My Rating: 4/5
As you all are aware that this is that time of the year, the build up to the Oscars where we have the nominations with us, suddenly we get this to-watch list of movies we haven't heard of. The multiplexes realizing this, release all the movies in the nominations and we get attracted to them. It's like our body is reacting to the pheromones of the opposite sex. No fucking control over it. But as in real life, sometimes you do get lucky. And this movie is that moment!
Whiplash is a fast paced drama revolving around this ambitious young drummer and his ferocious teacher who has the most unusual way of nurturing the wannabe music legends. This young kid wants to be the best drummer the world has seen and is ready to accept all the sacrifices he has to make in the life to come. In fact, he has already prepared himself mentally. He likes this girl who works at the Cinemas, flirts a little, dates her, soon to realize that she would become an impediment on his road to success. Breaks it up in the infancy itself. That was just one example.
This guy is so crazy for drumming that he would go to any length. He personifies the phrase "Fighting till the very last breathe". He would drum so hard and so fast, that he would bleed, and bleed. He wanted to get faster and faster. His coach, Fletcher, played by the ever energetic J.K.Simmons who is a hard ass and has the most difficult way of teaching music. He abuses the students, scares the shit out of them, and then says " That was me being polite!". He is like that drunkard abusive father under whom the kids get real tough for life.
The whole movie is about the relationship between these two. Its about a wonderfully weird way of creating Mozarts and Beethovens by pushing the limits of ordinary people with extraordinary desires. The movie is so fast paced, its like a symphony you get lost in. You lose track of time. Brilliant performances from J.K.Simmons and the protagonist. The words are crisp and precise. The length is brilliantly perfect. The music that they create is fucking amazing!
Although it also comes from a near debutante director, a very young director, but this is not another "Roy". Believe me, go for this, this jamming session is totally worth it!
P.S. Must watch for all the music lovers!
As you all are aware that this is that time of the year, the build up to the Oscars where we have the nominations with us, suddenly we get this to-watch list of movies we haven't heard of. The multiplexes realizing this, release all the movies in the nominations and we get attracted to them. It's like our body is reacting to the pheromones of the opposite sex. No fucking control over it. But as in real life, sometimes you do get lucky. And this movie is that moment!
Whiplash is a fast paced drama revolving around this ambitious young drummer and his ferocious teacher who has the most unusual way of nurturing the wannabe music legends. This young kid wants to be the best drummer the world has seen and is ready to accept all the sacrifices he has to make in the life to come. In fact, he has already prepared himself mentally. He likes this girl who works at the Cinemas, flirts a little, dates her, soon to realize that she would become an impediment on his road to success. Breaks it up in the infancy itself. That was just one example.
This guy is so crazy for drumming that he would go to any length. He personifies the phrase "Fighting till the very last breathe". He would drum so hard and so fast, that he would bleed, and bleed. He wanted to get faster and faster. His coach, Fletcher, played by the ever energetic J.K.Simmons who is a hard ass and has the most difficult way of teaching music. He abuses the students, scares the shit out of them, and then says " That was me being polite!". He is like that drunkard abusive father under whom the kids get real tough for life.
The whole movie is about the relationship between these two. Its about a wonderfully weird way of creating Mozarts and Beethovens by pushing the limits of ordinary people with extraordinary desires. The movie is so fast paced, its like a symphony you get lost in. You lose track of time. Brilliant performances from J.K.Simmons and the protagonist. The words are crisp and precise. The length is brilliantly perfect. The music that they create is fucking amazing!
Although it also comes from a near debutante director, a very young director, but this is not another "Roy". Believe me, go for this, this jamming session is totally worth it!
P.S. Must watch for all the music lovers!
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