Fantastic!

Rating: 8/10 (13 February 2015)

I had no real expectations going into "Whiplash" because the trailer didn't wow me and I'm not the biggest fan of Miles Teller. However, the film proved to be a lot better than I was ready for.
The story offers up no real surprises and there's a love interest element added to Andrew's story of becoming the best drummer and impressing his conductor and it really feels like it doesn't need to be there because the girl (Melissa Benoist) isn't really developed very well and feels forgotten about the rest of the time. However, despite this, the film is beautifully filmed and Miles Teller showed me that he's got some talent as he really showed the determination of Andrew. Also, I don't think I really have to mention that J.K. Simmons dominated as Fletcher, do I? We all know how awesome he is! In the end, "Whiplash" was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.