The theme presented in the whole film is "Lost", maybe this is the direction of the film set by the director after studying the background information of the prototype of The Runaways. What did the United States experience in 1975? The Vietnam War failed and the economic crisis was hit hard. Anger, sadness, and loss were the prevailing social emotions at that time. How will young people who grow up in this era continue to live through the rest of their lives?
People who have walked through the great changes have begun to reflect on the nature of war and belief. The emergence of various social thoughts and the prosperity of rock music reflect the results of these thoughts to a large extent. Against this background, the world's first female hardcore rock band The Runaways was born this year, but it only lasted for four years before falling apart. But its appearance not only provides new thinking directions for rock music, but also for social issues such as feminism.
The film intercepts the formation of the band, its encounter with Bole, its popularity and its dissolution. The whole film uses a panoramic recording technique to present the whole picture of the band's rise and the American society at that time. At the same time, focusing on the personalities and emotions of the two young souls, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, the director also tried to analyze the psychological world and family concepts of adolescent girls to express his views on the social environment at that time.
It can be seen that the director has made various efforts, but on the whole, there are no surprises for the biographical films that have traditionally been lacklustre.
The expression of the whole play is vague, which may be related to the way the director wants to record in a panoramic format, so watching this film feels like having a sense of purpose, but I can't do anything, so I can only hold it there.
Seeing seductive girls endlessly taking drugs, messing around with men, ubiquitous vulgarity, and ambiguous sympathy, these elements appear too artificial in the film. The loss of a generation does include the above aspects, but a good narrative structure is not to repeat the existing things, but to analyze deep-seated emotions through these performances.
What the lost people are trying to do, rock music, escape, expressing anger, these are all a way of expression, it is positive, not just sinking down, but looking for a way out. The director wanted to express this point of view in the last part, but the effort and space used were so small that it could only be scratched by the boots. Hardcore rock and the band’s announcement, tremor, and moving to the audience were still invisible to the end, and it felt very Regret.
In the performance part of the film, the performance of the actors is mostly mediocre, but Dakota Fanning is worth mentioning.
Kristen Stewart, who was originally the first protagonist in the sequence of the film, was robbed by Cherie Currie, played by Dakota Fanning, without any suspense. The friendly guest appearance that only appeared in the second half of "New Moon" has already made a lot of People noticed this girl, and the result of this two new star Biao drama is undoubtedly that Fanning won without a fight. Her sweet and rebellious sense of contradiction, as well as her always calm and focused eyes, give Cherie in the film a strong aura. Although compared with the prototype, her stage music interpretation seems thin, but that spirit has been able to be fully conveyed. On the other hand, Stewart, this time finally returned to the literary rebellious line as he wished. Being able to change the character setting of stubborn self in "Twilight", the image has a great breakthrough, and it is almost like the prototype of Joan Jett, so she should have done a lot of work; but in this film, her play is still It's very weak and makes people feel fuzzy. You can act in a literary film without frowning and looking tired. Once you have nothing to do with your role, then being robbed is an inevitable result. Stewart must learn how to integrate into the role, instead of substituting the role into herself, otherwise the constant stealing and surpassing will become her inevitable nightmare.
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