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Crítica: "Piratas del Caribe: Los hombres muertos no cuentan cuentos"

Por: Ashton Newton
Redactor de Entretenimiento

Parte de lo que hizo tan buena a la original "Piratas del Caribe" fue el hecho de que llegó como una sorpresa y la gente, en general, no tenía expectativas. Jack Sparrow era el adorable y borracho personaje secundario de la historia de Will Turner y Elizabeth Swan, algo que, más o menos, continuó durante la segunda y la tercera película.

"Dead Men Tell No Tales" cayó en el mismo error que "On Stranger Tides" de 2011 al convertir a Jack Sparrow en el personaje central y exagerar por completo. Lo que hizo grande a Jack Sparrow fue su uso con moderación, y "Dead Men Tell No Tales" no tiene ninguna moderación.

Jack Sparrow, junto con Henry, el hijo de Will Turner y Elizabeth Swan, y una niña huérfana, emprende la búsqueda del tridente de Poseidón para salvarse de un capitán español no muerto que busca su sangre.

El desarrollo de la trama de la película fue penoso. Requería una serie de acontecimientos poco realistas y casi imposibles que parecían una evasión de cualquier narración realmente decente. Esto, sumado a una serie de encuentros fortuitos con desconocidos con exactamente el mismo objetivo, pone en marcha la historia.

"Dead Men Tell No Tales" parece una película muy pequeña. Mientras que "Piratas del Caribe" contaba con bellos y extensos escenarios, puertos llenos de vida y enormes barcos, la nueva entrega saltaba de una localización CGI a un barco de pequeño tamaño o a un pueblo británico. No hay sensación épica de aventura en esta película.

La película se basó en gran medida en fórmulas utilizadas en películas anteriores. Jack Sparrow borracho y divertido, un personaje a lo Will Turner, un personaje a lo Elizabeth Swan, un dúo de piratas tontos y divertidos, un capitán británico enfadado y un enemigo malvado, terrorífico y sobrenatural. Todas estas son cosas que se han hecho en cada una de las películas anteriores, y "Dead Men Tell No Tales" se basó en eso de la manera más perezosa posible. No había nada que la hiciera única.

Hay momentos muy divertidos; toda la secuencia inicial es fantástica y el cameo de Paul McCartney es memorable. Mientras que otras películas de "Piratas del Caribe" tenían un tono serio, la nueva entrega lo ha cambiado por una sensación de comedia bufa. A veces da resultado, pero en su mayor parte resulta aburrida e incómoda.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" está lejos de ser el espectáculo que hizo famosa a la franquicia. Es exagerada, está mal escrita y pone fin a la serie como ejemplo de por qué no alargar algo bueno durante cinco películas innecesarias.

Póngase en contacto con el autor en journalentertainment@wou.edu

2/4
+ Algunos momentos decentemente divertidos
- Fórmula cinematográfica manida

"500 Days of Summer": ¿en qué montaña rusa emocional me acabo de meter?

Por: Jade Rayner
Adulto de 21 años

Si nunca te has fijado en el prólogo que aparece al principio de esta película, te lo has perdido.

Generalmente pienso que las películas de fórmula "cuéntame una historia" son basura perezosa, pero de alguna manera ésta consigue una excepción. Esta, y "La princesa prometida". En serio, sólo tienes que entrar en ella.

"Siempre pensé que era más de invierno", dice mi amiga refiriéndose a Summer, el personaje de Zooey Deschanel. Y tiene razón.

El flirteo en esta película está tan lejos de ser sutil, que simplemente deberían acercarse y decir "oye, estoy flirteando", y vivir sus vidas a partir de ahí.

No puedo con los cambios de tiempo en esta película. Gracias por la pantalla que muestra en qué día de los 500 en los que estamos, pero sigue siendo mucho para mantenerse al día.

¿Se supone que Summer tiene que correr a enrollarse con él cada vez que toca The Smiths? Parece que eso es lo que quieren decir. No.
Definitivamente, hay un momento adecuado y otro inadecuado para actuar según el método. Estos tipos probablemente deberían estar borrachos de verdad, porque la actuación es tan suave como el papel de lija.

La primera media hora resumida en una frase: No estoy seguro de si estoy viendo una "historia de amor" entre estudiantes de secundaria o adultos, pero en general son actores guapos, así que aquí estamos.

