For me, it's a rape movie

Rating: 8/10 (28 February 2015)

I understand what Chazelle wanted to show - that to achieve greatness, one has to devote a lot.
But when I looked at Whiplash it was just story of abuse, Simmons character tries to break people - I'm really not sure is that a recipe for success(Well. I'm sure it's not).
The happiest moment for me when Andrew took the stand and said that he should be a drummer (before the crash scene).
It felt like rape victim standing up to oppressor.
Whiplash is really an intense movie, but for me, first 60% of the film was just painful to watch.