The Reel Rejects - TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY (2006) MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching!!

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Starting point is 00:01:24 It's weird, because this definitely, like, it gets wild and reaches, you know, into a lot of places and stuff like that. There are some ways in which I wish it had been maybe even a bit more wild but at the same time, yeah. This is the kind of movie where I can see

Starting point is 00:01:39 if this is absolutely your bag, how you would love to throw this on frequently and hang out with it. As, again, a passing fan of tenacious D and a fan of rock in general. Like, I had a good time, certainly. It could be, yeah, better, it could be more inspired.

Starting point is 00:01:53 There are certain jokes that could be more clever or more interesting, but there were a handful of bits and guys, gags that I did find inspired and fun and wild and yeah that took me by surprise so uh so i'm feel pretty good like i had a good time uh you know how did you feel uh i feel great uh it's definitely put me in a good mood uh as as mentioned i'm a very novice tenacious d fan i do know these two actors or at least jack black very well and i've seen kyle gass and a few things but um i liked again this film knew what it was and wanted to be but i do agree with you on what

Starting point is 00:02:27 you're saying and, you know, a little more inspired. But having said all that, I did like that it kind of took that approach of kind of being a little bit of a biography in just terms of like Jack Black story at the beginning, him like being obsessed with Rock. I assume that was possibly what happened. I don't know his real biopic in terms of his backstory in real life. This is, I would say, heavily embellished. Embelished, okay. Well, and humorized. Whatever the So at least in the story, I do like though, you know, how they had in the story, like the way they met. And then they were balancing out with the supernatural stuff. Like, I didn't expect, I knew we were obviously doing the musical stuff at the beginning.

Starting point is 00:03:11 And I liked the way that I thought it was actually creative in that way. But I didn't expect it to go the supernatural way. But I actually, I gravitated towards that. And I thought that was a lot of fun, especially when Ben Stiller laid that out. I was like, oh, my God, we're actually going here. I love the Ben Stiller. Yeah. The Ben Stiller bit was one of my favorite gags. Yeah, for sure. That was fun. And they kind of preluded to that, too, with, like, I think in the title card with showing the stuff, like, the ancient drawings and all that stuff. So they kind of...

Starting point is 00:03:39 The tarot, I bet the tarot cards, like, lay out a lot of the journey for you. Yeah. So I think on repeat viewing, like, you definitely get a little more bang for your buck, too, like seeing, oh, okay, they laid out some stuff here as well. So, yeah, and then there were some fun cameos from Amy Poehler, Colin Hanks. Andy Adams and then you got a Tim Robbins fun fun cabio there but yeah no I enjoyed it obviously these two they they know each other in real life and they're obviously friends and their bandmates so I really love their chemistry their interactions I thought like I'm sure so many scenes too were just like all right there's the the scenario just you guys do your thing improvise and I thought I again I just thought it was hysterical from that perspective because sometimes like those are where your most inspired choices come from is improvising.

Starting point is 00:04:29 But yeah, and also too, I'm very curious. We were talking about it during the reaction because I know for a fact on Grandma's boy, they were using real ganja. So I'm curious if that's what they were doing here. I could see it. I mean, it definitely seems like the kind of movie. And, you know, I mean, even though they got clearly

Starting point is 00:04:46 a budget to make this to some extent, you know, this seems like the kind of group and production where that would be likely to happen but it is it's fun too to see Liam Lynch who I associate with more DIY and you know internet style humor and to see him in you know helming a movie like this

Starting point is 00:05:09 and granted they have like a working relationship and stuff like that but you know like there were a few moments where like oh the car chase like actually kind of feels like a bit of a car chase you know like there's some actual stunts in here uh so yeah like it didn't feel janky yeah but I but I did like throughout all the supernatural and stuff like that, the theme of friendship and what we do for each other. I did thought that, like, you know,

Starting point is 00:05:30 regardless of whatever you think of the comedy, which I personally thought hit, but I'm very easily too easy to amuse. So, you know, take that for what it is. It's all subjective. I thought it hit, but I think I like the theme of friendship in this. I thought that stuck the landing for me. And yeah, just, yeah, I thought that was all good.

