Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

2006 "An epic quest. A magical guitar pick. A chance to put the D in Destiny."
6.8| 1h33m| R| en
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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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Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
CommentsXp Best movie ever!
Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
gtaadam Look, I know this movie might be cheesy sometimes but it's so much fun. It's pure entertainment. I've seen this movie like 8 times for now and I love it. Besides me and my friend learned the song lyrics of this movie. The musical part of this movie is a masterpiece, this is how you do a funny but extremely cool soundtrack. I still love this movie maybe because of the nostalgia, but it definiately deserves a 10.
nickboldrini I had just watched the TV series before watching this, so was a little dissappointed, as it re-hashes a fair amount from those shows, but it spins it enough and adds enough new bits to still be fun, and most importantly in ANY comedy, funny.
BA_Harrison Back in 2013, I jokingly created an IMDb list called 'Non-irritating performances by Jack Black' which consisted of zero titles. Over the years, I have wondered if I might have been a little unfair (he was just about bearable in Tropic Thunder, I suppose), but I feel vindicated after watching Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, which sees Black putting in a grating, boorish, self indulgent, and seriously unfunny performance to beat all others.The film stars Black as JB, a wannabe rock star who teams up with guitarist KG (Kyle Gass) to form the group Tenacious D; together, they plan to take the music world by storm by laying their hands on the Pick of Destiny, a legendary guitar pick made from Satan's tooth that endows the holder with incredible musical skills. All of this nonsense definitely has the potential to be funny, but Black's egocentric performance, Liam Lynch's uninspired direction, a lack of decent material that relies too heavily on vulgarity, 'stoner' gags, and pointless cameos, and surprisingly cheap production values makes for a really painful experience.1/10. Foo Fighter's Dave Grohl puts in the best performance as Satan, but it's nothing we haven't already seen in Tenacious D's much played music video for 'Tribute' (which I actually like, along with the rest of their debut album — go figure!).
SnoopyStyle In Kickapoo, Missouri, JB (Jack Black) grew up as the black sheep in a religious family. He runs away to Hollywood... California. He finds Kyle Gass playing guitar on Venice Beach and he begs to join him. Eventually JB discovers that Kyle is a bald hopeless loser who is supported by his parents. With no money, they decide to form a band named after birth marks on their butts, Tenacious D. They discover that all the great bands have the same guitar pick. It's the Pick of Destiny made from a demon's tooth and presently housed in the Rock and Roll History Museum.Kyle Gass needs to start off a little nicer. Jack Black is good. The duo does build a nice friendship. The quest is a good idea but separating them is not. They work best together. There is some fun but it comes and goes. Also the guys' music is same over and over again. It would be terrific to have a different sound in the movie although the rock battle with the demon is loads of fun. This stoner comedy is funny in small doses.