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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Bonkers and Beautiful
As a Eurovision fan, you often struggle to know when you can reveal such a secret with new people. If you're a Fan you love everything about it, if you're a part time watcher, you remember the silliness but forget the sublime!
On hearing the announcement I felt the same trepidation. But this film manages in 2 hours to show exactly what it is I love about Eurovision.
From the moment we hear the first bar of Waterloo, to seeing the smile on the sad young boy's face, to seeing the Duo stepping onto the stage for their first performance, you are filled with Hope and a desire to see them succeed.
The film takes you on the ups and downs as you would expect in a very similar way to Blades of Glory does. Every chance they have to succeed they fluff it all whilst being laughed at. Then you get to the very end, when they get it right and he mutters what will become immortal words, "Eurovision is much more than a competition, The music is not a contest, and the perfect song isn't the winning song, but a song that comes from the heart!"
It is Bonkers and Beautiful and I absolutely loved it!
I'll Fly Away (1991)
fantastic
i remember watching this show when i was 12 and i still remember it now and it was so brilliant. As a kid i suppose i didnt understand the show to its full extent but nevertheless i stilled cried my eyes out several times. One show i remember the most is when francie gets her period stood at the front of the class room and everyone laughing. The humiliation alone would kill me and she ran home to lilly who sorted it all out. Fantastic!
Get Real (1998)
Excellent
Very few films these days leave me wanting more like this one does. I saw this film advertised on a trailer for another film i had rented and immediately wanted to take it back and exchange it for this. Being gay myself this film echoed my teenage life and so tugs on my own emotions. I felt sad when stephen was sad, happy when he was happy and had even experience the humiliation of being beaten by the lad i was seeing so he could save face. This film is as realistic as it gets and the title explains more than you think. "Get Real" will remain on my top 5 for along time.