Appropriately for the week that's in it, the midweek movie - sandwiched between the Eurovision semifinals - was Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. Starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as a couple of Nordic Eurovision hopefuls - who between them comprise the band Fire Saga - it was apparently released to coincide with last year's Eurovision. Which, of course, didn't happen, what with the pandemic. Well, it looked funny - just the thing to cheer us up, after we failed, as usual, to qualify for the final.
Turns out Will Ferrell co-wrote it as well. Whether that accounts for all the jokes in bad taste, we'll just have to speculate. But never mind. It certainly attracted a slew of celebs - Pierce Brosnan plays his father, disapproving of the son's lifelong obsession with Eurovision, and Dan Stevens is a fellow contestant, from Russia. But just wait till you start celeb-spotting - loads of Eurovision celebs appear as themselves, primarily at a massive preshow party (you'll definitely recognise some), and Graham Norton turns up to commentate on the whole thing. What's more, they even filmed the stage sequences at the actual Eurovision - the last live one, in 2019!
Aw, I loved it. Daft as the real Eurovision, and filmed on location in Húsavík, Iceland, where they're supposed to be from - it looks gorgeous - it's pretty much a laugh a minute. If your sense of humour extends to the Eurovision, you'll love this. And Will Ferrell films are always feelgood. Excellent tv scheduling, for once..
Midnight tomorrow, back with Thumbs Up Theatre Toronto for a quiz, which I'll probably do terribly at. But hey, it shouldn't run too late for me to get to work, next day..
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