Drive

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2015)

In this modern times of ours, greatness is often seen as somewhat as a given, in the sense that, is effortless and only for a chosen few.
Other symptom of that is the dumbing down of the modern society,we are always looking in our televisions,with a infinite number of channels, with an infinite number of idiots, that never aspired or never will aspire to do something great.(but lets talk about the movie, or i will never shut up).
Whiplash, is a great movie, keeps you on your seat as you look into the struggle of Andrew, the lovable main character of the movie, as he tries to become great in what he is doing.
During the movie, as Andrew is picked up by his mentor(or enemy?),we learn that becoming great is not something that is fun, not something that is rewarding, is not something that is gonna tuck you up at night and tell you that everything will be alright if you fail, is not! (The two most harming words of the English language are "GOOD JOB"),We Will have to make choices, and this choices will hurt, and we will not like them, but thats life!, and in life you can't have it all.
I personally, am always picky about the timing of movies, like a great song, a great movie should be perfectly timed, moments of tension make or brake a movie, and in this regard this movie, like a good song, is right on time.The acting, is of course, perfectly delivered, Miles teller makes a likable character, J.K.Simmons a great antagonist, and that makes a perfect orchestra of a movie, with all the elements that make a good band play, and they are all on tune.