Loved the movie.

Whiplash tells a great story, a sad one too.
Andrew Neiman is drummer who aspires greatness and is fished by Terence Fletcher a renown teacher in New York.
While everything looks like a dream come true, not everything is as it seems.

My opinion:
[spoiler]Even though I loved the movie I have to take this out of my chest.
Fletcher is a sociopathic narcissistic SOB that exploits the physical and psychological strength his students in the name of success.
I hated the fact that Fletcher exploited his students and controlled them so 'well'. I hated the fact that Andrew searched for Fletcher's approval every chance he had. And even at the end, when he could have just ended his solo (which was awesome btw), and walked away proving his point. But no, Fletcher had Neiman so rilled in that the kid wanted is approval despite all events that happened before.
The story of pushing someone to their limits and if they give up and walk way, meaning they were not meant for success is completely BS. There are times to say 'good job' is a good thing, and there are others where pushing is a good thing, the secret is knowing both.
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