Sep 25, 2009
Fame (2009)
Wow, what a huge disappointment. Having loved the original, I was excited for the remake. I expected better choreography, bigger stunts, better music and most of all, more detail into the characters’ lives. But I felt totally disconnected from the 2009 characters and although the few dance performances were amazing, they were few and far between and didn’t carry the movie at all. The best part of the movie was the last 8 minutes of it, the graduation performance, and that’s pretty much all I spent my money on. With almost 30 years between the two movies, I really expected them to bring something new and enchanting to the remake. Instead it just felt like one big cut and paste job. Plus I hate this poster.
Okay, so after being refreshed and having watched the Original Fame, I feel like the 2009 completely lacked any originality. It was overall too flashy, too much bling. All the characters and stories were direct copies from the original. I thought that they’d expand and improve upon the original, but it seemed to be a completely, unoriginal and uninspiring remake. It was like one huge American Idol & So You Think You Can Dance merged together. The only thing that the 2009 version did better was the dancing and I’m not even sure if it was better, maybe just contemporary.