Thoughts On: Whiplash (Film)

OK so I just watched Whiplash. You know the one about the drummer (I'm currently watching all the Academy Award nominated movies for this year with my parents - yay for parent movie watching). 

Let me first say that I spent so much of this movie hugging a cushion and saying "oh my god Smudge, I can't even deal with this." (Smudge is my cat by the way). I think everyone else who has seen the movie is sitting there totally agreeing with me and then for everyone else, let's just say it's one of those movies which you are constantly on the edge of your seat for the entire movie (quite painful really).

So I feel as though I am not emotionally or mentally prepared to put my thought into words, so here is the lowdown.

First things is first;

WAS IT A GOOD MOVIE? Yes. I do believe it was. Although it'd be a while before I'd watch it again.

GENERAL FEELS THAT IT GAVE YOU? Tense-ness level was off the chart and it was just stressful to be watching it, but it was kind of a good thing for the movie. (Your emotions need to be prepared for the stress). It wasn't a movie that you watch when you just need an easy movie to watch and you want to be able to walk away with a good feeling and understanding everything that was in it - if you want that, don't watch this one tonight.

PARTICULAR THINGS LIKED? So I really liked the idea that the whole movie was based on, I thought that was really cool and I could kind of relate (but in a less 'I'll-play-drums-til-I-bleed' sort of way).

MOST IMPORTANT THOUGHTS? (by the way there might be spoilers - not sure how defining you are of a spoiler so don't try to murder me - you were warned)

1. Holy shit he can play drums (first thought of the movie)
2. The name of the movie was in the movie! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh (yay)
3. I want him to succeed even though it's kind of bad for him because he's so fricken self-destructive
4. Oh my god, (this was a frequent phrase said in this movie) he is bleeding all over EVERYTHING. Why does no one care why he is bleeding? No one?
5. How hard is blood to clean off a drum kit?
6. Don't ruin your drum kit, those things are expensive
7. This cannot be the end of the movie, please walk back onto the stage
8. How many drum sticks did they go through in this movie?
9. I picked the right instrument with piano - it is so much less painful

ENDING? (SPOILER ALERT!!)

OK so I'm fussy with my endings, but I thought this one ended as best they could, and I liked how the conductor guy never said (or we never know if he said) "good job" or anything.

By the way I thought that the conductor guy's character was really interesting. The fact that he was a really dis-likable character but I didn't completely hate him was really cool. I also liked that once he explained himself, I could see why he acted like such an asshole, because of what values he ranked as more important than others. Top marks to the conductor guy. (I can't actually remember his name - this is always a problem with me and movies, unless I've seen them 21 times *coughs Harry Potter, then Lord of  the Rings, almost The Hobbit.*)