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"There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job." - Terence Fletcher (J.K.Simmons)  

¨A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.¨   -source:imbd

I was browsing an unnamed torrent website for, ehm, reasons and I saw this at the top of the most downloaded. I was planning to watch this in the cinema during the weekend but good luck for me? :D

I saw this this morning before school today and I was left mind-blowned. The movie was well-shot and the editing was precise and on the point and kept me captivated for the duration of the movie. I love when a movie does a series of well-done jump cuts to set the tone of the scene or to express the atmosphere. 

Miles Teller was amazing. I really believed his character, his hunger for more, his desire to become the best of the best. His struggle and suffering was at times unbearable to watch but still I was rooting for him and was disappointed when he failed. I also heard that he specifically learned how to play the drums for this specific movie and I must say that he pulled it off really well. Even though Mr.Teller was amazing, J.K.Simmons was even better. He played this arrogant, short-tempered musician who lived on the fear his students leaked in his presence. He intimidating, he was evil, he was loud, but he was still charismatic.

The best part of the movie was the script, which was well-paced and kept me interested. The pace never fell and I was lost in the movie. I loved how the characters were written in a way that you cared for them even when they were behaving irrationally or the way you would behave if you were in the same situation. You understood their thinking. 

I can´t forget to talk about the soundtrack! It really went well with the theme of the music and it was so good that I instantly downloaded it when I was finished with the movie. I have listened to it twice already! 

The only part of the I was worried about was the ending, which they handled really well and gave me the sense of closure I usually lack from many movies. It was a proper climax and made sense. 

2015 #3

I have been doing a lot of reading lately. Mainly its for my Czech maturita exam, but I still do pleasure reading. I have read quite a few book the past month and I would like to share my thought, shortly, about them. 

1- Ota Pavel - Smrt krásných srnců 

This book is a collection of 7 autobiographic short stories. The author remembers his childhood during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. The stories are sweet and cheerful but can be really sad at times. They are very well-written and filled with joy. I really enjoyed reading them and I can easily rank it as one of my most favourite czech books I've read so far. 

2- Bohumil Hrabal - Ostře sledované vlaky 

Okay, so this book was confusing. The thing is that it is interesting and witty, but it was tough for me to keep track of the plot when the author was jumping from the main storyline to the past and then back to the storyline. But once I read the book in one sitting, and you can easily do this because it is a short book, it made more sense. It was OK, I enjoyed some parts but the retrospective element was too distracting for me.

3- Lois Lowry - The Giver