1. Tenacious D and the pick of destiny:
The plot of this film consists of a ‘Quest’. This is a comedy film so it is
littered with gags and other jokes and comedy. This is a musical
comedy and throughout the film the story is told via the medium of
music.
One character (Jack Black) seems completely mad and maybe even
stupid and the other seems down to earth (Kyle Gass) and thinks that
jack is being stupid for taking up this ‘quest’
The main plot is about the creation of the band Tenacious D, the film
makes the creation of the band into a fantasy adventure going on a
quest/road trip to acquire ‘The pick of destiny’
Beginning with background on hour Jack Blacks parents didn’t agree
with his taste in rock as they were devoted Christians and the music
was believed to be satanic. It then jumps 30 years into the future
where the two characters finally meet. They then go through
numerous problems until they finally acquire the ‘pick of destiny’.
The pick of destiny then presents them with ‘a final showdown’ with
the devil.
The movie is then resolved and there are no more problems that
appear for the character and the ending seems happy and the
characters go back to their normal life.
Hot Fuzz:
Hot Fuzz is a film about two characters that become partners in the
police force and solve a mystery in a village.
The plot starts with the main character being introduced as one of
the big most successful detectives in London. He is then sent to a
small village as he is ‘ to successful’ and makes them ‘look bad’.
This is his first problem in the film then he is sent to the ‘best kept
village in Britain’ This is littered with comedy as all other characters
seem eccentric compared to the main character.
The character is then presented with a murder mystery where all the
residents of the village seem to be plotting against others and killing
them, there is a lot of twists and turns which add to the comedy.

2. The characters flee the village and then finally return and go on a
‘Rambo’ style rampage and the problem is resolved in a model
village.
Borat:
Borat starts by introducing himself in a documentary style film. This
film is about the character Borat, going from his home in Kazakhstan
to America to observe some of the culture and bring it back to his
family and village and hopefully make enough money off of it to his
family.
A problem arises though when he goes ona quest to find a ‘Pamela
Anderson’ he goes on this quest and loses all money and his chicken.
He also loses touch with his camera man director and the film takes a
dive as it looks like Borat is in trouble. He then goes and finds the
word of the lord and the movie slowly pieces it self back together and
eventually everything is happy again and he goes back and lives a
happy life back in Kazakhstan.
Similarities in plots:
- The characters seem to consist of two main characters, one
who seems down to earth and another who is crazy/stupid.
This contrast seems to be important, as there is usually a falling
out between the two characters.
- The storyline usually involves a quest or a journey, which
doesn’t go completely to plan and ends up so that the quest
didn’t have the outcome expected.
- There is usually multiple small problems that arise throughout
the film then one big finale at the end of the film with the big
overall problem being resolved in a over the top fashion.
- The two characters often do not know each other before the
film and you see them fall out and then finally become best
friends in the end of the film and they live there lives ‘happily
ever after’