Fans of the D Will Love It, others...not so much

Rating: 4/10 (20 January 2007)

For all of you older people out there who have not caught up with the MTV Generation, Tenacious D is the rock band of Jack Black of 'School of Rock' and 'Shallow Hal' fame. He teamed up with his mate Kyle Gass and together the two of them created a 'cult' band.
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny is a film about the fictional account of how the band formed.
The film starts off with a hilarious song sung by Jack Black, depicting his life as a child in a religious family who think of rock as "The Devil's Music". Rock is JB's life and he feels that if his family won't accept that then he will run away from home. And he does just that. Many years pass as JB travels through LA, he meets a street guitarist KG. Thinking that KG is a famous rock star, JB decides to 'audition' for KG's so-called band. The two soon discover that fate has lead them to each other through unusual circumstances.
Thereafter, the film takes a giant leap into absolute ridiculousness. The new partners in crime go on a quest for 'The Pick of Destiny", a guitar pick that has allowed all the legendary rock stars of today to play outstanding music that they had never heard before.
The soundtrack features songs by Tenacious D and is a great addition to the film. Obviously this film is not meant to be taken seriously, but I did not think it was executed very well.
Jack Black has been a real disappointment to me lately. He is a comedic genius yet he is wasting his time on rubbish films. His most recent, The Holiday, dumbed him down so much that it was hard to believe that this was actually Jack Black. He was not allowed to show off his comedic abilities and was just in the film for lame comic relief.
However, this film was obviously made for fans of Black and Gass's band Tenacious D and will surely be loved by all of them. With its crude humour and offensiveness, Tenacious D definitely won't give Borat a run for his money but will still entertain fans of the "D".
5/10