Comments on: Review: Fame

By: mangan

mangan — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:28:00 +0000

Amazing Review. Nail on head. I came back from this film pissed for what it had done with the name of the original. Speaking from a more personal perspective I am most pissed about its portrayal of GLBT peoples. The original (1980 mind you) had a main character that was struggling with his sexuality, and a full on coming out story for him. 30 years later, and the gay character is nothing more than in the background, and the audience is left only to assume he is gay based on flamboyant stereotypes. Honestly is this how far we've come in 30 years? A school of the performing arts and there is ONE GUY who MIGHT be gay? give me a break.

By: Sadie

Sadie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:19:24 +0000

Awesome points, I hate the remake….. but there was no one named “Angelo” in the 1980 version. I think you're talking about Ralph Garci…. :)

By: Sadie

Sadie — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:19:24 +0000

Awesome points, I hate the remake….. but there was no one named “Angelo” in the 1980 version. I think you're talking about Ralph Garci…. :)

By: witza

witza — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:55:55 +0000

great movie for ever.

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http://blog.80millionmoviesfree.com/in-theaters...

By: baroy

baroy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:22:50 +0000

There was no character in the original named Angelo. It was Raoul or “Ralph.” Though the review was pretty right on. the reviewer should get the facts straight.

By: kwoo1

kwoo1 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:06:02 +0000

The movie had such a good vibe in the early stages before we actually started to shoot it. In fact, it had such good energy going on, that it was a pity it ended up being cut-up/chop-chopped and as you said, 'sanitized'. There were a lot of scenes that unfortunately did not make the final cut. These scenes showed stories about true friendship, love, passion, relationships, sexuality, disappointments and successes in detail thru character development. Though the locked version was 'tamed down' because of the PG rating, a DVD directors cut would probably show the actual stories of the 10 different characters.

It seemed that Mr. Tancharoen forgot (maybe intentionally?) that he had 10 characters to develop. It appeared that there was concentration on one, Ms. Panabaker (and how could her character pass such a rigid audition?), Mr. Book, Mr. Pennie, Ms. Naughton (who sang very well) and Ms. Payne. Whatever happened to Mr. Iacono, Mr. McGill, Ms. Perez de Tagle, Ms. Flores (what character did she portray?) and Mr. Perez? What are their life stories or experiences?

Being part of the crew, I witnessed a number of scenes where Joy (Anna Maria), Kevin (Paul McG, who plays a gay dancer...did you notice?) and Neil (Paul I, obsessed film maker) developed and established their friendship. There was a dramatic/touching scene where Joy and Kevin made the whole crew shed tears and I thought that would have been a clincher in the film. But sad to say, it ended up in the editors bin. Ms. Perez de Tagle should have been given more substantial scenes. She really is a "Joy" to watch. If I may add, Mr. McGill as handsome as he is, should have been given the same opportunity. In my opinion, these three characters would have been able to show the true color of FAME.

Needless to say, Mr. Tancharoen should have captured the true essence of the "New York PA youth" by utilizing and developing all of his characters evenly. In my opinion, he could have done that, if he had chosen to do so. However, it seems that Mr. Tancharoen concentrated on just one character's development..........Jenny (Ms. Panabaker)....whom he had 'captured' and "captivated" way before the filming was over. Sad, utterly sad, but true.

Give it a chance, view it in it's entirety. Maybe a PG-13 rating would have made the FAME re-invention..........'live forever'

Thank you.

KW, Beverly Hills, CA