Comments on: Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch Cherry Bomb!

By: queenofnoise

queenofnoise — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:39:12 +0000

I agree… it’s hard to imagine seeing Dakota Fanning popping pills, snorting coke, etc. when she’s basically been the “cute kid” in movies over the past decade. My feeling is the casting was definitely based on how many tweens the movie could pull into theatres and not what kind of musical integrity they could bring. I’m still holding out a tiny shard of hope that this movie will get kids interested in the Runaways’ music and be a decent watch for fans… though I have seen some set footage from the movie on Youtube where the band is “playing” at a roller rink and it’s just lip synching and miming playing their instruments. I also don’t like this “Robin” bass player character that never existed. How can this movie be billed as a “coming of age biopic” when Micki Steele and/or Jackie Fox are not even in it?

By: dhmaiden

dhmaiden — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:05:13 +0000

my biggest problem is with kirsten stewart and dakota fanning, they always play good little girls, cherie was a party machine and joan was a hard-ass, im worried the’ll make them two regular teens in a band, that would make sooo many rockers angry, me included

By: queenofnoise

queenofnoise — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:07:12 +0000

Thanks for the comment Jennifer! I really am hoping that even if longtime Runaways fans don’t like the movie, it’ll at least open up young girls’ eyes to real female musicians who made a difference and rocked out, unlike the Britney Spears/Miley Cyrus no-talent-or-musical-ability “role models” they’re currently stuck with! How sad! Hopefully it’ll inspire girls to pick up musical instruments too.

By: Jennifer Roland

Jennifer Roland — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:44:10 +0000

i love the Runaways, and like you, I hope that the movie portrays the women and their management teams accurately. If nothing else, it will showcase their talents for a new group of young women.