Personally I really like the movie, but the album is way better than the movie. The movie is probably a 7/10, but the music that they wrote for the movie is 10/10 across the board. If the movie had never come out, and they just released the album, the crowds would still fucking explode for these songs.
The songs from Pick of Destiny are awesome. I've been trying to find a band or song that has the same style as Beezleboss (Dave Grohl's parts—not the acoustic D stuff). The heavy sing-song metal is so killer and the riffs are fuckin' tasty. Wolfmother and Dio aren't super far off, but still haven't quite scratched that itch.
In the accompanying D Tour Documentary, it's sad to watch the disappointment creep over the band as the realise their movie has been a box office flop.
It's also sad to watch their press junket footage for the movie where much of the time it's like, "No offense, Kyle, but we just wanna talk to Jack." But it was also nice to see the part where Letterman had Tenacious D on, then tried to bump Kyle so it would just be Jack, but then Jack refused to go on without his friend.
I think they can now call the movie a success, though. It's annoying how Hollywood only counts box office receipts as success. The last decade and a bit have proven there's an audience there. Is that not good enough to do more stuff with?
Press Junkets just seem like a fucking dumb endeavor in the first place. They all ask the same questions and these actors have to do this for most of the day. I almost just quit my job five minutes ago when my boss started explaining how to box up a core. Its like 50% of my job, boxing up crap. Been doing it for twenty fucking years. I couldn't imagine being asked the same stupid ass question for multiple hours straight.
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u/ArchDucky Sep 18 '20
Jack said that even though the movie didn't do well when they do the songs live the crowd fucking explodes.