The Runaways Movie

JacoLesFlea · #1 03-20-2010, 03:57 AM

Since the movie has opend here I am going to see it tommorow, I thought I would add this link to Runaways singer Cherie Currie From all girl rock punk band to chain saw carver...she looks good for her age.....as far as the movie goes I heard Dakota Fanning does an excellent job playing the part of Cherie. Joan Jett, Lita Ford, and the bassist from the Bangles (cant think of her name right now) were all part of The Runaways which is pretty cool.
http://www.chainsawchick.com/bio.html

kydnav · #2 03-20-2010, 07:21 AM

I've seen the trailer and some of the previews and I'm actually pretty excited about seeing it!

Selta · #3 03-20-2010, 01:37 PM

Going to be seeing it tonight.

bongomania · #4 03-20-2010, 04:08 PM

After seeing that, be sure to rent "Edgeplay: A Film About The Runaways" ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216731/ ) for a grittier, more "real" look at their true story.

Rocker949 · #5 03-20-2010, 05:38 PM

Here is an article about the legal battle behind the movie. This may be of interest since this is a bass message board and it's the bassist who is being shunned.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...ry?id=10144921

JacoLesFlea · #6 03-21-2010, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

After seeing that, be sure to rent "Edgeplay: A Film About The Runaways" ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216731/ ) for a grittier, more "real" look at their true story.

yep....streaming on netflix watch instantly going to be watching it later.

JacoLesFlea · #7 03-21-2010, 09:43 AM

JacoLesFlea · #8 03-22-2010, 04:24 AM

finally seeing it this afternoon....but it sounds like this movie is attracting alot of controversy.....

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=123895

thumpbass1 · #9 03-22-2010, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JacoLesFlea

finally seeing it this afternoon....but it sounds like this movie is attracting alot of controversy.....

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=123895

It is, because it's not historically accurate in the details. I don't care if Joan Jett and Cherie Currie may have some grudges against Jackie Fox; but to write her out of the movie is just wrong. Looks like we are getting another bit of Hollywood style revisionism that filters out the real facts of what actually happened. It's an interesting story to say the least, but I'm saddened that the truth is filtered and distorted in this way.

Selta · #10 03-22-2010, 08:54 AM

It was a good movie to watch. Also realize that Jackie wasn't the first bassist for the Runaways (or even 2nd), so writing her out like that doesn't have the overall impact some people are trying to make it out as having. They couldn't obtain her life rights, so they didn't put her in the movie (so Jackie, in essence, brought this on to herself). Jackie also tried to get the movie halted by filing suit against Joan, which Joan counter-suited for.

Something obviously went down between Jackie, Joan and Lita, let alone Cherie. Whatever it was I doubt we'll really know

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bongomania · #11 03-22-2010, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by JacoLesFlea

finally seeing it this afternoon....but it sounds like this movie is attracting alot of controversy...

Meh--the site you linked supports a rabid extremist agenda. Any "controversy" found there is cooked up by and for people with a specific axe to grind. The real controversy is as thumpbass1 described.

As to what "really" happened between the band members, they had several big fallings-out, which reached a peak a few years ago when the previous Runaways documentary movie was made, and Joan Jett decided she didn't want to be a part of it. Now, when Hollywood is making a glamorized version with starlets, Jett wanted in--and she wanted Jackie out, because Jackie was behind the first documentary.

thumpbass1 · #12 03-22-2010, 05:32 PM

ds

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Originally Posted by Ray Salamon

It was a good movie to watch. Also realize that Jackie wasn't the first bassist for the Runaways (or even 2nd), so writing her out like that doesn't have the overall impact some people are trying to make it out as having. They couldn't obtain her life rights, so they didn't put her in the movie (so Jackie, in essence, brought this on to herself). Jackie also tried to get the movie halted by filing suit against Joan, which Joan counter-suited for.

Something obviously went down between Jackie, Joan and Lita, let alone Cherie. Whatever it was I doubt we'll really know

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I'll probably see the movie, but it's going to be tainted in my view, as I tend to like facts and not fictional revisionism. Don't get me started on how grossly inacurate Caddilac Records was as a movie, in regards to telling the history of Chess Records.

Honk'n_down-low · #13 03-22-2010, 05:40 PM

It's controversial so it will almost by default make some Box Office.

What it really boils down is that People are Lemmings and they'll consume anything.

Ekim · #14 03-22-2010, 05:54 PM

Knowing it's been fictionalized makes me not want to see it. Bummer. There ain't much worth seeing out right now.

thumpbass1 · #15 03-23-2010, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Ekim

Knowing it's been fictionalized makes me not want to see it. Bummer. There ain't much worth seeing out right now.

I know how you feel on this one, given my previous posts. The movie will however have a large element of truth behind it, I must concede; even if Joan Jett and Jackie Fox had been fighting in court behind the scenes, while this movie was being made. At least there is some real rock and roll melodrama that went down regarding this film. I've simmered down enough to still want to see it.

At least these bio pics made by Hollywood about famous musical artists and other historical personages of interest, do inspire some folks to learn about what really happened in terms of actual events. It's almost a given that Hollywood writers are going to take creative license with actual events with such films. I will see this movie, knowing full well that, like most bio-historical drama movies, you have to take it with a grain of salt, and go research the facts for yourself, and draw your own conclusions.

P. Aaron · #16 03-23-2010, 10:15 AM

It's another bio-movie. Odds are small it'll be good.

bongomania · #17 03-23-2010, 10:20 AM

I'll probably rent it when it comes out on DVD, because even if I have misgivings about the behind-the-scenes bitchery, Joan Jett has always been a deity in my eyes.

I'll forgive her some ungodlike petty drama.

MakiSupaStar · #18 03-23-2010, 11:44 AM

Who the hell are the Runaways?

EricF · #19 03-23-2010, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Who the hell are the Runaways?

Please - PLEASE - tell me you're being sarcastic.

MatticusMania · #20 03-23-2010, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Honk'n_down-low

It's controversial so it will almost by default make some Box Office.

What it really boils down is that People are Lemmings and they'll consume anything.

You posted this on a Monday... didnt look at the weekends box office, eh?

It didnt even make the Top 10!

1 Alice in Wonderland (2010) $34.2M
2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) $22.1M
3 The Bounty Hunter (2010) $20.7M
4 Repo Men (2010) $6.13M
5 Green Zone (2010) $6.11M
6 She's Out of My League (2010) $5.8M
7 Shutter Island (2010) $4.74M
8 Avatar (2009) $4.03M
9 Our Family Wedding (2010) $3.74M
10 Remember Me (2010) $3.25M