Pressure causes diamonds to form.

Rating: 9/10 (13 July 2015)

You need a whiplash to achieve greatness. A scar of triumph every once in a while. You need to bleed here and there to feel alive!! This. This masterpiece that summarises every single meaning of passion; of commitment; of goal settings. Frustration. A word, so strong and powerful that you can sense its impact by just hearing it. What happens when you push yourself to the limits? Okay, what happens when you push everybody around you to the limits? How about pushing the limits itself to the point where you end up being the bad person and the villain in everybody's story? "There are no two words, in the English language, more harmful than 'Good Job'." Fletcher managed to put such simple words together to create the most accurate description of what it takes to build sth real! All you do is keep pushing. You keep pushing yourself; you keep pushing those around you; you even keep pushing chances and opportunities to the limits! Diamonds become diamonds when put under pressure... That must count as sth! And no greater scene you could sink in its details as the finale of this masterpiece! How accurate the cinematography was. How beautiful Miles played the role. How graceful Simmons managed to be the vengeful, most passionate maestro! The final scene of this film summarises the whole idea of the story. Andrew is scared at first, but he keeps trying. Fletcher gets to him as he always does. Andrew decides to quit. But wait? What? After all that? Quitting? Really? Hold on! No! He's not quitting! What's he doing? He's whiplashing the drums! He's playing the Caravan; he's playing the Caravan as if he originally wrote it! He's leading the orchestra? The plot thickens! The heat starts to radiate! The whiplashing results in blood! THE MASTER SURRENDERS AND FOLLOWS THE STUDENT! A smile of acceptance is finally unleashed from the mentor! They're harmonious! They're synching... That moment! That very exact moment! To have your dream come true right in front of your eyes! One can live and die waiting for such one. Frustration isn't the enemy of hope. Frustration is the pressure that results in the diamond.