Starting point is 00:05:49 And again, these two are, I'm going to probably listen. this has definitely inspired me to want to listen to some Tenacious D songs for sure because I like the tribute Yeah I definitely like the creativity in their songs just like And also too how they're using off of like just very

Starting point is 00:06:07 Like historical music Whether it was the Beethoven stuff or whatever And then they were like not making fun of it But just using their own lyrics with the like Ancient stuff but I mean create I mean historical stuff But also at the same time they had their own music So I thought that was a fun

Starting point is 00:06:23 bits that they were doing that's great but now again i really want to hear uh more tenacious d stuff after watching this so i think it's it's i'm sure it's fun for hardcore tenacious d fans but it was also fun for someone like me who aside from just knowing like jack black the actor and seeing kyle gas in a couple other movies like it was fun like oh and he was also in shallow how now that i'm thinking about it too um but just like seeing them in in uh movies like it's fun like the they're in their complete element and i haven't seen the show i know there was a tenacious d show, I believe, that at least from the outside you would imagine

Starting point is 00:06:57 as sort of like a differently flavored flight of the Concordes maybe or something like that. I don't know. But yeah, like to see them in their own world, in their own element that is also lined with all this music that they made for the movie. Like I get the sense in hindsight that this probably didn't pan out

Starting point is 00:07:13 as the success and the catapult to the next level that they hoped it would. And I can see why, but I feel like also tenacious D music has this humorous streak of lore in that you know it is about like you know

Starting point is 00:07:29 Jables and Cage are you know the music seems to chronicle aspects of them as these characters of Tenacious D and the legend and lore surrounding Tenacious D and as I again in my experience of their music there is this quality where yeah there's

Starting point is 00:07:47 heavy homage to both you know the classics of metal and rock and also just music in general like with the Beethoven stuff or yeah I think they mix that's the thing too about like you know

Starting point is 00:08:03 a lot of music and a lot of this kind of rock and especially like acoustic rock is there are these like harmonies and things that are very classically influenced and whatnot but yeah like their music has this blend of you know grit and vigor certainly yes

Starting point is 00:08:18 mixed with the acoustics mixed with this kind of yeah like slubby guy we're just kind of hanging out and coming up with stuff off the top of our heads humor it's very much like epic and righteous in one breath

Starting point is 00:08:32 while also being like hanging out and like goofing around and you know again burrito supreme and the the piece of destiny and I love their energy too especially Jack Black like it's just fun to watch

Starting point is 00:08:46 I'm sure like that's that's also inspired in real life too like I'm sure that's how he is too in general I've seen him in interviews too He's always got that energy. I just think it's so much fun. Also, too, I felt, I know it's just a movie, but, like, in the context of the film and the story, I felt so bad for Lee.

Starting point is 00:09:04 Oh, yeah, of course. I'm sure, like, once they make it, I'm sure in the storyline, though, I'm going to look at it as they make it huge and big as the band. And they buy him a hundred. Cutless Supremes. Yeah, they buy him a ton of student driver pizza delivery cars, so, because he's their ultimate groupie.

Starting point is 00:09:20 But, yeah, I did feel bad for him that sucks. yeah absolutely i love also too how like he's one of my favorite i know there's like very limited amount of characters so it's like not saying much when i say he's one of my favorite characters of the film but i just appreciated how kind and soft-hearted and naive he was he's like so i'm just checking in on you guys says he's watching them on the news and he's hearing all this noise in the background like it's just so kind and oblivious and enthusiastic about them yeah yeah it was very it has a very charming like that's the thing is like as much as yeah there is some stuff that is crude that not every audience member will be into there is i think a sense of heart and and uh charm i guess would be the word underneath like there is a lot of charm around the edges of

Starting point is 00:10:05 the movie and even the people who show up briefly bring some level of commitment and and yeah there is that that kind of like you're just coming up with stuff coming up with stuff with your buddy kind of charm that this has and and yeah like his energy is just so endearing that character especially because you meet, you know, Cage through Jack's eyes and he's like in such admiration and then they start to have their, you know, artistic relationship and bunny heads. Whereas, yeah, Lee is just steadfast, you know, the golden retriever of the group, you know, just like always there, always supporting. And so, yeah, like naive and oblivious. Yeah, but even talking really quick and then we'll look up some stuff, but even talking about the theme of friendship, like I like that even though he was, Kyle was. Kyle was. lying to him so much like and then the jig was up once the the voicemail came i like that you know he spent the last of his money on that guitar from like that's where i think you're talking about the heart too like i actually felt that was that was that was really sweet um and like and heart felt like he really i think he also saw like that uh jb was like seeing something in him

