Review of Whiplash (2014) by David S — 03 Apr 2017

This is one of the most inspiring, moving, and tension filled movies I've ever seen.

It's about a boy whose training in college to be a drummer. His instructor Terrence Fletcher is really hard on him and his constant insults drive him to borderline insanity.

Seeing Terrence Fletcher yell at Andrew Neyman and watching him get increasingly more upset calls for a very entertaining plot point. I think that it's so important to the film and shapes it a lot. I make the argument that Terrence Fletcher and Andrew Neyman's onscreen battles did for us what Randle McMurphy and Nurse Ratched did in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

At first people dislike Fletcher but near the end, we get to find out why he teaches the way he does and it makes a lot of sense. The scene when we find out his motivations is really moving and it makes some great character development.

The ending is fantastic. It is very tense and shocking. It contains one of the best drum performances I've ever seen put to screen. It is breathtaking from start to finish. It does an excellent job concluding everything we've seen and experienced in the movie and it does a perfect job wrapping it all together.

This movie is a masterpiece. It is also one of the best movies I've seen. It contains original and thought provoking themes and it displays them in an excellent way. Everything about this movie is perfect.