My first review, and I just had to write this...

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2015)

first of all, I have personally now seen all of the nominations for best picture for this years Oscars. Some have been marginally OK, some have been good but only one has struck me to be truly great and that film...is whiplash. We must not forget here that this is a film made in 19 days and by the backing of a few million bucks whilst others nominated have cost 20 times that. However, despite its unusually small budget for the film world we live in today, the intensity and passion delivered through the actors and director is simply astonishing. J.K Simmons gives us a performance to get excited about portraying a brilliant and often volatile music teacher who is seeking a sense of perfection from his new drummer within his band, portrayed by the excellent Miles Teller. This film is as raw as it gets, fast paced and at times tough to watch for all the right reasons and i beg all film lovers to go and see this masterpiece and inevitably recognise that this film proves to us that a 100 million budget is not always needed to create a film that will surely be talked about as a 'great' in years to come. And now i hope and expect the Academy to do it justice and award Whiplash with the best picture award come February 22nd.