"Whiplash" is astonishingly beautiful and different!

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2019)

Wow! I mean WOW! How did I let this movie pass me by when it first released, because I can wholeheartedly say that "Whiplash" is a modern masterpiece. Never in my 16 years on this earth have I ever been as captivated by a movie as I have with this one, and I'm not even a musician. But yet, this movie managed to pull me into the screen, preventing me from ever taking my eyes off of it, and letting me be sucked into this world.
I mean, what else can I say, this film is just amazing. J.K. Simmons has perhaps one of the best performances I have ever seen. He is so real, you feel for Miles Teller's character because what transpires between them doesn't feel like something that was written and performed. It doesn't feel like acting. It feels real and that is also due to the script and the direction these amazing actors had.
This is also an incredibly funny movie. Seriously, everytime J.K. Simmons opens his mouth, it's usually to insult someone in an hilariously crude way.
Also, this film has one of the best 3rd acts of any movie I have ever seen, with a finale so climactic that I litteraly didn't avert my gaze for a second, in fear of losing even the smallest detail.
There is only really one very minor criticism I have for this masterpiece, and that is the romance subplot between Miles Teller's and Melissa Benoist's characters. It just felt to me like it didn't go anywhere and didn't bring much to either character, but I'm just grasping at straws here.
Perfection is not easily achieved, but I'm very confident in saying that in "Whiplash", perfection was achieved in every way possible!
A+