could have been worse

Rating: 4/10 (2 April 2007)

The lengths comic actor Jack Black will go for a laugh are quite extensive. His best material tends to be in films revolving around music, like "High Fidelity" or "School of Rock", and to a point this one: "Tenacious D: the Pick of Destiny". The film or, more appropriately, the movie follows the rock duo Tenacious D from their humble and misleading beginnings through a quest that Joseph Campbell would either appreciate or scream misinterpretation. Although they have been known to sell-out Madison Square Garden, Tenacious D, the supposed greatest band ever, really feels more like a cross between Bill & Ted, Spinal Tap, and Weird "Al" Yankovic, if Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson were on vocals. The storyline, as it is, follows the duo as they quest for the secret behind the guitar gods of history (from Robert Johnson to Jimmy Page). Though this is not really a very good movie, it is quite amusing and includes a classic moment involving a rock chord played on a lute. This thing is full of enough rock music references to keep any rock fan pleasantly surprised for 90 minutes, so it's really not the total waste it looks like from afar.