mine with the aid of the girls laptop, which seems to have a never ending battery.
- The fat kid stuffs a stick of old dynamite into his pocket. This would blow up and kill them instantly. Not to mention the dynamite looked like a piece of rolled up brown paper
- A blast of dynamite in a small space simply blows off the door and injures the older kid with what looks like knife marks on his back. All those kids should of died.
- The guy who takes in the kids thinks their fancy clothes are from new-york. New-york did not have anything close to that kind of clothing in those times.
- The special effects for the time travel sequence and the blast of the door could be made better by me using adobe premier
-The bike salesman is showing off his new invention "the bicycle" He seems however to be showing what appears to be a bike that could be made no earlier then 1980. It has factory manufactured parts and everything. Lets not forget the fact that the bicycle was invented in France, and not in Durango USA.
- What bad acting lol.
- The smart engineer girl comes to the conclusion that they traveled back in time through a black hole. So much for her being super smart lol.
- OMG This is the funniest part in all of film history. The group of kids comes to all sorts of conclusions and knows exactly everythign thats going on and knows how ther principle is somehow planing to steal the gold. This is truly something.
- How does a principle maintain sherif status of a town for 2 years and a the job of an educator at the same time in the present?
- hmm.. the shubby kid seems to be rolling around town. Its so dumb heh.
- Peanut butter seems to act as an extreamly strong adheasive in this movie.
- Low battery on the laptop and it needs to be turned off? The low battery warning should still give you 5-10 mins of power, why shut if off right away?
- what bad music and music queues throught the movie

ahh sorry I gotta stop watching the movie here. Its just that bad.

I recommend thes movie if you and a friend are looking for a great laugh heh. But as an actual movie with a good plot, avoid at all costs

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--How is a 16 year old (character age, real age probably older) still in elementry school? They try to explain it as being because hes a "punk" kid who keeps failing, but you can see right away that his character is nice.
--Does it have to be elementary?? Did it ever occur to you that it's middle school or junior high? The plot is written by a member of IMDB. That doesn't mean the school is elementary. The smart-ass girl wouldn't be in elementary if she was that smart.

--the fat black kid is REALLY annoying. Some of the worst acting I have ever seen from a child actor. The other actors are also bad.
--Don't say that!! A person with good imagination and a big mind.

--The kids seem to have a fort inside a shipping frieght container but its located in the middle of nowhere, yet has a power cord running into it, giving it electricity?
--Don't you have any kind of imagination? It's a movie!! Think of behind the scenes. There must be electricity for the cameras or there wouldn't BE a movie!

--The kids are playing Zelda: Ocorina of Time and are at the end of the game at ganons castle, yet the Kiroki woods music is playing.
--People wouldn't care about this. If they are so addicted to Zelda games, they would know the difference. Stop being so rude about this movie!!

--Why is there some creepy ghost guy trying to get these kids to follow him in the past, rather then more compitant adults?
--If you payed any attention to the freakin awesome movie, you would know better. There would be no movie at all if Jacob Bigalow's ghost didn't give the main character that one piece of article.

--The kids show no regard for their bikes, throwing them onto the train, and literally throwing them off a cliff when leaving the train.
--They didn't have to sacrifice their lives first, leaving the train. The kids didn't know about the cliff until they looked down.

--All 4 kids somehow escape the train conducter when they have the kids cornered
--All 4 kids escaped with help of Jacob Bigalow's ghost. Plus, they were not cornered. The kids had to walk over people and the conductors.

--The 16 year old comes out of nowhere and becomes friends with the 4 kids?
--The 16 year old has a curious mind. Sam probably stayed after school and followed Spencer.

--The kids head to the mine with the aid of the girl's laptop, which seems to have a never ending battery.
--If it was a never-ending battery, she wouldn't have had to shut it off on account of low electricity.

--The fat kid stuffs a stick of old dynamite into his pocket. This would blow up and kill them instantly. Not to mention the dynamite looked like a piece of rolled up brown paper
--Not does it look like rolled up brown paper, it's supposed to be used for special effects. Did you ever think of that?

--A blast of dynamite in a small space simply blows off the door and injures the older kid with what looks like knife marks on his back. All those kids should of died.
--No one would try to look at his scars that close. Once again, think of special effects.

--The guy who takes in the kids thinks their fancy clothes are from new-york. New-york did not have anything close to that kind of clothing in those times.
--Think again. This is Durango. The people in town don't know the clothes from New York. Therefore, the real Jacob Bigalow assumes Spencer, Cameron, Sam, and the other kids are from New York.

--The special effects for the time travel sequence and the blast of the door could be made better by me using adobe premier.
--I don't really care what you think about the special effects. As long as others don't realize how big that dynamite should've worked, they would have the decency to give better comments and DVD features to the movie.

--What bad acting lol.
--They could do better, but this is a movie. It's not being judged cuz it didn't even make the cut of being famous... even though it won a few awards. One is Seahorse and the other is Best Cinematographer Award.

--The smart engineer girl comes to the conclusion that they traveled back in time through a black hole. So much for her being super smart lol.
--Once again, you are being paranoid.

--OMG This is the funniest part in all of film history. The group of kids comes to all sorts of conclusions and knows exactly everythign thats going on and knows how ther principle is somehow planing to steal the gold. This is truly something.
--That is not funny. It takes a while for kids like them to figure it out. I figured it out by the time I saw principal Dudley. It takes a principle manner for the Principal to figure out he is dumber than Crazy Eddie.

--How does a principle maintain sherif status of a town for 2 years and the job of an educator at the same time in the present?
--Umm, dare I say it; there is the time hole!!! His girl... what was her name? Jane! At the beginning, Jane told him they had to be there before sundown. That must've meant two years was going to pass if they didn't. It all depends on how the writer of the script is presenting it.

--hmm.. the shubby kid seems to be rolling around town. Its so dumb heh.
--Yea, right. Cameron is just playing too many video games. He should cut it down to one to two hours a week. Lol.

--- Low battery on the laptop and it needs to be turned off? The low battery warning should still give you 5-10 mins of power, why shut if off right away?
--You're such an idiot. That computer is probably older than you... probably older than me. She would want to save the battery for later use. Apparently, it was dead before it was used again.

--what bad music and music queues throught the movie
--I like the music. It goes well with movie. In fact, I hardly notice the music until it gets louder. The beginning and the train-chasing music is noticable, the rest is hardly recognized. It helps me go to sleep. :P


It's not nice to make such rudeness to the movie. Please think twice before posting. You really made me furious as Mr. Furious.


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I'm watching Durango Kids right now. I have a pretty good eye for details. I watched the beginning very carefully and I noticed a small detail that you forgot.

--The kids are playing Zelda: Ocorina of Time and are at the end of the game at ganons castle, yet the Kiroki woods music is playing.
--Did you look closer?? I already passed that part in the movie. Boy, did you make a mistake! Are you sure you didn't look close enough? I did and when the boys were playing the game, they were entering the castle. There is proof that you are wrong! The Kiroki woods music was playing before they entered the castle.



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I agree, this is the worst movie ever made. Its so corny and stupid and full of bad acting. And the music makes me want to vomit. The worst part of this movie is definetly the stupid music.


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