Fame

I went last night to see Fame, a remake of the fantastic 1980 film set in a New York school of performing arts.The original movie poster

Now, being an absolute Fame original devotee, I was expecting a lot from this "re-invention" of, in my opinion, a classic!

I'm usually not a fan of remakes, with films such as "The Italian Job" falling short of their originals.
Fame reminds me why I'm not a fan of remaking the classics. It really did not live up to the original. The set, songs, actors and plot were all there, but somehow did not fit together quite so perfectly. There was definitely something lacking, and I think it was the plot. It went all too quickly and there was hardly any character development.

This film had none of the earlier grittiness of the original, and the characters had just a tad of Hollywood sparkle about them, which didn't really fit with the earlier film.

I also think that the characters were exaggerated too much, you had the really shy introverted girl who dressed like a nerd, the typical wacky director who had the same glasses as every other cool nerd from american films, and the not-pretty-but-beautiful girl who doesnt know her own talent.

In the end, the film just didnt strike the same chord with me as the original, and I think others felt the same.