My first major letdown of 2010

Rating: Null/10 (21 June 2010)

Aside from The Expendables this was the only other movie i was looking forward to in 2010. This was also the first major disappointment of 2010 movie wise. The starting scenes to this movie have Roxxi Roller wailing as the background music, so I'm thinking wow this is going to be so cool....well it started to falter from there. I love Dakota Fanning as she seems to be the next break through star however her lacklustre performance in this was only a chip of my problems with this film. First of all there were 5 girls in The runaways not two although after seeing the credits i can see why Joan Jett herself executive produced this project. The ending credits has what Joan and Cherie did for the rest of their careers once again.....what happened to the other 3 girls? As being an old fan of Lita Ford i think she did quite lucratively for a spell??? One unfortunate is that Scout Taylor Compton who portrays Lita in this didn't have a bigger role in the film as she is another astounding break through actress. Alas Lita Ford didn't want anything (for reasons unknown) to do with this film. This is my first feature from director Floria Sigismindi and will be my last if she directs any more movies like this. There is a rainbow in this however and that alone is Michael Shannon's portrayal of slimy Runaways manager Kim Fowley I have seen things in the 80s on the real Fowley and Shannon pretty much nailed it! Stewart was impressive at times as Joan Jett who apparently was side by side through the making of this with her. Stewart seems to nail all of Jetts queaks and quirks and does an honourable job here. The rest of the movie pretty much left a bad taste in my mouth. Give the script to Scorcese and lets get a good bio about the band.