shadow_walker343
It really doesn't matter how in depth you went to pretend that you were some intense movie critic, as you proved one thing with all the negativity: you don't know anything about what makes a movie a success. 1)Numbers: "Box office The film opened at No. 3 behind Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and the newly released Surrogates with approximately $10,011,682.[7] The film has grossed $22,455,510 domestically and $50,930,003 in the foreign market with an international gross of $73,385,513, making it a moderate box office success." 2)The fact that this movie hit the screen at the right time when all the annoying reality music shows are on, along with Glee on TV and the High School Musicals being in the theaters and theatres shows that knowledge of your audience is the key to success, NOT listening to, lack of success, critics telling you not to make a movie other than the way they prefer it to be. 3)Do you ever find yourself laughing at others when they are angry that a movie didn't stick to the original comic book script(Rhetorical)? Yes, I am laughing at all of these negative reviews in the same way. The truth is that it's an average movie, it isn't the original Fame movie or series and...good. That is the past and it was good, there isn't ANY point in doing the exact same movie or show, as that IS the constant annoyance that Hollywood is doing in the current. Take the time, watch the movie again without the expectations of the original movie and you might just find it tolerable. I give it a C+ to B-, which is better than average and worthy of a movie rental price.
MishMash88
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.
Jackson Booth-Millard
The 1980 Irene Cara/Alan Parker version of the film is a cult favourite, famous for that title song that went to number one, naturally a remake would be much more modern and stylised, it did sound like a bit of a silly idea. Basically, set in New York City High School for the Performing Arts, the story sees a group of young boys and girls wanting to achieve fame in whatever talent they have, whether it be drama, music, dancing, rapping or singing, but they have their hold backs. The story goes through freshman year, sophomore year, junior year, senior and graduation, and the main characters, amongst others, are wannabe actress Jenny Garrison (Kay Panabaker, Danielle's sister), wannabe pianist Denise Dupree (Naturi Naughton) and wannabe dancer Alice Ellerton (Kherington Payne). The teachers keeping an eye on the students and helping them achieve their ambitions include music teacher Mr. Martin Cranston (Kelsey Grammar), dance class teacher Ms. Kraft (Jumanji's Bebe Neuwirth), voice teacher Ms. Fran Rowan (Megan Mullally) and Ms. Angela Simms (Debbie Allen). Also starring Walter Perez as Victor Tavares, Asher Book as Marco, Collins Pennie as Malik Washburn, Kristy Flores as Rosie Martinez, Paul McGill as Kevin Barrett and Paul Iacono as Neil Baczynsky. I can see what the critics mean by trying to make it like a High School Musical kind of thing, I found it similar to something like Save the Last Dance as well, it is filled with the most obvious and tedious clichés, the characters are pretty one dimensional, the songs are okay, the title song being the only really memorable one, overall it is a pretty pointless remake musical drama. Adequate!
twilliams76
Wretched. Horrible. Awful. Pathetic and sad. When the lights burnt out of the title before the movie even began, I foresaw bad things for this movie. It is so full of cliché and stereotypes.This is one of the most poorly made (this is my biggest complaint) films I have seen in recent years -- nothing seemed to really matter to anybody involved. Bad script, horrible acting (Kay Panabaker may be the MOST annoying actress I have ever run across), implausible situations ... ugh. Stupid and trite. Fake emotions and tears. I actually felt awful when I wanted a kid to go ahead and kill himself because he was wearing horrible pants. I didn't care for a single soul in this film because NONE of it felt real(istic).I can watch So You Think You Can Dance or Glee or American Idol on television and care more for any of those people I see on screen than I did here. Fame is all truly tragic ... and not in a good King Lear-tragic kind of way. There seems to be no real heart or emotion in this thing -- perhaps it is adequately named since fame is what so many people seem to care about anymore ... it doesn't matter what one does to "earn" it.Famehorrors! (this could've been spelled another way but I think it would have been rejected -- although BOTH words fit) -- and this dud of a film was full of them since not one of them seemed to genuinely care that the movie was terrible.The original television show deserved better!
AD
