Whiplash Review

I think Whiplash is a pretty good movie, I think I got turned off from it because of my repulse for Fletcher, and how I despised him from the beginning. The music is really good, but I focused more on the story itself. My interpretation of the film is how far someone would go to become great. Andrew gave up alot to try to become one of the greatest players, and but I am not sure what the end is supposed to mean. I would think that Fletcher is done with Andrew because he messes him up on purpose, and probably wants to see him fail, OR he pushes him more since that is his ideology. This can lead to either Andrew proving him wrong, showing that he does not need Fletcher, or what I think it is, proving Fletcher right that he is like Charlie Parker and will be sucked and manipulated by Fletcher. It never looked like Andrew disliked Fletcher, even with all the abuse, so he would of course stay with him. In terms of Flecther, I believe that while he wants to make one of the "greats", he wants power and status, and will make sure people fear him. He is not as caring as he makes himself to be, especially when one of his students kills himself and he tries to hide it. I feel like I should rate this movie higher, but for some reason, I cannot, maybe because, with all this analysis, I did not enjoy it as much, and wasn't as immersed into the movie as I usually am.