I love movies about passion, about people who want something more than anything. When you have an obsession, something that is just burning alive inside of you, it is one of the most powerful things you can feel. It’s one of the best things that could ever happen to you but also one of the most damaging. The creators of Whiplash did a great job of displaying both of those truths. “Fuck off Nicole I’m trying to be a pro drummer.”
J.K. Simmons performance as Fletcher was a 10/10. Bro had me feeling like an absolute failure through my phone screen. My 7th-grade basketball coach would’ve fucking LOVED him.
I watched the end of the movie at least 3 times over. An absolute masterpiece finish. My only complaint is that it wasn’t 30 minutes longer. Watching him go off like that and Fletcher loving it, doesn’t get better than that.