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PaperclipPerfector  4mo ago (text post)   2937 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for December 27, 2024

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In honor of Vivek Ramaswamy, what is the proper interpretation of the movie "Whiplash"?

Greatness demands sacrifice, dedication, obsession, and an unwillingness to lose that would turn you into a monster. Terrible, but great.

And the only people who really understand are those who've been through it.

That attempting to really super duper try hard mmf at something ends up looking a lot like gooning.

You're unlikely to ever become a great musician (and by extension artist) without a totalising, monomaniacal devotion to your craft. But a totalising, monomaniacal devotion to your craft is no guarantee of becoming a great artist, and will probably drive you mad and destroy your life.

^ This is correct.

One of my favorite movies of all time. I played drums at one point in my life (horribly) and love music. Very few films have felt as intense. I've seen it twice and it was worth a second run through for me.

JK Simmons is one of the best actors ever.

This guy was literally the only good thing in Portal 2. The old Aperture science parts were great. The rest was totally meh.

I haven't played 2 since release and I still spontaneously recall the I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down rant.

with the fucking lemons

Hahaha... You're serious?

Did Vivek watch it for the first time recently or something?

"Does the end justify the means?" or maybe "I've won... but at what cost?"

I thought the movie was intentionally ambiguous. I didn't interpret it as a road map to success.

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