So what if it's ten years too late,this still rocks!

Rating: 8/10 (28 April 2008)

A film reviewer--I cannot recall if it was Entertainment Weekley or a local reviewer--very flippantly reviewed this movie with a couple of short paragraphs and dismissed it something to the tune of(I'm paraphrasing,of course)this movie being a decade or so late in capturing the fresh,raw quality that was Tenacious D,since they'd been a hot cult act dating back to the mid-nineties and by now had been well-exposed and almost(inferred here)passÃ©.
To that person,I say 'Fie!' This show still rocks,even if it seems a little stunted and hurried.
The account of the meeting and "coming to be" of "The D"--actor/musicians JAck Black and Kyle Gass--is no doubt laced with embellishment and,no doubt,could've been released a while back,but it still more than maintains the raw power,enthusiasm and energy that the D brings to their shows. A stripped-down cast that features somewhat inexplicable cameos by the likes of Tim Robbins,Amy Poehler,Fred Armisen,Ben Stiller and Mealoaf(and an energetic turn by Foo Fighters frontman DAve Grohl as Ol' Scratch himself),this movie is pretty much otherwise ALL JB and KG,and as such it is a fun ride. Director Liam Lynch must be a fan of the duo,because they are pretty much setting the pace here.
So in sum,it may've been a film that was ten or eleven years overdue,but this IS certainly a Tenacious D movie and if you're any amount of fan of the legendary pair,this should not disappoint.