Its not the same.

Rating: 5/10 (5 December 2011)

As a kid, and by kid I mean the age of 13 or 14, I was a major Tenacious D fan. I bought their albums and couldn't stop laughing at them. Then again, the album "Tenacious D" was quite hilarious and fresh. It seemed to take itself seriously musically but was in fact a giant satire, which made it great.
I, as many others, was quite excited when I heard they were making a movie. I had of course gotten a bit older, 16, and I wasn't regularly listening to Tenacious D anymore, but I still thought the old bits were hilarious and the songs were awesome.
When I watched it later, not in cinemas mind you (it never came to cinemas here in Holland), I was very disappointed. There were only a few good songs but many of them felt very much made for the movie rather than a true work of inspiration.
My friends all seem to disagree, even some older than me now (I'm 20), I just never really understood how they could enjoy a Tenacious D with less quality than they had before, more immaturity, when they had matured themselves. I don't know, maybe this wasn't meant for me, but when my friends all sing along the lines completely out of tune, I cringe not just at their musical incompetence, but also at their misplaced enthusiasm.
I'm sorry for not bothering to look at the movie's content at all, I just feel that if you want to enjoy it, you may and there's no point in me trying to butcher this thing from the inside out. I merely wanted to share my sentiment on the old Tenacious D and the one we see here. I have trouble accepting that if I don't like this movie, I was never a true Tenacious D fan to begin with. If its not that, then something must've changed in their work.
Maybe you can see where I'm coming from, but if not, don't bother and just enjoy it. To me, this isn't what I'd hoped it'd be.