I like "Captain Ron" alot, but the ending is a bit confusing. So the family decides to stay on the boat...until when? How are they going to get off financially? What about Martin Short's job, let alone his wife's? Aren't the kids still in school? Isn't the 16 year-old daughter engaged?
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Finances? Sell the house. School? "home-school". Besides, what better education could one get than real-world experience?
The engagement is no biggie to break off. As a matter of fact, Caroline doesn't seem to eager to get back to her fiance.
Because the world is rushing toward entropy. What's your excuse?
"As a matter of fact, Caroline doesn't seem to eager to get back to her fiance"
To say the least! And she's supposed to be 16? What upper-middle class child gets engaged at 16 and announces it to her family? At 16, you pretty much do what your parents tell you to... fine, you're engaged... now get your ass on the boat, we're leaving for two years (the OP seems to have the point of view that someone not old enough to have a drivers' license, vote, smoke or drink is considered a free-willed adult, able to do whatever they want. Quite a reach (but it IS just a movie...), but probably not any more than most "teen" movies, where everyone is almost 30, but still in high school.
As far as finances go... why sell the house? For all we know, they have a million bucks in their checking account.
My explanation is...
Don't take the movie seriously. Who cares?
All these questions are answered in the sequel.
shareTheir a pretty well off family.Money is not an issue with them.So they sail around the world living life by the Captain Ron montra.
Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything.-Marv
That's the beauty of it all!! They were all trapped in there lives with no adventure and they found an escape. All of your questions above do not matter. Another adventure was in front of them, the unknown. They were about to stray completely from the path of the normal life. It can still work out just fine, just in a different way.
Or if you don't like that maybe this will help.
The family would stay on the boat the rest of there lives or until they lost it again. Martin was a Writer he can do that any where. The wife can say screw her job, it stressed her out anyway. The kids could do home schooling with the out of work Mom. And the daughter,come on! She didn't give a damn about that guy. It was more of a pretend engagement anyway.
Uhh I think they just decide to keep the boat and their normal lives. LOL not too complicated =) Besides, theres a HUGE EFFING LAKE in chicago!
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