A Beat Down, for a Drum Up.

Rating: 8/10 (15 October 2016)

An emotional roller coaster ride, that has you vouching for in one minute, then routing against in the next, leaving you with, well, inner whiplash... And this is one of the reasons I give this film an 8/10.
Whiplash lived up to its name in so many ways... Emotionally, creatively and musically.
Emotionally: Fletcher is a good guy, then bad... Then good again, then bad. Then, once he tells his side of the story, though you're tired of jolting back and forth, you feel you've finally reached his true persona... Then just like that, once again, he switches... Then switches again at the end, and what we're left with is; A question mark. An emotional injury that may have healed, is healing... Or maybe, not.
Creatively: Andrew literally, experienced whiplash, on his way to performing Whiplash... And he didn't let it stop him, until he was halted by the whiplash, of performing Whiplash... That, and how he decided to end his blossoming relationship with Nicole.
Musically: The composition's greatest struggle, was, Tempo. Whiplash shifted between tempos so abruptly, and had a solo that needed the intensity and speed bleeding was needed to achieve.
Whiplash felt authentic. The narrative was gripping and the finale was hypnotizing. I don't want to lie, at parts, I felt both Teller and Simmons could've done better - be pushed a little further as it were, however, the story carried an intelligence worth heavy consideration.
Also... What happened to the drums folder, seriously?