Entropy (1999)

I have just viewed this film twice in the same day and I think it is incredible. It is required viewing for the married thinking man (or single for that matter). See it with your wife as I did. Phil Jounau is a freakin' genius. It is too bad that he is not 'up there' with the Spielbergs, etc of this screwed up world. Anyway, this film has had a profound impact on me. It really makes you thinks. I really could relate to the central character (Stephen Dorff). The ensemble cast is really fun to watch. This film has Bono in it! I am from Brooklyn, NY originally and I enjoyed watching the scenes filmed around Brooklyn-Manhattan. Streets that I myself have walked. I once saw Mila Jovonich in a record store near the streets were Dorff walks in the beginning of the film. We had eye contact and yes she is beautiful! Anyway, rent this film if any of the previous things that I have mentioned makes any sense to you.

Here is an underrated movie that only some U2 fans had the opportunity to watch. It is a kind of autobiography of the director Phil Joanou, a great video director who had some success with U2 videos like "One" or "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses", but never had the same luck in the movies. "Three O'Clock High" is a very funny, "U2 - Rattle and Hum" is pretty cool, but that's all he made. When he went to big studios to direct Hollywood stars, he lost control. That's what "Entropy" is all about. Joanou finds himself in Stephen Dorff's character, and adds romance to the story. Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam, from U2, act like themselves and are the angels that guide Dorff through his mysterious ways. Dorff does a very good job, and the supporting cast has nice surprises like Lauren Holly, Kelly McDonald and Hector Elizondo. If you're an U2 fan, if you like Phil Joanou and Stephen Dorff and if you like movies that talk about movies, don't lose this one. You'll be surprised.

This is a marvellous film. It's creative and almost refreshing, even with its not so happy ending. I've been reading other comments and some people seem a bit bothered by the film's perspective and presentation. Jake is not a character that you can fall in love with. But you can empathize. He's self-centered, egotistical, creative...i found the narration scenes wonderful, what better way to narrate a film about a film maker, than to have the character physically narrating, instead of just a voice over. I know a few film makers/students and they are alot like Jake, i felt that was portrayed quite accurately. I liked the relationship between Jake and Stella...i liked the feeling of being swept away, but being afraid at the same time. The scene with the cat was great because it showed you right there that Jake is not all there in the head, which made me laugh even more when i thought back to the comment in the beginning about models being insane, and the hint that Stella might be insane herself. I think you can relate to Jake's character if you've ever loved someone and messed up and let them go, or if you're a stella, someone who was hurt by selfish acts such as Jake's (like when he got upset because she was busy working and couldn't talk to him, when he had done the same to her). Anyway it's a great film, and the characters fit perfectly together, even Bono is wonderful and not at all out of place. Highly reccommended. I gave it a 9.

If you're looking for a film that exists entirely in the reality of the daily world as most people know it, than perhaps you won't appreciate this film. But if you're looking for a film whose main character is as neurotic as you imagine yourself to be, and who follows those bad instincts you always wish you would, that this will be a fun movie for you. Stephen Dorff is wonderful in this movie, although at times he sounds like he's trying to be Christian Slater, there are certain echoes of Woody Allen in an "Annie Hall" kind of way. Phillip Joanou makes some very inventive decisions, often breaking reality, and allowing Dorff's character Jake, to tell the story solely from his own perspective. Is it the most original movie in the world? No, but it has U2, in fact Bono plays a prominent role at times, and it takes place in New York, LA, Las Vegas, and Paris, so you know it has to be hip.