Obviously a remarkable movie

Rating: 7/10 (17 February 2015)

One of the most spectacular movie of the year is Whiplash, obviously a remarkable one.
We can't call Miles Teller's acting performance as a perfect one but what he does deserves respects. Teller is weak at representing feelings as an actor but what he does is exactly what Andrew tries to do, so we catch all the challenges he faces. What J.K. Simmons does is kicking ass of acting. His performance is beyond movie time to time. He creates a character that we believe, we love, we hate and we love again.
Everybody loves Jazz. Jazz is attractive. Jazz has created it's own culture, exist with it and represent it. It is a success story among this culture which is told in the movie but not in the usual way. You need to compete with your mentor too for succeed, as much as you do it with your competitors. You need to give up your life for being better and be ready to face up to blood and sweat and tear. It is a war that never been easy to win. There are rises and falls. But eventually legends are born out of the ashes.
Supporting stories are not so original but how they are told and how they are finalized are not usual at all, such as a cliché dinner table conversation, the girl friend issue and rivalry for the place in orchestra. Movie doesn't take any risk to express feelings that wants to pass on us and uses approved successful methods for it. Characters are not solid and backgrounds are not clear. We watch Andrew's fight through only one perspective and we are pushed to understand all his twists. Fletcher seems to be focused only one purpose. We see him in couple of scenes out of orchestra but this scenes are more confusing than identifying his character. They are like puzzle pieces that we can't fix anywhere in his background. Many pieces feel this way and we can't totally put ourselves in the story.
Besides everything, Damien Chazelle proved himself as a promising director even at his 30. With all deficiencies he presents us a strong movie. Some movies are as terrible as they are exaggerated but Whiplash deserves all attention it has and all excitement it brings.