Fame

There was absolutely no point to remaking this movie.

First of all let me make this clear; I LOVE MUSICALS. Even when they're not great, a little song and dance always gives me something to look forward to in a movie. Second of all, let me make this also clear; my expectation of a remake is never set too high. Same as sequels, very rarely do they capture the magic of the original movie. So I didn't watch this movie expecting to be blown away, to be honest I barely expected anything; but somehow it managed to disappoint. Really. The actors all look the same, well at least the boys do, they're all safe, mediocre choices. And that pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the movie- safe and mediocre. They tried to have all the components of a hit (complete with a hip hop performance); teenage drama, success, failure, betrayal and even a make over. But the lack of emotional depth in all the characters (even the angry kid whose sister got killed) and story lines makes you lose interest half way through. Sorry Fame 2.0, you sucked.

Horrible.. Zero character development, heavily disjointed, zero investment in the characters.. The original was kinda gritty, this is just teenage angst...

I'm sorry to say that this was such a bad movie, or sequel, or remake, or adaptation, I don't know how to call it. This is not even the shadow of the original. The original movie has distinctive characteristics. This one has no hope, no emotion, no real talent and, on top of that, a bad story with an awful ending. The start up was promising, however, the story-line immediately fell short. The inclusion of Debbie Allen was a nice touch as a key character from the original movie. The non-inclusion of Irene Cara was a no-no. You cannot think of the song Fame without thinking of Irene Cara. I'm sure that Megan Mullally and Kelsey Grammar are not happy... at all.

Verdict : Flashy Movie, 3 Stars today after so many days, today I watched a movie (Fame (2009)) and I must say though this movie does not meet the original version of 1980 nor does bring any new contents or slapstick performances but kind of makes you glued to your seat until the students reach their junior year. Fame kind of reminds one of their undergraduate years and the fact that even a movie can be made about some interesting school years. Though this film never goes into any details and rather places a collage of the various things that we have already seen at various places and the only people this movie will perfectly fit to are the ones who have almost no knowledge of dance, acting or movies. NOTE: All my reviews are available at http://rastogisaurab29.wordpress.com/category/tv-and-movies/movie- reviews/ OR http://www.imdb.com/user/ur39556023/comments?order=date

My best friend saw it before I did, and she thought it was amazing, so when we went to see it together, I was really looking forward to it. However, within the first half an hour, I was bored out of my skull. I had expected it to be like the original series, which according to my parents was "fab", but, it most definitely was not. There were parts which I think were meant to be funny, or scary ( SPOILER:>>> when the boy almost jumped in front of the train) yet it all seemed like it was filled with an anti-climax. If being in the cinema audience made it seem any better, well, I'm not going to rush out to buy the DVD. I don't mean any offence to the director etc, but it didn't live up to my expectations

I didn't like it. I was very bored with it. I didn't care for the music. I didn't care for the dancing. I thought any humor that was attempted fell flat. I was confused with it. It was a high school, but at the beginning I thought it was something like a college. The new kids coming into the school as 9th graders looked more like college freshmen than they did high school freshmen. I just think it wasn't worth the money.

A remake of a classic film is only useful, if it adds to the original or pays homage to it. This does neither. It's pretty awful - it's the script. It's just poorly written. It's a shame, because there are some talented kids in it.

I have fallen short on caring for these characters, shouldn't I have felt something? Lots of scenes just started and you have no idea why they're in a bar? a talent contest?, in the school? ... they just suddenly are there and you don't know how they got there as a group. Relationships seem to just magically develop and you don't know how. Students signing up with a producer, who is he, where'd he come from? But by that time you really just don't care. Just falls flat. And to top it off all the music in is dumb, there's no wow moments, no even "aw, thats sweet' moments. Some of the actors do seem pretty good but they aren't given much to work with. This one isn't even worth a 2nd watch.