Depsite what the reviewer for this film said - I thought this movie was hilarious! It's one of my all-time favs, and I was thrilled to see it on DVD the other day for a great price. I had forgotten just how funny it is - I love Martin Short, and Kurt Russell is so good at blending into his characters. Hard to belive "Captain Ron" and "Wyatt Earp" (Tombstone) are the same guy!
I agree, Kurt Russell made this movie. It is a really funny film and I got my copy for 5.88 in the bargain bin at Wal-mart.
shareI think this movie is hilarious! If anyone has ever run or owned a POS boat, this movie will bring back some painful and hilarious memories. And this role may be one of Kurt Russell's best and most original!
shareI think it's Kurt Russell's best, you dont have to think in this movie. Ron Rico what a kick... Agree, hard to believe he was Wyatt, or Snake in the Escape movies. I really liked him in Overboard too.
I aways look for hime when we go to the "islands" or over to Miami, cause I know he's there somewhere.
I love this movie.Period.
shareYou can add me to the list of people who loves this movie.
I dont pay a lot of attention to bad reviews on IMDB, and certainly dont always agree with critics either. As comedies go, Captain Ron is just good fun and enjoyable. It is one of Kurt's most memorable parts and I enjoyed the rest of the cast as well.
You get "caught up" in the good feeling of sailing and traveling in a classic yacht. It is really beautiful when they clean and fix it up.
I bought the DVD at Wal Mart for $5.88 . Was happy to find it at a great price.
8/10
Yeah, me too -- it's one of my all-time favorite comedy movies. I bought it on VHS, and then when it came of on DVD I bought that also. And then when it got cheap ($4.99 in the bargain bins) I bought 5 more copies for Christmas gifts.
It may be a water- and boat-lovers thing. Either that reviewer hates water and boats, or he was on a heavy dose of sleeping pills when he reiviewd it.
Anyway, we watch it every year when we go camping and boating in the San Juan Islands (off Washington state), and kids from all the surrounding camps gather around.
Favorite lines: "A diesel likes its oil like a sailor likes his rum." "Why is that Captain Ron?" "Nobody knows." We go around for days after saying, "Why it that Captain Ron?"
I agree....the bit about Ron falling asleep with his eyepatch over his GOOD eye, and the kids looking at that wide, staring GLASS eye & thinking Ron died (and the jump when he suddenly wakes up!) never fails to set me laughing out loud!
And when ROn looses his glass eye at the dance & chases it all over the dance floor......hilarious!
And Mary Kay Place was quite hot in the movie!!! (actually, so was the daughter!)
Curt503,
That has to be my favorite line as well. It's just so out of left field cause Martin is expecting this expert answer. I always try to slip that in when someone asks me a computer question:
" Yeah, why is that?"
" Well, no one knows, really"
Having just turned legal age to buy alcohol, I was in the rum section the other day and lo and behold: Ron Rico rum. Nice little inside joke there :)
You've done this before?
Yeah.
It shows!
Fun little rainy saturday afternoon movie!
"If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there..."
What exactly do you find funny or even tolerable about it? The jokes are way too telegraphed, and all the characters think they're way funnier than they actually are. I remember watching this movie as a kid, and even then I knew it was junk. I just tried to watch it again, even for the sake of laughing at how bad it is, but it's not even funny when doing that.
share<<What exactly do you find funny or even tolerable about it? The jokes are way too telegraphed, and all the characters think they're way funnier than they actually are. I remember watching this movie as a kid, and even then I knew it was junk. I just tried to watch it again, even for the sake of laughing at how bad it is, but it's not even funny when doing that>>
I guess it's just a matter of taste I supppose...what some folks find funny others don't. I personally like mindless, lowbrow "humor-for-humor's sake" type comedy (think Three Stooges, Gilligan's Island, Airplane, All in the Family, etc) like Used Cars, 48 Hrs.,... and Captain Ron. Just funny to me that's about it.
But for the life of me, I can't find what folks think is so funny about, say, M.A.S.H....I've sat thru numerous episodes & never cracked a smile, but others rave about it. Just different tastes that's all.