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1 írts Entertainment Clackamas Print 5 Wednesday, May 2, 2007 A lon K gam J . Adam 1. Manley dram|> of Peter Park^hapg- grudge against the web-sjinger movie s bled its way har considered. this 'n8 up his tights, or any other and yet another tension-filled hazardly through the balanc lutelvMmazing - element o(jthe prior.sequel. jlo plot surrounding Mary Mie. % between thewiginal story and stly superü to the i|st install^ be fair,however, Spider-Mc^2 That’s a whopping five plot- i|he Green Goblm. This instal ent, and n too far pehind the Three villains. Five plotlines. set the bar unrealistically high, lines in a franchise that previ- ment, on the otfiefcgnd. man cond. If the franchis^ were to One monumental success for Moreover, that movie didn't ously had.at most, three simul- vers carefully through a nd here - iBdoesMlfcve to, everyone’s friendly neighbor havgj to ^contend with the prob havg tojlontend thg pfbb- taneous plotsr^WR __ t it could - fedey could gloat ber of interconnects Wfcion- hood Spider-Man. tying up loose lems of gying lobse ends 11’s the miracle prthis movie, ships and events withj bat he survive! the com dible Traditionally, theihird movie while coping with several brand really. »he first Spider-Man logy eurse unscathed. in a comic book franchise tends new plots. ¡0 be a disappointment. Just take At the beginning I a rook at X-Men: The Last Stand, of the new installment, Batman Forever and — arguably the much-maligned and the worst of the bunch - 1983’s misunderstood Spidey Superman III. of past movies is long * At first glance, Spider-Man gone: the city loves him J seems poised to follow its now, and-evin J. Jonaw third-child predecessors into the Ljanlison can’fcall him at land of movies.that fans pre W°ok anymore (as much tend don’t exist. Third moVies as he’d like fo). He’s of this genre typically hit giant preparing to propose to potholes -* and plot holes — in M ot Jane, who’s found the form.; of too many VRlains, her own success star too many convoluted plotlines, ring in the premiere of a money-grubbing studio interfer Broadway. musical. And ence and the absence of what-^ ^pn top of all that, the ever talented director made the web-head fe about to^be first two movies successful. issued the key to the <^y. Unfortunately^ Spidey’s latest encore skill fully swings its way around such all downhill from there; foibles: Sam Raimi returns to between iconic Spidery the franchise for a third time - a Man staples such as the tare feat for directors of comic black symbiote, The 1 book films - taking on the chal Sandman and Eddie 1 lenges of numerous villains and Brock - the man bet- | dangling plotlines and weaving ter known as .Venom them into a surprisingly orga - Spidey’s life is already nized and intricate story. thrown into turmoil. It is true that Spidey 3 fails fiWernet Photo But then there’s still . to surpass the majesty of Alfred the ongoing storyline of Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) strangled and at the tnercy of supervillain Venom (Topher Grace) in Molina as Doctor Octopus, the former pal Harry Osborn’s the lastest movie in the franchise, Spider-Man 3, which opens on May 4. 77ie Clackamas Print ----------- ektor haunts audience with music 7ZÏ71 J egan Koler •e Clackamas Print ■The unconventional turns linstream as the MTV teens Im to plead for the talented [her than the flashy. [Arguably the most popular land-coming alternative art- | Regina Spektor, played to a Id-out Crystal Ballroom last lek. lit is encouraging that an art- llike Spektor can sell out a hie like the Crystal Ballroom, lich holds about 1,500 people, la week. A quick look at the Iney being asked for last-min- I tickets on eBay is a credit Iher blossoming mainstream leal. [rhe money would have In worth it, because at the r change of light [sound, the crowd [uld go nuts and |n die down, and L do the same thing fr and over again [two hours. It was extremely excited livd for • a small bng woman who got [ start listening to isettes of Queen and [Beatles in commu- [Moscow. Spektor, who emi- [ted from the Soviet ion to the United les in 1989, self- fased her first two inns in 2001 and 12. entitled 11:11 [ Songs. By 2004, | had signed with I Records and came [with Soviet Kitsch. ier earlier albums a smorgasbord of g styles and genres. SPEKTOR She has the range to sing almost anything and she opts for shak ing things up and experimenting with what her voice is capable of. It is possible that she has turned off a lot of mainstream listeners with her obscure lit erature references and random moaning and warbling; they missed out on a lot. Spektor’s latest album, Begin to Hope, released last year, includes new recordings of older songs and a few songs that are more MTV-friendly than songs from her other albums. Even though it seems she has been working with a more traditional song formula, her pieces are still as moving and novel as when she first started. Despite the success of Begin to Hope, Spektor sang many of her earlier songs to start out with, including hilarious renditions of “Music Box” and “Baby Jesus.” She also wowed the audience when she sang “Poor Little Rich Boy” while playing piano and drumming on the chair next to her in perfect unison. She left her makeshift one- man band, for a few songs, to try a couple of sets on her gor geous aqua electric guitar, but not before she asked sweetly that the weed smokers please cease their smoking before she “barfs.” After she forgot the lyrics to “That Time” for the second time, she laughed and said, “I blame this on the weed smok ers!” After playing a particularly chilling version of “Summer in the City,” she bowed and left the stage only to be galled out for a much desired encore. Spektor, who has often expressed admira tion for The Beatles, played a slower and softer version of John Lennon’s song “Real Love.” Spektor ended the night with the fan favorite “Samson”; it seemed that the fans were not going to let her leave without singing this song. For an artist that . had a hard time sell ing tickets in Portland last December, she certainly had her fans in Oregon on their knees begging for more this time Internet Photo around. ■ ■■■ ■il Si ■ ■ HI Unplanned Pregnancy? 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