Unimpressive

Rating: 6/10 (10 December 2008)

Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny can be described best as limp. Hitherto Jack Black has over-acted insanely in the vast majority of his pictures. Now that may sound as though i am condemning him, it gets a laugh, and i am all for getting the laugh. However in Pick of Destiny, Black fails to get the laugh he so anxiously croons for. Supported discouragingly by Kyle Gass, a cameo by Ben Stiller is the only thing that alludes this is a high budget, Hollywood movie.
The plot line is wafer thin, I, like many, was expecting a quasi-factual account of the formation of the 'D', and when I realised this was not to be the case, I accepted that a fictional account of the formation could be equally as intriguing. I was wrong. Horribly wrong. The story staggers from scenario to scenario, leaving the irrefutable taste of dissatisfaction in the mouths of the audience members.
The conclusion (or perhaps more aptly, the dissolution) of the film features Black and Gass, having a rock battle with Satan himself. A resurrection perhaps of Tenacious D's earlier works (Tribute), in a sordid attempt to maintain any quality in the film. Whilst a die-hard 'D' fan would probably sorely disagree with me, the witless, embarrassingly unfunny and, in fact, musically challenged ending of the movie is a perfect encapsulation of what a waste of your time the preceding 1 1/4 hours were.
The only thing worse for Tenacious D than releasing this film, was releasing the soundtrack weeks before.