Comet (2014)

I don't get how I've never heard about this movie before now, but I'm glad I came across it.Movies introduce you to characters, they tell stories, but every once in a blue moon someone out there makes a movie that takes you on a journey, not only with the movie's characters, but with your own thoughts. Basically any human being with a heart can relate to this movie as it is more about human thoughts, feelings, experiences and actions rather than the forgettable story of two random people who fall in love in yet another rom com.Comet is anything but your usual rom com. This masterpiece is extremely witty, funny, touching and just overall brilliant. I definitely recommend it to anyone who likes a smart dialogue and an experience that will stay with you long, long after the movie is over.

Three stars because some of it wasn't done bad. Art, photography, lighting... But they were also pretty damn underwhelming for a film trying to be what it is.The review that says this is Annie Hall is bang on queue. This is got teenagers trying to find a deeper, arty and relatable movie. Teenagers and people who ... are impressed by pseudo art meets pseudo intellectual films.Justin Long is garbage. Emmy Rossum's acting is only as cute as her face = barely. And indeed, the undefined ending is less ambiguous and more like they didn't know what to do with the film once it was done.This movie was recommended on Netflix along with films like Upstream Color. ... Now THAT was a brilliant movie.

The concept of eternal recurrence is ancient. Basically is says that anything that exists will do so forever and ever, the same way, repeating infinitely. The concept of wheel of time known in Buddhism as Kalachakra expresses the idea of an endless cycle of birth, existence, knowledge and death. By relying only on the elements provided in the movie, the comet-which is cyclical and the fact that Dell has multiple sensations of déjà vu, as well as the fact that it takes place in a parallel universe, suggest that Sam Esmail has taken the concept of eternal recurrence into account. Also during the movie we have the debate that a painting as opposed to a movie can be looked at any time and can convey the whole message at once. The love story is in fact presented as a painting. All the elements presented are meant to make up the "image" of their romance, trapped in time, trapped into existence. However, the fact that we are not shown what happens at the very end can logically only mean that we have not been given all elements. The puzzle is incomplete. Also, the fact that we are being shown the apocalyptic scene in the end (where Kimberly practically closes all possible ways of reconnecting with Dell) can only mean that the missing piece is one of climax regarding their story. Also, Kimberly is clearly lying at the end when she says that she just likes Roxette. When we see her singing along while driving she is exuberant, in love with that other guy. I'm not saying that her starting listening to Roxette is an indication that the relationship is ending, but she is lying. The Roxette song says : "It must have been love but it's over now" - clearly stirring mixed emotions within her regarding the ending love with Dell, as she felt at that time, and the beginning love towards the other guy.Finally, if we look at their story as a painting, the beauty is that even if it ended in apocalypse it's still trapped into existence to replay endlessly until the end of time.

In life and in love, people often ponder the moments in their lives they attribute to being transformational. The moments we feel define and alter our path in this world. Comet captures these moments in Dell and Kimberly's lives, showing us the genuine emotion they felt as these moments unfolded. It leaves countless unanswered questions—allowing the audience to surmise the trajectory. From the opening scene in which Kimberley "pushes" Dell out of the way of an oncoming car, the audience is sent on a deliberate exploration of what could have happened in this couple's story. All entirely dependent upon how they lived out these moments and how the audience chooses to interpret the reality of those scenes. If you're looking for definite answers in a movie you will be astoundingly unsatisfied. This story will challenge many preconceived notions of these same moments in your own life. Perhaps serving, for some, as a paradigm shifting moment in your introspective mind.