Runaways

9/300
The Runaways
Dir. Florida Sigismondi

I was sad to notice after watching this movie, that it looks like the approximate 10 million $ that it cost to create, barely made 4 mil back, even with a 244 screen release.  This movie seemed to fly under a lot of people's radar.  Maybe it had to do with the casting or the trailers, but in the end, this was an amazing little find for my 300.

These girls show their chops in this film.  If you can get past their Eclipse pasts and get into this movie, they seem to do a really good Jett/Cherie.  And they especially seem to work in this bildungsroman tale (a little vocabulary lesson, it's a coming of age story).

The lighting in this film is fabulous as well.  I loved the intensity of the shadows and the passion and fire of the reds.  This could have been a make or break for a movie that has about 1/4 of it's action taking place on a stage.

And of course, the music was like a cherry on top.

So, anyway, I feel like this movie, despite the girlie pop cover and traliers, was actually a pretty nice surprise.  Plus, it's currently on Netflix, watch instantly.  So, hit that up!

Run time 106 min +937 = 1043 minutes viwed thus far.