Starting point is 00:11:12 that he didn't see in himself because i mean he's just a liar and a i wouldn't say a con man but just a liar uh my trait you know what i mean so like seeing that this guy that really believes in him it's like oh wow like you elevate me man and like hey we can do this together and like even though i don't really have any money like i'm like literally this is the last of it i'm gonna spend it on you i appreciate you man like oh that's so touching yeah and it's like little things like that that do feel maybe potentially somehow inspired by some version of a reality right and yeah like i appreciated the tempering of those like i feel like this is something that yeah like is very much for people who are fans of the band.

Starting point is 00:11:51 And if you're not, your results may vary. But, yeah, a little stuff like that. Like, that moment in particular caught me. And I was like, oh, this is, like, actually sweet in a way that the movie doesn't have to be necessarily. Yeah, that and when he showed up to the, was it the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Is that where they were?

Starting point is 00:12:07 It's a Rock and Roll Museum. Museum, sorry. The Museum of Rock and Roll. Museum of Rock and Roll. I think is the other one? Oh, yeah, when he shows up in the event. Yeah, yeah, I like that. There is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Starting point is 00:12:16 Is that in Cleveland, Ohio? You might be right. I can never keep track of where all these things are. And then there's the Grammy Museum and there are other places. John, you should know this all. And I'm sure there are a million music museums in Nashville or whatever. I think, yeah, just I guess in closing about the movie before we jump into some facts and stuff. I think that is that is like the interesting thing about this is that I think it's like well attenuated to the band's fans, which I think is like the number one group you want to.

Starting point is 00:12:48 or two, obviously, with a movie like this, you want to make something for the people that's so well within your voice that it's for the people who ride and die for you. I feel like this could have maybe benefited in the long term from, I don't know, it doesn't really ever transcend its sort of cult-like aim,

Starting point is 00:13:08 which I get the sense at the time they were hoping that this could amount too much more and bring more people into just the world of Tenacious D. and you know again catapult things to the next level which i don't get the sense that it did and so i feel like it's a bummer because especially watching it with some time removed i'm like yeah as as sort of a fun lark and you know yeah a comedic uh sequence of sketches and stuff like that like yeah there is a lot of clearly a lot of fun being had and it is a bit of a madcap wild adventure um and so yeah

Starting point is 00:13:41 like i am bum that this didn't pan out into more that being said you know seeing it i'm like i get how this pretty much would occupy the niche that the band already exists in. And as such, I can almost see how the music would still be the bigger element, even though it is sort of prime you would imagine for, you know, again, there was the series, there's this movie. You can imagine there there being more tenacious D audio visual stuff simply because these two guys both are actors and musicians. So it's interesting to note. But yeah, as a culmination of a lot of things, I thought this was really fun. There were a lot of like really fun sound like the opening song, Kickapoo, the Pick of Destiny song, you know, the fight with Satan, the metal, and even

Starting point is 00:14:23 some of the interstitial stuff. Like there are songs in between that definitely feel like they mostly function at their best in context of watching the movie. I'm sure like, you know, I'm sure you can get some fun and novelty out of listening to the laser grid song or like the car chase song on your own. But those songs are so much like you're just kind of singing along to what's happening in the movie in a cheeky way that I feel like those might work best here because you know like sometimes comedy music I think comedy comedic skewing music is fun because there's an element of removing yourself from the uh not prete not always pretense but sometimes pretense having fun frees you up to try stuff and to I don't know just

Starting point is 00:15:06 operate in a way that you're not necessarily if you're really trying to be serious and so I think there is something kind of lovely and there's a clear reason why the tenacious d music is stuck around and why them as a band at least up until very recently has endured uh and you know we'll probably return in some way shape or form and so yeah i do appreciate that spirit of silliness and off-the-cuffness that comes along with this uh you know even even if there are moments or things here or there that feel like they could have benefited from like a bit more crafting uh yeah just their their musical flavor i think is well represented in here and that's a fun thing. Well said, Jables. Thanks, age. Reject Nation, fun fact. Fantasy football is now a part of

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Starting point is 00:17:18 I mean, he had to walk to the theater probably, but still. He did. He rode his scooter. He wrote a skateboard. Yes. Yes. I was going to say, did we find out who played him? I missed his name.

