"Marred by Lewd Comedy"

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EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA is a wild comic ride. Some of the music is surprisingly good. However, the movie’s more heartwarming moments are marred by a strong Romantic worldview promoting self-gratification along with lots of foul language, many lewd references, and a politically correct pro-homosexual message. For example, four of the movie’s original songs contain clean lyrics, but four other songs have lewd lyrics. Two of those four lewd songs are performed on stage with male or female dancers dancing very suggestively. Ultimately, therefore, THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA exceeds the bounds of decency and morality.
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EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA stars Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as two naïve, cheesy Icelandic singers who accidentally get a chance to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest. EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA is a wild, music-filled comic ride, but the story’s more heartwarming aspects are marred by a Romantic worldview promoting self-gratification, with lots of foul language, many lewd references and a pro-homosexual message.
The movie opens in 1974, when little Lars and little Sigrit are both fascinated by Abba singing the winning song “Waterloo” at the Eurovision Song Contest. They begin dancing in front of the TV set while the neighborhood watches, but Lars’ father, Erich, is not amused.
Thirty years later, Sigrit is still helping Lars perform his own songs in their local band, Fire Saga, even though Lars refuses to let romance get in the way of his musical dreams. Lars’ father is still not amused. However, Lars hopes Iceland will pick Fire Saga’s new song, “Double Trouble,” as the country’s entry into the next Eurovision contest, but that dream is a longshot. The favorite to win the Iceland competition is a girl named Katrina. With Katrina, everyone in Iceland thinks they could finally have a chance of winning the contest. However, the chairman of the contest committee hopes she doesn’t win because, then, Iceland would have to host the next song contest, and the country can’t afford it.
Fire Saga really does have a good song, but Lars is so late for the performance that he hasn’t had time to put on the costume over his long underwear. He shows up onstage in his underwear where he tries to fit into the angel harness where he’s supposed to swoop onto the stage where Sigrit is singing. The harness breaks, and the whole performance is a disaster. In fact, the performance is such a disaster that Lars and Sigrit aren’t invited to attend the boat party where all the performers will celebrate Katrin’s winning song.
On the pier, Lars and Sigrit watch the people partying on the boat when the boat suddenly explodes, killing everyone on board. Lars and Sigrit are shocked, but they can’t hide their joy that they will now be the ones to perform at the next Eurovision in Edinburgh, Scotland.
In Scotland, however, Lars starts to get a big head. He wants to revamp the stage performance using a professional choreographer, but Sigrit isn’t happy with the changes. Meanwhile, the Russian singer in the contest, Alexander Lemtov (played by Dan Stevens), is trying to woo Sigrit away from Lars.
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA is a wild comic ride. Some of the music is surprisingly good. In one scene, the cast tams up with some real Eurovision contest winners to sing an uplifting melody of Cher’s “Believe” and Madonna’s “Ray of Light.” However, the movie’s more heartwarming moments are marred by a strong Romantic worldview promoting self-gratification along with lots of foul language, many lewd references, and a politically correct pro-homosexual message. For example, four of the movie’s original songs contain clean lyrics, but three other songs have lewd lyrics. Two of those three songs are performed on stage with male or female dancers dancing very suggestively.
Ultimately, therefore, THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA exceeds the bounds of decency and morality.