10 Movie Scenes Everyone Always Gets Wrong
10. Andrew Wasn't Really Rushing OR Dragging - Whiplash
The most famous scene in tenacious Oscar-winner Whiplash sees ruthless jazz instructor Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) becoming increasingly frustrated with student Andrew (Miles Teller) as he seemingly fails to match his tempo.
Throughout the gut-wrenching scene, Fletcher calls Andrew out for either "rushing" or "dragging" to his beat, and to the layperson, it seems that while Fletcher may be an a**hole, he's also a strident perfectionist above all else.
But one curious fan actually decided to take a deep dive into the scene and analyse Andrew's timing for themselves. As it turns out, he's pretty much spot on, and Fletcher is just calling him a rusher or a dragger willy-nilly, presumably in order to get a rise out of him.
While the film makes no secret of Fletcher's near-psychopathic desire to push his students to greatness, many nevertheless assumed his critique of Andrew's drumming was in fact correct.
Ultimately Fletcher's method, of testing Andrew's patience and commitment to perfection, is defined by one line late in the movie: "There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'good job.'"