Comet is five conversations between a couple that over 6 years, meets, breaks up, gets together again, breaks up again... in a parallel dimension. It need not be considered science-fiction, except for the card that tells us this and some surreal visuals along the way, and yet its meditation on the workings of time and fate are tangentially connected to that genre. Something of a cross between Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the film works as a simple romance where you get to know the characters and enjoy their witty banter, but its achronological editing adds extra layers and points to parallel worlds being dreams or film itself. What constitutes a "world"? Are worlds of the imagination, despite their physical or quantum irreality, nevertheless parallels? What about the "timeline" you wish for? Is it out there, parallel to what you actually got? On one level, Comet is an ode to the formative power of relationships both successful and failed, and commentary on love, desire, time and fiction.
Super awkward movie. Out of 91 minutes I'm pretty sure at least 70 of those minutes is just two unrealistic characters being really unhappy with each other.
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Kenneth McMahon
Nice looking film, and Emmy Rossum is gorgeous, but it's one of those movies filled with dialogue that no real human being has ever spoken.nymets138
This is the first film I've seen Justin Long in that I didn't actually hate his character.Siskoid
Comet is five conversations between a couple that over 6 years, meets, breaks up, gets together again, breaks up again... in a parallel dimension. It need not be considered science-fiction, except for the card that tells us this and some surreal visuals along the way, and yet its meditation on the workings of time and fate are tangentially connected to that genre. Something of a cross between Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the film works as a simple romance where you get to know the characters and enjoy their witty banter, but its achronological editing adds extra layers and points to parallel worlds being dreams or film itself. What constitutes a "world"? Are worlds of the imagination, despite their physical or quantum irreality, nevertheless parallels? What about the "timeline" you wish for? Is it out there, parallel to what you actually got? On one level, Comet is an ode to the formative power of relationships both successful and failed, and commentary on love, desire, time and fiction.Flops
Super awkward movie. Out of 91 minutes I'm pretty sure at least 70 of those minutes is just two unrealistic characters being really unhappy with each other.filmclub
A poor man's Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mindfilmyjo
Boring movie. Cant watch it just because Emmy Rossum is beautiful.5/10.