T he C lackamas P rint • 9
PRIL 21, 2004
Smith switches styles with 'Jersey Girl'
Jessica LeClaire
T he C lackamas P rint
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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
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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
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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!