an epic dramatic tale that may go down as one of the best ever.

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2015)

I have finally had a chance to see whiplash and not only is this my favourite film of 2015 so far but this may be one of my favourite films of all time. The premise sees a young drummer trying to succeed in music school until he meets a teacher who has an extreme method to get the best out of his students. I have seen miles teller in a few things and I have always thought he was decent but I never knew he had this dramatic performance in him. He is utterly fantastic in this film and he is ridiculously relatable because we have all wanted something so bad in our life that we will do anything to get it and this is how he feels in this film and you totally believe everything about his character. Now there is only one other character that matters and it is the breathtaking performance by JK Simmons, he is a complete douche but part of me understands why he is so extreme. He is trying to get the best out of his students and he truly believes that the only way to do that is to be this extreme, also his and tellers chemistry is off the charts and phenomenal. The story is intense, inspirational and emotional, forget that it is music this story represents how much you want something and how much you are willing to sacrifice to get it. The clashes between the two is as intense as anything and you really believe these characters motivations. The end of this film is also perfect for what this film was going for. The script is fantastic everything that teller and Simmons says makes you believe their characters and feel like they are real people that you either want to love or hate. The style is fantastic because it really needed a physical and psychological style to make this film as dramatic as possible and it definitely succeeded in that department. Overall this is a completely epic film that must be seen.