March 01, 2006

Attention Hollywood: give this man a good script!


Jon Stewart Movies vs. their Rotten Tomatoes rating
Originally uploaded by popplers.
I love Jon Stewart. I think he is easily one of the funniest, sexiest men on the planet. The Daily Show rocks my world. I can't wait for him to host the Oscars. Why is it, then, that any movie that Jon touches— nay, breathes gently upon— turns out to be absolute shite?

I offer you empirical evidence: a graph displaying movies in which Jon Stewart has played a part (however small) vs. their rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The first data point is 1994's Mixed Nuts (wherein Jon has a cameo as a rollerblader); the final data point is the just-released CGI-fest Doogal (Jon voices the evil sorceror— Happy Meal tie-ins now available at a McDonald's near you). The average rating across the seven movies is 23%, buoyed extensively by Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back's not-entirely-appalling rating of 52%. (I like Kevin Smith, and I still thought that that movie sucked.) C'mon, people, give the man a chance. Someone send him a funny script, stat!

Posted by rv at March 1, 2006 05:55 PM to movie
Comments

Just because you're funny doesn't mean you can act...

Posted by: poz at March 2, 2006 12:04 AM

The only one that I've seen is Jay and Silent Bob, and that's (sadly) the best of the lot. Have you seen any of the others? Is Jon's acting ability to blame? Or just bad scripts?

Posted by: rv at March 2, 2006 07:36 AM

Jon can't act.

But he's only had bit parts in movies anyway, I think, so he's not to blame...

Posted by: poz at March 2, 2006 12:54 PM