Pick of Destiny
This movie is probably best watched by those who have listened to Tenacious D non-stop for about 5 months, while living in a warehouse and working at a different warehouse, both of which were located in the middle of a giant sandbox in Southwest Asia. If you’ve sang Softly over the loud speaker while at this same warehouse, then you’ve already seen the movie. I know because both of us got scolded by our higher ups. It was quite funny.
If thats not you, then you will still see the humor in much of this movie, but you may not appreciate it as much. Many of the comical parts are based loosely off the first album as this movie is really about how the band got started.
Jack Black (JB) comes from a conservative family that look down on his rock lifestyle. (By the way the kid who plays young JB almost nails his character) He runs away and after what appears to be several years finally finds the right Hollywood. He meets Kyle (KG) a street musician whose only source of revenue is from royalty checks from his “Canadian album Pumpkin”. Kyle is preparing for the Kyle Gass Project in which there will be “ten times hotter girls back stage”. JB wants to join the KGP, so he begins training with Kyle. While training JB learns to power-slide and take beer bottles to the face like a champ. During training however it’s discovered that the royalty checks are actually rent checks from Kyle’s mother. His parents decide to stop supporting him and the truth is revealed about KGs past. KG is nothing, but a street musician who is struggling to make ends meet. After KG spent the last rent check on a gift for JB, the two decide that they must use their rocking pay the bills. Thus beginning one of the greatest adventures ever recorded on film.
So go watch the movie and let me know what you think.
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