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stuffp
Keeping it Light
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 Re: Whiplash (2014) Dr. Lecter wrote: More extreme? What did you expect? JK Simmons raping Miles Teller with a drumstick? ahahahaha...this actually made me LOL.
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
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Re: Whiplash (2014) Who the F gave this movie an F btw...
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Algren
now we know
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Re: Whiplash (2014) stuffp wrote: Who the F gave this movie an F btw... Chippy. _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
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Re: Whiplash (2014) Thanks for reminding me I saw this!
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zwackerm
Hold the door!
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Re: Whiplash (2014) This was really thrilling and entertaining. I was thinking would have gone a bit further. Black Swan is similar to this movie, but something about this didn't strike the same chord as that did. Probably because Miles Teller didn't hallucinate about gruesomely murdering J.K. Simmons. I do feel like it could have gone further with its premise, and the ending was not what I expected at all; it worked out far too well for Teller and Simmons both. But I was entertained for sure.
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I'll be seeing Selma tomorrow. So far my 2014 BP ranking is
1. Whiplash
2. The Imitation Game
3. American Sniper
4. Boyhood
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
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Re: Whiplash (2014) The ending didn't work out well for Teller at all?
It was the same as Black Swan where the whole notion of being "perfect" basically destroyed his life.
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
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Re: Whiplash (2014) Nice, glad you finally saw it, and liked it! I don't think any of your criticism hampers the movie, but I can see where you're coming from. Still the best of 2014 for me.
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
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Re: Whiplash (2014) Yeah, this is easily the best film of last year. Nothing else compares.
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Algren
now we know
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Re: Whiplash (2014) I rewatched Whiplash on my flight back from Vegas. Still buzzing from my viewing of La La Land, and having already had one dose of Miles Teller earlier in my journey, I chose Whiplash without hesitation. I didn't disappoint. Still amazing. Simmons puts in such a performance, and that finale is among the best musical and visual storytelling endings ever.
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Riggs
We had our time together
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Re: Whiplash (2014) Whiplash is a fucking masterpiece. Most intense movie I have seen in years.
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Algren
now we know
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Re: Whiplash (2014) Bump  _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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The Wall
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Re: Whiplash (2014) **** / ***** (B)
Good movie propelled by J.K. Simmons' excellent performance. Chazelle keeps an amazing tempo of the movie throughout. Yet after it ended I wasn't blown away by it. It was just a cool movie about two highly unlikeable, highly motivated, highly opinionated personas clashing. Maybe it's the ending that finally puts them together in balance like Yin and Yang that feels slightly like a too feel good ending for what preceded it.
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
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Re: Whiplash (2014) Decided to re-watch this and remains a perfect film, very tense, excellent performances and great score.
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