Well made regardless of accuracy

Rating: 10/10 (6 December 2014)

Being a musician, this film resonated with me, and provided me with vivid flashbacks of feelings I endured when I was in band competitively trying to get the first chair horn parts in symphonic band. The strange thing is I have come across plenty of other individuals (who are also musicians) that hate this film, and I mean HATE this film because they feel this does not accurately showcase the music industry or musical process. I suppose it all depends on the experience. Of course, I was never treated to the extreme measures that Miles Teller character endures from Simmons' hardcore ways, but let me just say that it doesn't take much to feel the pressure, especially when you really want a part. But regardless of how realistic the film is or how it makes me feel, the film is well made. So in my opinion, 'Whiplash' is an awesome film.
Miles Teller is on a crazy streak; doing some decent movies and putting in even better performances, but Whiplash definitely manifests his greatest effort thus far in his incredibly young career.
J.K. Simmons hands in one of his finest roles, playing a mentor who taps the spirit of R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket, and throws 'acting punches' when you think the film can't get any better. Immediately as the credits began to roll I knew he had the Oscar.
The movie as a whole put me through a ride. My nerves were being toyed with as I watched Miles Teller's character share screen time with J.K. Simmons. The on screen chemistry is their and in full-bloom.
And what puts the whole thing together? The grade A soundtrack that acts as the lifeblood.