Hell Hath No Fury...A Tenacious D Review

Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny is not for the casual Tenacious D fan. It seems as though the guys who made it were having a lot of fun and wanted it to be as exclusive as possible.

And thank Satan for that.

Jack Black - Jables - chews up the scenery as he and his erstwhile companion - KG - search for The Pick of Destiny, an ancient guitar pick fashioned from one of Beelzeboss's teeth.

It's not a great movie, but it is an awesome movie, if you catch my drift. The opening number, featuring Meatloaf as JB's dad and Dio as, well, himself is one of the coolest moments of the movie.

However, I think it drags for a little while after that, especially when Jack Black's character, Jack Black, learns the "Art of the Rock" from Kyle. He's too wide-eyed for it to work, I think. In Tenacious D, he always is the Coffee Shop Rock Star, vain and sure of himself despite the fact that the duo plays in coffe shops.

I really liked the movie though, especially from the point where they discover the Pick's existence on. It's a quest movie, after all, and a good third of it is spent sitting still. Once they visit Guitar Center and encounter a Jim-Martin-From-Faith-No-More Ben Stiller, everything starts to come together.

So, the verdict is this: If you dig Tenacious D or rock-n-roll, go see this movie. If your only frame of reference is Nacho Libre, you should probably just stay home.