Review of Comet

Comet (2014)
8/10
It does not have to look good on paper to feel good.
8 July 2015
Warning: Spoilers
A romantic love story set in different parallel universes based on the outcome of a perfectly pained couple in a flawed relationship :

Despite the harsh commentary and 6.6. rating on IMDb I personally feel that this romantic comedy was one of the best to arise from 2014. I was approached by my friends, after a recent breakup, to watch this movie and it turned out to be one of the most touching movies I have ever watched, yes it could have been better and there are flaws no doubt but the message behind the plot was conveyed beautifully.

In the start of the film i was uncertain about watching it, in fear that it might be one of those cliché love stories, yet once the perspective changed from 3rd person to first person it drew my attention as i rarely ever stumble across this unique use of camera work.

The film starts off with a bang as it jumps into one of the most critical moments of this couple's relationship based in a parallel universe. Throughout the movie we can see the flawed relationship as a prominent theme which brings the adrenaline levels up and makes us wonder whether or not they will really ever be together.

The character Dell was accurately conveyed by Justin Long as even his look added to the narcissistic personality of his character, no offense Justin. We are lead to believe that it is the actions of Dell that break the relationship yet it is the unstable personality of Kimberly which lead to most of the breakups in the parallel universes which i found as quite unique as no antagonist is created in this film as everyone is to be praised and blamed.

On the more story based side, Kimberly refers to time as being the only complication between them and wished that life could be like a painting, no start, no middle, and no ending. This metaphor created by Kimberly is conveyed throughout the film as it jumps from start to end to middle to the dream where all the memories and events combined.

The movie ends beautifully with this perfectly matched couple with their flawed passed standing on the edge of a balcony with the duel sun setting behind them. We are uncertain of the outcome of the movie as the duel sun can represent multiple things, one of those could be that Dell was dreaming all along or that the whole movie has been based on alternate outcomes which he created in that instance that Kimberly saved him lastly it could even have been that the couple saw each other in a universe with two suns. Everything is possible which makes the movie so beautiful and unique, like a painting you can take out of it whatever you wish and you choose how the relationship between these two people end.

One of the few films that brought a tear to my eye and definitely made a lasting impression. Thoughts about the film can differ from person to person as we all have a different taste in movies yet this will definitely be going into my top 10 .

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