chrismackey1972 Review of Comet

Comet (2014)

Rossum and Long were great. The confusing editing of the story, not so much.

[6/10 · 6 December 2014]

I only watched this because of Emmy Rossum, but I kinda wish I didn't. The film was rather pointless. The acting from Rossum and Justin Long was very good, but the storyline was lacking. It was very confusing because they would jump from one...story...dream...whatever it was, to another. Instead of doing that, they should've just played out the love story through its ups, downs, and finally its ending. It would've been much more endearing that way. I have to say Long's character was kinda creepy and narcissistic, because he seemed to think the relationship was all about him. He wanted her, so he followed her around until she said yes. She wanted to get married and have a kid, but he didn't, so it didn't happen. He didn't care that she was miserable, even though she told him right out that he wasn't making her happy. As she said, he seemed comfortable being miserable. When he stalks her and finds out she's riding on a train, he just has to chase her down again. When she's finally pregnant and going to marry a man who understands a relationship is not just about him, Long's character tries unraveling that bit of happiness Rossum's character has, simply so HE will be happy. Thankfully, she said no. He said he couldn't live in a world where he and she don't wind up together. Maybe he should live in a world where he doesn't have his head shoved up his butt for so long that he thinks his crap smells good.

I gave this a 6-star rating because of Rossum's and Long's talents. However - again - it was confusing as to what was supposed to be a dream as opposed to what actually had taken place. If you like Emmy Rossum and Justin Long and you want to watch anything they'll be in, this is for you. If you like a cohesive storyline though, you might wanna skip it.