CrawlerChunky
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Brainsbell
The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
Matho
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
Marva
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
bkoganbing
Nothing sells on television like seeing talented people do their thing. So a show based on New York City's High School for the Performing Arts was the basis for a classic film and a TV series that had a respectable run of five years in the 80s.The nice thing was that in a show like Fame it was never a star vehicle as such. Some of the faces from the motion picture are in the cast, but they were added and subtracted quite a bit over the run. Some sang, some dance, some played musical instruments. They all took the usual academic subjects.The faculty came and went as well. Debbie Allen was the constant, the dance teacher. Broadway composer Albert Hague was the music teacher. One of the best story lines was when a regular science teacher played by Ken Swofford got to be principal. At first he was quite baffled by the dynamics of the place, but over several episodes he got into it.Whether its Ted Mack's Amateur Hour or America's Got Talent, talent like they had in Fame always sells.
kenonutt223
When I was a kind I started watching Fame with my mother. She used to watch that show all the time. She loved it. I bought the first season at Wal Mart for $20. It was cheap. I watched all 16 episodes in the season, and 1 thing I like about the show was at the end of the introduction, 2 women on the dance floor studio jumped and splitted their legs WIDE OPEN. That's what reminds me of having to watch that show. Even I was having to get up for school the morning after, YEARS ago. I felt pretty good about watching that show. And another part of the introduction was the quote that says "You got big dreams. You want Fame, well Fame costs. And right here is where you start paying with sweat. The title theme was great. I didn't like the end credits much, but the introduction was great, and the whole show too.
niohc
In addition to the original movie, "Fame," the TV series is still vibrant and compelling. The music is for the most part still fresh, and the choreography and dance performances are ageless. The characters as well as the dancing and singing give the show an energy that is contagious and leaves you smiling. Of course the series is not for the literal-minded--what musical is?--so if you are bothered by people "spontaneously" bursting into fully-scored singing and fully- choreographed dancing, skip it. If you like music and dance and would enjoy explorations of the dreams and problems of young people by them and the equally-interesting adult faculty of the "Fame" school, you'll love this series. It's particularly good viewing for kids, too.
geenah00
I believe that Fame the series was a great show for it's time. IT WAS the 80's. There is no denying that. Of course the movie was better...when is that not expected. We all know that in real life no one breaks into song and dance. I think what the series did, was take the movie to a level that the "true" movie fans wanted to see where it could go. In the later seasons it did get boring, repetitive and almost down right embarrassing. This is one of the tv series I wish were still on in syndication...I would watch. Fame the TV series was NOT lame!!!!!