"500 Days of Summer" es la única razón por la que quiero ir a IKEA. ¿Es realmente bonito? ¿O hay algo más? ¿Por qué son tan estereotipados? ¿Y se permite que la gente se enrolle en las camas? Piensa en los niños.

ELLA DICE LITERALMENTE QUE NO QUIERE NADA SERIO. ESCUCHA, JOSEPH.

La escena musical post-sexo es el momento más mágico de toda la película. Así es como me siento cada vez que salgo de mi última final.

De la felicidad a la depresión en dos segundos. Gracias.

Nunca dudes del vínculo emocional entre un gato y una persona. Esto no está relacionado con la película, pero es importante tenerlo en cuenta, ya que ahora mismo estoy llorando por un gato que ni siquiera es mío.

Hay muchos momentos sexistas horribles. ¿Cómo no me había dado cuenta antes? Está escondido detrás de la naturaleza semi-bonita de esta película.
LAS RELACIONES ENTRE DOS PERSONAS NO LAS DECIDE UNA SOLA, TOM.
Ahora el juego del pene. Está decidido: escuela media.

¿Ahora es una película francesa?

Yo compraría una tarjeta de felicitación que empezara como un poema y luego se convirtiera en una odiosa carta de venganza. Realmente no veo el problema. El jefe de Tom es demasiado puntilloso.

El segmento de las expectativas frente a la realidad es mortal en el peor de los sentidos. Pero tenías que verlo venir. Yo no, pero no se trata de eso.

Es necesario que haya más tarjetas de felicitación con gatos.

En resumen, Tom es un quejica y no tiene ni idea. Summer vive su vida con honestidad, pero no tiene en cuenta los sentimientos de los demás.

SI EL NOMBRE DE LA CHICA ES UNA ESTACIÓN, NO LO HAGAS. ELLA NO ES TU ALMA GEMELA.

Póngase en contacto con el autor en jrayner14@wou.edu

Investigación sobre la hermana Genevieve Lantz

Por: Paige Scofield
Redactora de Campus Life

The current exhibit in Hamersly Library is one for the books. After four journals that dated back to World War I were donated to Western, student Max Norr, senior social science major with a history focus, got the chance to research them and turn them into an exhibit.

“They’re four journals that belonged to a nurse in World War I, named Sister Genevieve ‘Birdie’ Lantz, and she was from Canada,” explained Norr. “She moved to Boston to study nursing, and then when the war started, she went over to France with a Harvard Surgical Unit. [The journals] weren’t her diaries, she had her patients, from all of the wards that she worked in and managed, she had her patients write in them. So they would write their experiences, they wrote jokes, they wrote stories, they drew pictures, there’s some amazing art.”

“We knew nothing about Sister Lantz, except that her name was Lantz, because she wrote ‘G. Lantz’ in the journals,” said Norr. “The owners of the journals found them at an estate sale or an antique shop, they found these four books, and they were just looking for somebody to research them. So Dr. Jensen was like, ‘hey, this would be a really cool, I think you should research these. I think that we could make a really good practicum for it.’ So that’s what we did.”

“The goal was to create an online blog exhibit, website, type-thing , and I would find certain entries within the books that I wanted to research further, so I did five, and then one extra for Sister Lantz herself,” Norr said passionately. “I found one on the 1914 Christmas Truce, I did an exhibit on all the art that was in the books, one on propaganda and one on neutrality, and a few other ones. It was amazing because no one had ever seen them before. Nobody had ever researched these, it was all new information, all new material. So it was just me using Ancestry.com, corresponding with other researchers, I’ve talked to people in Australia, Canada, Britain, all these different people, I scoured newspapers for information about the Harvard Surgical Unit. No one knew about this stuff.”

After countless hours of research Norr created a blog called “The Record Keeper,” which you can visit at www.record-keeper.blogspot.com. The journals themselves were found in Klamath Falls, Oregon at an estate sale for one of Sister Lantz’s grandson or son’s home.

“She died in the mid-1960s, so she’s been gone for a while, but it was right here in Oregon. So that’s what’s really cool, we got to make that connection,” said Norr. “She came all the way from Canada, and France from all these different places and her journals ended up in Oregon.”

The exhibit will continue to be in Hamersly Library until summer break begins.

