the drive, the will

Rating: 9/10 (14 February 2015)

Whiplash (Damien Chazelle) this is the biggest surprise of the productive year 2014. Relatively young director made from low-budget film a hit. The plot is quite simple. How to successfully skip obstacles and persevere. Want to be successful? Work, practice, bleed. The film is adorned with incredible dynamics and production. It is something different, a fresh wind in a world of big bucks rotten industry, who Just wanna make a buck more. Important are the characters. From Juno (Jason Reitman) he's on my eye, but this time he totally rocks, at all levels, and yes J.K. Simmons did steal the whole show. J.K Simmons, wow, what a performance. His mileage comes out big time. A respected professor in a music academy, you could say almost narcissistic psychopath, who requires more from students. Nothing wrong, if they would not be mentally tortured. Also a great performance from Miles Teller, who is slowly climbing on a letter to be a great actor.
Yes we get it, so important to show how the main actor is suffering all the time, but the pain is a little over the top, and to many bloody hands. Screen capturing is that important in this movie, but the intense storyline and the personification of torture makes it alive alive.
If you have a spare time, just grab this movie from the shelve and enjoy a masterpiece epic. To much drama, you would say...but Nonetheless a great juicy story, a nice pedigree of acting and a vivid package movie must see. I recommend it big time.