Starting point is 00:17:27 I will look that up in one sec. What do you think the budget was on this film, first of all? Budget. Not box office. Oh, God. Budget. Yes. 14 million dollars 20 million

Starting point is 00:17:41 okay you're close yeah what do you think the box office worldwide was for this film world wide i don't know how to guess this one because i feel like it wasn't very big if i'm remembering correctly it was a 20 million dollar movie worldwide box office 15 million 13 million 924000 254 So about 14

Starting point is 00:18:08 I can see it I can see it Sadly yeah Like I you know It does appear like they got budget again They had the Sasquatch stuff They had the you know Cooky mushroom trip stuff

Starting point is 00:18:18 And you know That requires some set dressing Critics rotten tomatoes God I can either see 64 or 46 Which one do you see I'm just gonna go 66 For Satan

Starting point is 00:18:35 For the critic For the critics. 53. What are you going to go for the audience? You want to go 66 again for Satan? Are you saying that that's the, yes, 66 is across the board. Lock it in. 67.

Starting point is 00:18:48 Hey, I'll take it. Yeah. And they said, this is what the critics' consensus was. Tenacious D fans will find this movie hilarious. Everybody else will see only a lowbrow concept movie and a small assembly of jokes stretch past the 100-minute mark. I mean, that is a very fairer. assessment, I would say. Like, yeah, if you are into Tenacious D, then this will be for you, I would imagine. I can imagine some film fans not loving it who are also into Tenacious D. J.R. Reed. I know

Starting point is 00:19:17 I've seen this dude. I know I've seen this man before, but I don't know. Oh, he's on. I think you should leave. All right. I've never seen any of the project. I'll do another deep dive into his filmog later on. But, all right. Well, but yeah. Let's do a couple of videos. Let's do it. Until this film, Meatloaf had not sing in a movie since the Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975 because he wanted to be accepted in the industry as a serious actor.

Starting point is 00:19:45 He even thought that his appearance in the Pick of Destiny would ruin him but he took the role of J.B.'s father anyway. His name was Robert Paulson. He was fun to have that. That song too with you got him, Meatloaf, or you got Jack Meatloaf and Dio, like

Starting point is 00:20:03 which must have been a huge deal for them to get Dio on the track because it's like one of the greatest voices in rock and roll history right there. Jack Black said that he vowed never to write a script again because the box office failure of this film made him lose his confidence. Oh, buddy.

Starting point is 00:20:19 That sucks. I mean... I don't know if he ever didn't write. I mean, did he write another? Really quick, I'll just check just to see. I do feel for him. I feel like, you know, I'm of two minds about this in the scripting. So he wrote Tenacious D post-apocalyptic.

Starting point is 00:20:35 There was that show. He wrote The Rodey Tenacious D. Acceptable. Yeah, I guess that's all he wrote, really. A little bit, but yeah. Yeah, damn. Interesting.

Starting point is 00:20:49 I mean, yeah, I can see how this would be a fun script to get together and work on and how much excitement you would have originating a project like this. I'm sad to discourage him from writing because I feel like this has, from a writing standpoint, point like yeah again like i said there's stuff that feels like it could be more inspired or more

Starting point is 00:21:08 you know a little higher but i'm not against lowbrow humor there are times when i'm like temperate though you know like temper it a little more but uh but yeah i feel like this was you know you could have done a couple more drafts and had a real banger but as it stands it's pretty fun still well writing wise i i feel for him but acting in career-wise i think he was he was still okay uh upon entering the music store in search of the Pick of Destiny, KG is seen wearing a train wreck t-shirt. Train wreck is a group in which gas is