Póngase en contacto con el autor en journalcampuslife@wou.edu

The country’s pride

Por: Zoe Strickland
Redactora jefe

A police raid on June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn was the event that started the Stonewall riots. Now, people across the country celebrate June as LGBTQ+ pride month.

The Stonewall riots began after New York police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, for reportedly serving alcohol without a liquor license, and arrested numerous people who weren’t dressed in gender-appropriate clothing.

According to an article from PBS in 2015, “a person perceived as male who dressed in clothing customarily designed for women could technically be arrested in New York for ‘impersonating a female’ as recently as 2011.” The police raid of the Stonewall Inn ended up sparking the uprising of the Gay Liberation Movement.

According to the Oregon branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, “Stonewall is widely seen as an important turning point to more outspoken and confrontational forms of gay rights advocacy … it can be said that the Stonewall Riots were an important step on the path from stigma to public awareness and consciousness.”

The riots at the Stonewall Inn were some of the first stepping stones in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights; a fight that is still continuing today.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Oregon since 2014, and legal across the United States since 2015.

Most recently, Governor Kate Brown signed in a bill that would allow a gender-neutral option on Oregon driver’s licenses and identification cards.

“Memorials are held during this month for those members of the community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally,” reads an informational page from the Library of Congress.

Local events in Oregon help to commemorate the loss of members of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as provide a place for members of the community to celebrate their different identities.

Pride Northwest, a Portland-based nonprofit, hosts a pride parade and festival in Portland every year. This year’s parade and festival will be held at Portland’s Waterfront Park on June 17 and 18.

Salem will also be hosting a pride parade on Aug. 5, and Eugene will be hosting one on Aug. 12.

Students who are looking to be more involved in LGBTQ+ advocacy can volunteer at Pride Northwest, Basic Rights Oregon or on-campus at the Stonewall Center.

Contact the author at journalmanaging@wou.edu

Incoming recruits look to make the cut

Por: Burke De Boer
Redactor de deportes

Every season in student athletics, players graduate and the next season sees new players join the team in their place. Next year’s crop of first-year students features some players who could make impacts on their teams sooner rather than later.
Taisha Thomas is a center transferring to the women’s basketball team from Peninsula College. She was named to her conference’s all-defensive team, averaging 8.8 PPG and 6.8 RPG last season. Jessie Brown is another center, coming from Castle Rock, Colorado where was a three-year letterwinner in basketball.

Olivia Denton is a guard from Auburn, Washington, bringing three point skills with a 9.8 PPG average last year.

Joining the baseball team is Zach Griffin, a right handed pitcher from Phoenix, Arizona.

Two local catcher recruits are coming in, looking to help replace senior catcher Boog Leach; Anthony Zellner is a left handed batter from West Salem High School and James Anderson was named to the all-state team playing for Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis and is a utility player who also plays first base.

The football team will be reinforcing its numbers with a large incoming class, as 31 student athletes declared their intention to become Wolves.

Tyler Sweet, younger brother of first-year dual-sport standout Torreahno Sweet, will be playing wide receiver. He recorded 26 receptions for 366 yards and a touchdown as a senior in Upland, California.

Jash Allen is a running back recruit from Tigard High School. He ran for 1,501 yards and 28 touchdowns in his career, notching 7.6 yards per rush attempt for the Tigers. His breakaway speed helped him pick up many big runs last year, including a 74-yard touchdown against Tualatin.

On defense, Jonah Land will be coming to the defensive line from Waldport High School. Over his career for the Irish he made a total of 244 tackles, including 97 solo and forced four fumbles.

Joining the sturdy linebacker core is Kyle Otis from Toledo. Otis recorded 239 total tackles in his career and was named the all-league defensive MVP.

Ryan Worthley is one of the quarterback recruits, and played ball with Jash Allen at Tigard. Worthley threw for 2,137 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior to become MaxPreps’s fourth-ranked quarterback in the state. He has a calm presence in the pocket, and threw a 47-yard touchdown pass while he was getting hit against Newberg.

Póngase en contacto con el autor en journalsports@wou.edu

Review: “Waiting on a Song”

Por: Ashton Newton
Redactor de Entretenimiento

In the past, it was difficult not to associate Dan Auerbach with The Black Keys, where he serves as lead guitarist and vocalist. Even in his first solo album, 2009’s “Keep It Hid,” Auerbach’s sound was comparable to the sound of The Black Keys.

