Amazing... ly bad

Rating: 1/10 (6 March 2007)

Perhaps the problem was in the advertising of this movie, but I expected a high energy Jack Black comedy about how he started his band.
The commercial did not tell me it was going to be a long winded. low energy, boring movie that used awful language, crude gestures, and drugs while trying to get Satan's power. (Btw movies about trying to get Satan's power are rarely funny or meaningful. Learning that you can accomplish something great on your own is much funnier and momentous.) I love Jack Black but was so disappointed in this wannabe musicalthough they are talented musicians, the songs were stupid without anything catchy. Not one song stayed in my mind. I tried to enjoy this as a parody, but it just isn't parody-like enough. There were many opportunities for funny jokes that started off good but then just fell flat. You cannot compare this to Spinal Tap which was very funny with consistent humor as a pure mockumentary.
This script was probably conceived and written while in a drug or alcohol based stupor. Nobody involved who was sober had the guts to tell JB that this movie was only funny to stoners or possibly, some, but not all, Satanist teenagers.
Jack Black should have hired a professional comedy writer and a sober editor. Many lame scenes should have been cut out. Many crude words and gestures should have been cut out. And don't think I was offended by the bad language because I have virgin earsI don't. My husband is Italian from Long Island, and everyone knows they take cursing seriously; in fact they call it Sicilian Poetry. My husband uses the f-word as a verb, a noun, and an adjectiveso I know what I am talking about when I say the language in this movie was awful and crude and made me cringe. But worst of all, the crude language was not funny. I can forgive anything if it is funny or has a good purpose.
This movie was so boring, so pointless, I couldn't believe JB could be a part of something so incredibly worthless. Which brings me up to my final disappointment, the ending was totally lame. I will not detail it because I do not wish to include any spoilers. I will just say that this movie did NOT get better as it went on, it may have even gotten worse Save your money and your time, this movie is not worth it.