Starting point is 00:21:39 a vocalist and guitarist under the pseudonym Clip Calhoun. He also produced the group's 2004 live album. That's fun. That's fun. One of two films in which Troy Gentile plays the childhood version of Jack Black's character. The first came earlier

Starting point is 00:21:55 in 2006 when he portrayed the young version of Nacho in the Paramount Pictures family comedy, Nacho I've never seen that film. Yeah. Oh, Nacho Libre's one. Nacho! The word, the F word,

Starting point is 00:22:09 and its derivatives are said over, or 106 times in this film. Prepper, don't you know it? Yes, Pepper's like, we know, we know. Oh, yeah. Don't remind us. At the start of the movie

Starting point is 00:22:21 when J.B.'s dad, played by Meatloaf, is tearing down posters. He also tears down a figurine from the bat out of hell cover. Okay. I was wondering about it. that that's fun yeah let's go to a couple spoilers that's right do a couple spoilers there Dave Grohl underwent seven hours of makeup to be turned into Satan

Starting point is 00:22:40 Dave that's fun he's the open mic guy or well Paul F. Tompkins is the open mic guy but the actual Satan that's David Grohl right Dave girl yeah yeah fighters and Nirvana gotcha okay uh so so he's the Satan version yeah yeah yeah he doesn't actually appear right right right right right yeah yeah for sure for sure but seven hours of makeup. Good God. A, I'm surprised it was not more, actually. Yeah, still. That's a long time. The club where they play

Starting point is 00:23:09 their first gig and J.B. Dreams about singing Master Exploder, also at the end where they meet Satan is Fangtasia from the series True Blood. Really? That's fun. Okay. Last one. The film has multiple references to Tenacious D's first album, Tenacious D, in

Starting point is 00:23:29 2001. Ronnie James Dio, makes an appearance in the film is possibly a reference to their song Dio after they have defeated the devil in a rock off they start trying to re-record the song they performed in the rock off by claiming it was the greatest song ever made. Yet not being

Starting point is 00:23:45 able to remember it, this is obviously a reference to their biggest hit tribute during the final showdown they mentioned that they will rock the devil's socks off this is quite possibly a reference to their song, Rock your socks off. Cool. That's all the

Starting point is 00:24:01 Yeah, we have. Is that the actual name or did you censor that creative? No, no, that was the actual name. Yeah, yeah. That's what it said. Just, I feel like with this band, you got to make sure. Yeah, no, no, that's what it said. I would have told you.

Starting point is 00:24:14 You're good. Yeah. I don't doubt you. Yes. Anyways, guys, what did you think of tenacious D and the pick of destiny? The Squatch. That's the only remaining fact. Oh, yes.

Starting point is 00:24:25 Who's our squatch, man? My bad. My bad. Tim Robbins in the big Rasputin guy. We will get the sassie. Sasquatch right now, John. I'm so sorry. I had one job.

Starting point is 00:24:35 I failed. Sasquatch. Where are you? Sasquatch. Sasquatch. Saskwitch. Shing in the dead of night. Why is it taking so long to find the Sasquatch?

Starting point is 00:24:45 Sasquatch searching on the IMDB. Good God. Where are you? Uncredited, maybe? Maybe he is really down below. Jesus. Good Lord. David Crumholtz.

Starting point is 00:24:58 What? Frat boy number two. I didn't even see him in there. Wow. We got to go back and look at. John C. Riley? Hey. No.

Starting point is 00:25:06 No. Oh, Jason Segal was also a frat boy. What? Dang. You got to have to really, yeah, look back on some of those shots. I am watching on YouTube later. I'm just going back to the frat boy scene. It's funny.

Starting point is 00:25:19 I can totally, thinking back and with the voice of the Sasquatch, I was like, I know he's, you know, that. You know, that thing that, but I didn't catch it right at the moment. I did say it sounds familiar. perfect sense now and oh my god that's awesome god i love johnsy rightly so much anyways guys what did you think of tenacious d in the pick of destiny is it your favorite jack black film are you a diehard fan we'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below also let us know what other films like this are just films in general you would love us to react to we'd love to hear your thoughts down below if you stayed with us this long we appreciate it stay safe rock out and we'll see you guys later

Starting point is 00:26:01 Thank you.

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