In Auerbach’s upcoming album, “Waiting on a Song,” he sets himself apart from The Black Keys by giving a more pop-heavy, dream-like album that is perfectly upbeat and just in time for Summer.

The title track, “Waiting on a Song,” starts the album off with a sound that feels similar to 70’s country music. It’s catchy and relies heavily on simple lyrics and twangy guitar. It feels different from the summery-pop-vibe that Auerbach tries to evoke with the rest of the album, but is a good song nonetheless.

If this album is playing around with surf-rock sounds, “Malibu Man” dives right into the ocean: mildly distorted, dreamy vocals and a soft guitar that sounds like it’s taken right out of “Surfin’ U.S.A.” “Malibu Man” finds Auerbach settling into the sound that makes “Waiting on a Song” great.

One song on the 10-track album that stands out the most is “Shine on Me.” Not only is the song instantly danceable, it features guitar and vocals reminiscent of surf rock. The song is both memorable and catchy. With simple lyrics and upbeat music, “Shine on Me” is the perfect tune to listen to with the windows down.

In this generally upbeat album, Auerbach isn’t afraid to slow things down. “Never in My Wildest Dreams” starts off with a single acoustic guitar and Auerbach’s soft vocals. The chorus adds percussion and some soft horn instruments, making this song slow, but still toe-tapping. The lyrics are emotional and find Auerbach at his most heartfelt.

Through the 10 songs on “Waiting on a Song,” Dan Auerbach finds a dreamy, surf-rock sound that sets the album miles apart from anything done with The Black Keys. Upbeat, heartfelt and a ton of fun, “Waiting on a Song” is a fantastic album and perfect for summer.

Póngase en contacto con el autor en journalentertainment@wou.edu

Outdoor track has national success

Por: Burke De Boer
Redactor de deportes

For the second time this year, junior David Ribich is a national champion.

After anchoring the indoor distance medley relay team that won the indoor national championship, Ribich added more hardware to the trophy room with an outdoor 1,500-meter title.

It was the first outdoor track title in Western Oregon history.
On May 27, the finals were held at the NCAA Division II outdoor track and field championships IMG Academy in Bradentown, Florida. Ribich ran the race alongside sophomore Dustin Nading. Sophomore Olivia Woods also ran the championship race of the women’s 800-meter.

All three earned All-American honors.

The first day of competition was Thursday May 25. Nading and Ribich qualified for the championship race with times of 3:50.76 and 3:51.85, respectively.

The second day featured the final contest of the triple jump, with senior Wesley Gray taking his last leap for the Wolves. His distance of 14.93 meters earned him 17th place.

The middle distance trio of sophomore Olivia Woods and juniors Megan Rose and Suzanne Van De Grift have represented Western Oregon consistently in the 800-meter this season. The 800-meter preliminary was also held on the second day of the meet.

Woods broke her own school record, as she finished in first place of the third heat with a time of 2:07.82. Her previous record was 2:08.46.

Rose and Van De Grift ran the first heat of the race but failed to qualify for the championship race. Rose’s time of 2:09.94 took her to 13th place. Van De Grift soon followed her across the finish line with a time of 2:10.64 for 16th place.

Sophomore Sheila Limas De La Cruz was the first of the Wolves team to compete on championship Saturday, representing in the javelin contest. She threw for a distance of 38.4 meters, coming in 21st place.

Olivia Woods came in third to make it to the podium for the 800-meter race.

She had fallen to seventh place at the 400-meter mark, but after passing the halfway point she dialed up the intensity and passed four runners in front of her.

Her final time was 2:07.38, and for the second day in a row she broke her own school record.

Ribich and Nading then competed in the men’s 1,500-meter.

Ribich took the lead halfway through and held on to finish 0.22 of a second ahead of the second-place runner. To seal the victory, Ribich finished in 3:49.64.

Nading came in sixth place with a 3:51.50 finish.

The only two runners competing for the Wolves men’s team on title day, Ribich and Nading picked up a total of 13 total points to earn Western Oregon men the 17th place finish on the day. Woods’ solo effort earned 6 points for the women’s team to earn 37th place overall.

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