Captain Ron
If you're anything like me, you probably saw Captain Ron as a kid when your parents rented it for family movie night or whatever. Your mom probably liked it and your dad was probably pissed that you have a family movie night because he just wanted to watch whatever sports was on. While your dad was right to be annoyed at the no sports, your mom was right to seriously enjoy Captain Ron.
You may think that a movie where Martin Short plays the straight man to a zany Kurt Russel pirate-character sounds like death, (critics sure did) surprisingly though, Captain Ron is one of the few movies that lives up to 100% of the possibly fake critic blurbs on the cover of the DVD. Yes folks, the ONE (positive) thing said about this movie worth mentioning was "FUNNY!" (I'm guessing Touchstone added the exclaimation point) and it was quoted by "New York Newsday" - apparently the critic didn't want to be known as the guy who liked Captain Ron.
I'm also guessing this quote was a result of one of 2 things, either a) It was cut from a review that read "Captain Ron is nowhere near funny." or b) they asked a guy coming out of the theatre what he thought of it, and after thinking about it for probably too long he goes: "I dunno, I guess it was funny?"
Now I fully realize C-Ron isn't going to make anyone's Greatest Films list (this is a favourite list) but Martin Short is the damn best, Kurt Russel says boss alot and wears an eyepatch, the kid is funny, and the mom and sister are surprisingly hot. Bottom line: this movie is good enough to name a Dominican Rum after, so it's good enough for me.
Reason to see it: You need to watch a movie with your mom.
Memorable Quote: [as Ben moves Captain Ron's beer] Captain Ron: Hey. Get your hands off that. Benjamin Harvey(the kid): I was just moving it. I wasn't gonna drink it. Captain Ron: You bet your little booty, you wasn't. You want a beer, you get your own.
Note: If anyone ever moves my beer you better understand that I'm going to say that with my best Kurt Russel impression.
2 comments:
next time i see you, i'm moving your beer.
i saw this movie in theatres, i remember my friend todd thought that a cute girl who sitting behind was hot, when the lights came up after the movie was over, it was actually a 60+ year old woman.
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