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T he C lackamas P rint • 9 PRIL 21, 2004 Smith switches styles with 'Jersey Girl' Jessica LeClaire T he C lackamas P rint INTERNET PHOTO ffleck and Lopez light up the screen in Smith’s ‘Jersey Girl.’ Along with a wonderful cast, director Kevin Smith succeeds at bringing his new film “Jersey Girl” to life by creating a screen play that touches the heart and stirs up the inner-romantic. Smith is able to take experi ences from his own life as a new father and use them in the movie. The film takes the father-figure role to the next level. Not often is a movie capable of touching the viewers and making them appreci ate the role a father plays. “Jersey Girl” is based around the life of a successful Manhattan publicist by the name of Ollie Trinkie (Ben Affleck). In the beginning, he falls in love and marries the beautiful Gertrude (Jennifer Lopez). Ben and Jen may be old news, but in this movie they have the charisma and spunk that was seen early on in their now-broken relationship. The movie marriage seems perfect—Gertrude is about to give birth to their child and Trinkie couldn’t be more excited. Through a sequence of tragic events, though, Trinkie loses his wife, his job and New York life he had always dreamed of. Trinkie must then take his newborn daughter and move to New Jersey to Eve with his father. There, Trinkie is forced to Eve a different Efe than he expected. He takes on the father role and his daughter Gertie (Raquel Castro) becomes the highEght of his Efe. Nothing could be more important than what’s best for his daughter. In the process of worrying and trying to make his daughter’s Efe the best it can be, Trinkie begins to forget about what he needs— until he meets Maya (Liv Tyler). Tyler is perfectly cast in the role as an outspoken, naive and sincere person. She is blunt and bold about certain sexual activi ties. Tyler as Maya is blessed with the gift of convincing the audi ence that she wants to sleep with Trinkie out of the goodness of her heart. The two become friends and their relationship escalates from there. The next scene is a common turning point—the main charac ter is forced to make a Efe-altering decision. A break in his career offers a high-paying job in Manhattan, back in the field he used to love so much. But Gertie in her seven years has only known New Jersey and Trinkie is forced to make a choice—one that could ruin his newly found relationship with Maya and break his daugh ter’s heart. Affleck gives one of his best performances in “Jersey Girl.” Modest, entertaining and heart wrenching, this romantic comedy is a must-see. .ynchPynn takes on popular musical beliefs with good ol' rock Isaiah Creel A & E E ditor Riding high from the exhila- tion of their first string of ow throughout the month of oril, local band LynchPynn lys true to their roots by play- g rock and roll the only way 'ey know how. > The increased population of ,irth has created an era of tisical regurgitation and delib- htel|..persnickety listeners. It is likely that the abundance new music and the advent of e internet had some cruel nd in this melting pot of artis- gop, but if. one really wanted pin the blame on someone in rtiqtilar ... it’d have to be rvapa. J when Nirvana began playing the hearts of angst-filled Jth, music executives saw an ornfious opportunity to become even richer. By creating subcategories for music (in the case of Nirvana, “alternative»rock”), music com panies were able to narrow the view of their listener base to ensure the success of particular genres rather than individual bands. But where in this over saturated market of gimmick vultures and emotional vampires is the “rock ‘n’ roll?” With their first, few shows under their collective belt, LynchPynn looks to the future with hopes of kick starting the dormant rock scene ... no easy task considering their competi tion isn’t even in the same sub category. “Portland’s rock scene is dead,” said Johnny Reno, singer for the band. “They have a ton of punk rock and kids with acoustic guitars complaining about the government, but ____________________ • I C lub C orner ; Astronomers: LDS Student Association: intact Karen Halliday, at 1 2493 Contact Gordon Henderson at (503) 557-5862 ■A.—A New Style i|^^Mics Anonymous: Ornamental Horticulture Club: ,^^Miiristian Fellowship: ,:>ntact ext. 2213 Contact Elizabeth Howley at ext. 2389 )ntacf Beth England at .33)562-1153 Pacific NW Clean Water Association: ¡^^■is Crusade for Christ: ntact Andy Wheeler at Contact John Lewis at ext. 2206 13)155-1568 _^Mis Cat Colony (7 C’s): |ntact Karin Redston at i 13) 650-7881 Phi Theta Kappa: Contact Dave Andersen at ext. 2743 |Kheer: Society of Manufacturing Engineers: ntact Selma Cunningham at )3) 880-1108 Contact Mike Matson at ext. 2483 »t Nursing Association; •ntact Carol Thom at t. 2855 lild Care Club; ntact Lisa Harmon at )3) 513-9078 i^Mlis (Women’s Writers): 'ntact?Pat Lichen at J3) 655-5139 ^BterClub: I itactfcaren Hunt at 2593 l^^Bip of Christian Athletes: ■ ntactlKathy Woods at '. 2418 ■tench Club: ntact Heidi Cropsey at .2676 rman_Clubl itacttoick Stones at 2392 HtoMTravel Club: itact Jackie Flowers at 2345 rticulture Club: itact Michael Jindrich at 3)704-3126 Spanish Club: Contact Irma Bjerre at ext. 2381 Speech Club: Contact Kelly Brennan at ext. 2726 Student Art League: Contact Mollie Frey at ext. 2386 The Print: Contact Cyndee Mady or Cory Price at ext. 2309 The Rainbow Club: Contact Tara Sprehe at ext. 2625 Unidos Club: Contact Lupe Martinez at ext. 2717 Writers Club: Contact Allen Widerburg at ext. 2359 To have your club listed or to have your listing updated, call ext. 2309 or drop by RR 135. nobody’s rockin’ anymore.” The amount of punk rockers trying to strike it rich in the Portland music scene has always been high, but with the coming of bands like Blink 182 to the global music community, the floodgates have been thrown wide for a torrent of guitar tot ing punks and punk wannabes. “Yeah,” said LynchPynn gui tarist Corndog. “Punk rock used to be about people with no tal ent and a message. Now it’s about having no talent and no message!” So if you’re 21 and looking, for a good old fashioned rockin time, check out LynchPynn on the following dates at the follow ing places: May-7 ICM June-5 U&I June-7 NEW COPPER PENNY July- 10 ICM INTERNET PHOTO From the left: Corndog, Smolder, Johnny Reno and The Baron join forces to fight the monotony of modern music. Watch out, Linkin Park, these guys want your blood!
