FAME: THE SOULESS REMAKE

I'm not "gonna live forever" if this is the updated version of the 1980's classic. Add some bubblegum, pop and a heavy beat and we find a film based on what should have been left alone. It was good to see the faculty, Broadway versed in real life, and interesting to see the younger talent; mind you the talent comment is not a rave review of their acting abilities. There were some seemingly authentic moments and good performances, but that does not make a movie earn the name Fame anywhere in it's title.
No bite: Rent the original, it's timeless.

ICE CASTLES

ICE CASTLES ARE EASILY BROKEN WHEN REMADE POORLY

If I sued remakes based on how terrible they were, I would be a rich woman. Going into the preliminaries I knew it would not be a good film. There was no star power, in fact, the lead, Lexi (Taylor Firth) is an ice skater NOT an actress... and it shows. The original Ice Castles wasn't Gone With The Wind, but it was simple and dopey and magical and romantic and had Robby Benson and Colleen Dewhurst and Tom Skerritt and you rooted for Lexi both before and after she got injured. There was chemistry between Nick and Lexi.

Nick Peterson: Here. There's a hand in front of you. Grab it.

Alexis Winston: What are you doing here?

Nick Peterson: [affectionately] Came to see you break your ass.

Alexis Winston: Can't see you very well. I don't know if you're kidding.

Nick Peterson: Just listen to my voice. I'm not kidding.

So much of a lack of a bite it's impossible to say: See the original. Cheesy, but so much better and romantically rewarding.