Wow! Such a good movie.

Expected more

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It's a reflection of multi-cultural lives. The characters are diverse in terms of personality and physicality such as gayness, blackness etc. The common point is to get reputation. Besides, studying the private lives of the characters alters their interaction with each other as well as the emotions. But, there are some unanswered questions about them. We could have a sneak peeks of how they live after school, however, the director seems not to delve into too much.

This movie breaks down a lot of the expectations that most audiences have in regards to musicals. However, this movie is still very clearly a musical through and through.One of the biggest expectations audiences have going into a musical is that the characters will frequently just start singing and dancing for no reason. Parker decided to take a different route on how he presented the song and dance numbers. The movie revolves around a group of high school students as they progress through their four years of school at a performing arts high school. Since nearly every character in the story is a singer or dancer, it makes sense for them to sing and/or dance every once in a while. And since I'm sure every one of you knows at least one person that's involved in the arts somehow, I'm also sure you know that it's not completely out of character for these people to randomly start singing and dancing. The characters in "Fame" hold true to this personality trait. Whenever the characters start randomly singing and/or dancing throughout the movie, it may be "weird" according to societal norms, but for actual performers, it's something that could and often does actually happen in real life."Fame" also challenges the purpose of songs in the musicals. Normally, songs in musicals either are vital in progressing the plot or are simply for entertainment. The music in "Fame" does neither of these things. While the songs are vital to the plot, it is not in the conventional sense. Most of the songs in the movie are sung by musicians as they are auditioning, practicing, or performing, rather than simply being a tool to move the plot along. If someone were to take all the songs out of the movie the plot would not make as much sense, because without them the characters singing them would have to be removed from the script. Another thing that is expected out of most musicals is the big production number at the end of the musical that either ties all of the loose ends of the story up or celebrates everyone's good fortune. "Fame" still has a production number, but it fulfills neither of the expected uses. This production number takes place at the students' graduation. It serves as the final chance for both the audience within the movie and those of us watching the movie itself to see all of the characters perform before they go off into the "real world." None of the characters' story lines end with a sense of finality. No one is shown getting a professional job, or an agent, or even a relationship. The characters graduate and that's the end of it. For most audiences, they are expecting the final number to tie up loose ends. Sadly, these people will be left hanging.Even though "Fame" is definitely very unconventional in it's delivery, it is still very strongly a musical. The songs are still very vital to the storyline even though they aren't quite delivered how you would expect. In my opinion, it does a great job at trying to reach to both musical loving audiences and non-musical loving audiences.

New kids come to audition for New York City High School of Performing Arts. Leroy Johnson is a tough kid dragged to help a girl audition but he gets picked instead. Bruno Martelli is more interested in modern music. Doris Finsecker is shy pushed by her mother. Lisa Monroe is a dancer since childhood but finds herself falling behind. Coco Hernandez (Irene Cara) is confident at everything. Montgomery MacNeil is gay. The movie follows these kids and their teachers over the next 4 years.The beauty of this are the various unknown actors. The drawback is also the same thing which suffers from a lack of focus on a specific character. The numbers of characters are so many and the time spent is so vast. It becomes a series of disjointed vignettes. It does get into the foreign world of the performing arts and some pretty interesting dramatic aspects. Gene Anthony Ray is electric in his audition scene. There are some great memorable big energetic dance sequences like the cafeteria and on the street. They have 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. Some characters are inevitably more interesting than others which is different for every viewer. It is simply a bit too scattered.

Fame is a film that is set at New York's High School of Performing Arts.It focuses on talented teens that train for showbiz careers. The story concentrates on five of the most gifted students namely:singer Coco Hernander,actor Ralph Garci/Raul Garcia,actor Leroy Johnson, and musician Bruno Martelli.They also include the story of the faculty members such as:Mr. Benjamin Shorofsky,a musical instructor; Elizabeth Sherwood,an English teacher; and Lydia,a dance instructor. The story covers four years of High School.It stars Lee Curreri,Irene Cara,Paul McCrane,Maureen Teefy,Barry Miller and Debbie Allen.Alan Parker directed the film.This is definitely an entertaining musical film.Anyone who wants to reminisce the 80's and their high school days will surely appreciate it.Aside from that,we are treated to great songs,musical performances and dance numbers.Who could forget Irene Cara's Oscar winning song,Fame and her other Oscar nominated song,Out Here on My Own?Aside from that,we are also treated to stories about High School students that experience different issues in life such as peer pressure,their sensitivity,overcoming pressures and expectations when showcasing their talents and achieving their potential in life.It may not be realistic all the time but is still one movie that will still surely enjoy after all these years.