Sadly Over-hyped

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

OK, fame is such a good show, its the best actually, I love all the characters, but of course my favorite is.... BRUNO! How can u not like bruno? He is the best character and you have to love his hair! Another good character is Leroy, the stubborn dancer. Leroy is a great character because that man can DANCE like no one else. The rest of the characters i like too, but my favorites are Bruno and Leroy. Who can for get the music in FAME, there was tonnes of good songs that i personally like, such as: Starmaker, Sho sho Shorfsky, High Fidelity, Desdamona, The show must go on, Murphy's Blues and Friday night.FAME 10/10

The show deserves a 10 IMO, mostly for bringing back so many memories from the time I watched in the Netherlands in the 80s.It was such a big hit in the Netherlands and the show was really something special. Erica Gimpel was my favorite, although I can see why some fans found her character annoying. She did a great job in playing a character which was big character in the movie played by Irene Cara. IMO both Irene and Erica did a great job in playing Coco Hernandez, but the Coco's were different, looking back I see the Coco in the film as the older sister of the Coco in the series.I only liked the original cast, up until the 3rd season, then it became a show which little connection to the movie.I learned to appreciate the movie later on, for its rawness and great storyline and acting. Hard to imagine that the Montgomery from the film is the nasty Dr Romano from ER.Kids from Fame I love you and I always will. Anyone who loves the show should see the documentary the BBC did on Fame: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Carlo Imperato, Valerie Landsburg and Gene Anthony Ray.

Of course, Fame the TV show is not patch on the classic Fame movie, but this show is still really good. With the same plot as the movie, the show follows the stories of the students and faculty at New York City's High School for the Performing Arts. If you enjoyed the brilliant movie and the just as brilliant West-End musical production of Fame, then I'm sure you'll enjoy the TV show of Fame It's great.

The 1980 film about the students and faculty of the New York City High School for The Performing Arts was quite good very good in fact.But its' TV namesake was anything but.The movie was fresh,fast paced,and interesting while the TV show had all the qualities you find in a situation comedy-drama it was stale and predictable.Hey why did the show have so many goofy skits and musical numbers on it?It sort of reminded you of an old Elvis Presley movie where Elvis would break into a musical number during a scene it never made sense,the kids too would break into some non-sensical music and dance number at any time.The emphasis on education,something the filmmakers did not forget,was lost on and forgotten by the makers of the TV show.The stars of "Fame" the TV show were also not up to par with the actors in the film.Carlo Impernato was the greatest no-talent to ever disgrace national TV with his presence.He couldn't really sing,dance,or act but he got plenty of lines on the show.Billy Hufsey was a decent dancer but he was bit insufferable considering all the airtime he got.He wasn't much of an actor either.The Fame TV show did some live concerts around the country when it was popular(one was shown by NBC)and it stayed around for a few years but the charm and exuberance of the movie of the same name was not apparent when watching it.It was a show that was all mass and no appeal.