<p>…do not, under any circumstances, see the remake that opened today! Same thing applies even if you never saw the original or saw it and didn’t like it! Truly the worst move I’ve seen in years. One critic said “Someone has driven a stake through the heart and ripped out the soul of the 1980 original.” I particularly hated Kay Panabaker, who played one of the female leads and managed to be both unattractive and uncharismatic. (And it’s not like they needed to find a triple threat, because she doesn’t dance in the movie and barely sings.) There are a few talented adult actors in the movie—Bebe Neuwirth, Kelsy Grammar–but they are given very little to do and can’t rise above the material. Don’t say you weren’t warned!</p>
<p>Sad! The original is a classic! Maybe I’ll just rent it.</p>
<p>Oh, I am so sad to hear the re-make is a disappointment. I dont go to the movies often but was planning to find a friend to go with me. 
Thanks for the warning.</p>
<p>Disappointment is right! I was missing the dad with his cab, proudly toting his son and all of the electronic equipment after the first 10 minutes…</p>
<p>After watching the previews, I decided just to stay away. Fame was one of my favorite movies (and boy did I have a crush on Bruno!). No way would I taint that memory.</p>
<p>And since when is a remake better than the original? They do remakes because the original was SO GOOD that they think they can make it better. Well, a classic can’t be better - or it wouldn’t be a classic. Just leave us alone to enjoy the black and white, great acting, or just enjoying watching the old fashions and the music in such productions as Fame.</p>
<p>I loved the original. Heard bad things about remake. D saw it, and said she should have waited for the “dvd rental”, but never saw the original. </p>
<p>I hate when they mess with classics. Sometimes you can’t go “better” the second time.</p>
<p>ejr1, you got it. I hate, with a seething hatred that corrodes my very soul, remakes of movies as well as songs, unless they are done in a very different style that reveals something that the original did not. Only the greedy and artistically bankrupt Hollywood machine could believe that such crap is worthwhile. I’m glad to hear that the remake of Fame sucks. I hope it loses $100 million and gets the executive who green-lighted it fired.</p>
<p>I actually liked “The Parent Trap” remake from a decade ago when it came out. They updated it for a new generation, but I enjoyed it as much as the original that I saw when I was a kid.</p>
<p>I forgot about The Parent Trap. I liked it, too.</p>
<p>Okay, so there’s one exception to the rule. :p</p>
<p>I am glad that one movie didn’t corrode your soul. I don’t think there is a warranty for that!</p>
<p>Oh, I’m pretty sure my warranty was voided years ago because I never changed the oil in the darn thing. But I am trying to do a little refurbishing now that I’m older and realize how important it is to keep it running smoothly. :)</p>
<p>One remake I love is the Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr version of “An Affair to Remember”. It’s a remake of “Love Affair” with Charles Boyer & Irene Dunne, which I also love. It was remade again with Warren Beatty & Annette Benning, but I never saw that version. You can’t improve on perfection.</p>
<p>I just remembered another one I liked, Solaris. The remake with George Clooney had its charms and, at least, was not an insult to the original, which I think was a better film but less accessible.</p>
<p>We saw the new Fame with my dancing 15 year old. I had loved the old Fame. Its a different movie- not the same script, not the same kids, just the same premise. Its good for what it is- a movie about teens dancing and singing.</p>