Movie Review: Fame

[asterroc]

The latest -and perhaps last- in the string of 1980's musical movies that I've been watching this year was Fame [Wikipedia, IMDB] (movie #7, others being Grease #5, Flashdance #3, and Dirty Dancing #4). The movie was not as musical as I was expecting, though there were a few gratuitous bursts into song and dance, and some gratuitous acting as well. It's essentially Hogwarts for performing arts¹ in that there are many students with their many stories, and none are gone into as depth as they should be. The entire tale is little vignettes into the life of an overachiever in the performing arts, including the dramas of self-revelation, failure, family strife, and budding sexuality. If there are geeks in your life, especially ones who went to nerd camps or schools, it's a must-see, but for all others you can take it or leave it as you choose.

Are there any other 80's musical movies that I've missed?

¹Yeah yeah, I know Rowling would've ripped Parker and not the other way around.

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I'm not usually a fan of horror, but I like psychological thrillers and ones with a Sci/Fan bent - for example "28 days later", or "The Sixth Sense". T$ and I are planning to see "30 Days of Night" this weekend - neither of us are horror fans, but he likes the vampires, and I kinda like vampires but I *really* like the intersection of the fantasy of vampires and the science of how above the arctic circle you have whole months of darkness. *grin*

In general Sci-Fi is my favorite genre for movies, with musicals coming in after that though I wouldn't usually think of them as a genre I like. I also like action, fantasy, and certain actors. T$ likes Sci-Fi, action, crime, and noir, and in TV shows likes all of the above plus some styles of humor and British. I'm not as into TV as he.

[framefolly.livejournal.com]

I'm good with other horror -- but supernatural horror -- with vengeful ghosts, esp. -- give me nightmares :P .