One of my favorite films

Rating: 10/10 (1 February 2016)

I love Whiplash.
The best part of this movie, by far, is the acting. Miles Teller had a major breakthrough performance. Melissa Benoist had a decent performance in the few minutes of screen time. JK Simmons had one of the best performances of the 21st century with his role. He definitely deserved the 47-51 awards that he won for this movie.
Damien Chazelle did a wonderful job writing and directing the film. He wrote many clever insults for Simmons' character. His direction was wonderful, especially since this was only the second movie that he has directed.
I am not going to spoil anything (or else I would get blacklisted), but the ending of this movie was one of the most intense endings to any movie I have seen. When the movie ended, I was wanting more.
This is one of my favorite movies. It is an amazing film that deserved to make way more money than just under $14 million.