Hey Lovelies, 

This review has been one that I have been meaning to do for a long time, as I saw ‘Whiplash’ last year and it instantly became one of my favourite films of the year. I fell in love with everything to do with it and music still gets my heart racing whenever I watch it, so I thought what better way to celebrate the films upcoming release on Blu-ray and DVD, then with my review of it now. 

From the moment the film begins you are immersed into the world of the films music and the beauty of the characters passion to be the best in which he can be. Miles Teller gives the performance of a live time in this role and the way in which his emotions blend with the characters are a true piece of genius from not only him but the director for capturing those moments. 

However it is not just him that is capture in such an incredible way, but of course the master of the film JK Simmons, who you find yourself wishing you could give him an OSCAR every time you watch the film, because he becomes this completely different person to roles you have seen him in before and the work he puts into the role is incredible. He makes you feel bad for not knowing the way in which the music is meant to sound, and the way in which he treats Teller’s character Andrew when he plays a note wrong or can’t get the beat right. 

While there isn’t much of a script to the film, there doesn’t need to be as the music really does say it all. There isn’t a moment in the film when a piece of music isn’t playing and the whole time because of this your heart continues to beat at a rapid rate, that matches every key and every beat of the drum, to the point you think you may be in the music hall with them.

Every drop of sweat, every drop of blood shed and every tear that runs down the actor’s faces can be felt and the way in which director Damien Chazelle has captured this, is one that many other creators and filmmakers should take on board, because it honestly hooks the audience really in. And a key scene in which displays this is the scene involving a car crash. 

No one expects it and no one imagines it could happen, but the fast motion of it, is the only time in which the music stops because your heart stops as you are watching it. The music so cleverly stops to match the idea that the musician in the film has also stopped being and for a filmmaker to come up with an idea like this is so amazing and enchanting that you will never be able to watch a musical film again without expecting to have this moment in it. 

And one of the great things about this element as well is, on the Blu-ray version of the film, the original short film is on it, so you can see the magic in which the director was hoping to create in the feature length was there from the start and that he has succeeded in making the whole film into an epic watch. 

Therefore if you haven’t seen the film I would suggest you really do, because there is a continuous stream of beauty and musical moments that will hook you in as a viewer until the very end. You want to get inside the head of the characters and the way in which they are coming across, because they are all very different, but all hoping to achieve the same dream, which is to be the best musician they could ever be. 

A few moments within it will continue to shock audiences until the end, especially with the way in which the character of Andrew reacts to certain moments, but it ultimately will draw you in as a viewer and make you fall in love with it because of the music! 

And that is the reason why I am giving the film’s Blu-ray version…