Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
R | 22 November 2006 (USA)
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In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.

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AniInterview

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Taraparain

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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Humaira Grant

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Robert Joyner

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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Iollann Mckeon

Review: 'Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny' A film about a band trying to become the best band ever and pay their rent by stealing a legendary guitar pick from a rock and roll museum couldn't have been done better to be honest. Starring Tenacious D', Jack Black and Kyle Gass, directed by Liam Lynch this film is about the music and the humour, the absurd plot is a testament to that. This film serves as an extremely loose origin story, I can only imagine, to the formation of the band 'Tenacious D'. Released in 2006 this is a music-comedy, adventure. JB and KG are aspiring successful musicians. When they run out of money to pay for rent they decide to enter a competition where the best band wins, but before they play they learn of the 'pick of destiny', a legendary guitar pick which is supposedly one of the devils teeth. They decide to try to steal it from a museum. Firstly Jack Black and Kyle Gass' relationship on screen is partly why the film is so good. They are so natural together. One scene that sticks out to me is toward the start of the film is when KG meets JB. KG is a very arrogant street performer at this stage while JB is innocent and acts like an absolute fanboy. KG tries to keep up an act of disinterest while JB applauds his performance. Towards the end of the scene KG flicks his pick at JB like he's god's gift to the earth. I thought this was hilarious as KG is as much of a loser as JB is at this point in the film. The music is also good being one of the main reasons to see the film. It is for the most part performed by Tenacious D themselves as you would expect. What really makes this film standout to me is the dream sequences. Like in 'The Big Lebowski' they are visually stunning, unique scenes. Without giving too much away there is one scene with an actually decent song in it and in another there is a trippy bit of Bigfoot. One thing I didn't like about this film is that halfway through it sort of has a cliché friends falling out moment which is reconciled quickly. I understand that it was to add a bit of drama but if they did it in a more creative, original way I would have appreciated it. If you do decide to see this film or if you have seen it and plan to re watch it I would recommend to look out for the cameos from Ben Stiller, Amy Poehler, Dave Grohl, Meatloaf and many more. The opening of this film is probably the strongest part of the film JBs origin is too funny to miss, if you don't plan on seeing this film at least watch the opening. In conclusion the soundtrack is great, the relationship between Jack Black and Kyle Gass on screen cements the whole film together and the dream sequences are pretty cool. All in all I give it a 7/10 and would recommend it. Keep an eye out for those cameos.

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Miguel Neto

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny is a fun movie, even not being so funny, the movie will give some laughs, and of course a lot of fun, I liked the chemistry of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, both are excellent, the cast is very competent, especially Tim Hobbins this very well, the opening scene is funny, and the final scene is quite bizarre, the makeup is good, the film has strange moments, the soundtrack is the strong point of the film, the script is problematic, some dialogues are very weak, not to mention having jokes sheepishly, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny is recommended, especially those who like Rock, the film is fun and guarantee a few laughs. Note 6.8

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Jzman6610

I don't know if i liked this movie because im only 15 but this is one of my FAVORITE MOVIES. First of all, Jack Black is one of my favorite actors because although he can be annoying at times, he is a hilarious and exceptional actor. I thought the plot of the movie was great because they were originally going to make the movie a true story about how Jack Black and Kyle Gass first met and how Tenacious D began. But instead they made the movie interesting and made a more goofy story line which i'm glad they did. I thought this was a good laugh and was pretty well directed considering the seriousness of the movie. This is one of my favorite stoner movies(aside from Harold and Kumar). Critics know nothing and just want everything to be professional. I don't know about everybody else but i just watch movies for fun. THIS MOVIE IS WORTHY OF A 10!

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Ross Heighway

Tenacious D are a good band, and there quite funny in that band.But in this film they are NOT funny.I didn't laugh once in this whole movie & it was just basically a huge let-down.Because i thought it would be a decent comedy because it was a film about Tenacious D and it obviously had them two in it.However...This film was poorly written, had scenes in it that didn't add any humour in to it just basically took up some time in the movie and made it even more of a waste of time.As well as this Tenacious D are great song writers however some of the "songs" in this were poor, an awful soundtrack for an awful film.Even if you like Tenacious D, save your time, do not watch this movie!

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