Movie Review - Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

I want to start by saying I am A HUGE Tenacious D fan. Loved the HBO stuff, I own both albums & the other DVD. This film has some of the D's history but there just aren't enough new ideas to keep it going. The simple idea that rock groups are good because they use a pick that was part of Satan is OK. the trip to find the pick is far too easy and should involve more things happening on their journey. What makes this film are some excellent cameo's from Meatloaf as young JB's dad and Dave Grohl as Satan. There is a lot that old D fans will know about and there's enough to introduce new people to the tenacious d lore and history.

Some of the deleted scenes (like the song in the gun shop) were taken out and it was a mistake as it screwed up bits of the context of the film. The songs all fit well into the process of the movie but as i said i do wish there was more happening as the trip to the roll & roll history museum is just far too easy. even the nod to The Blues Brothers with the car chase on the way back to the gig which they never play anyway. i would like to have seen the original ending to see if it was better than this one. (having now seen the original ending, it really wasn't much better than the ending they used. It was just a different version of the rock off). not as good as it could have been, i'd have rather waited for a better film than this.