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One of the best music-films ever. If not the best films already period. The characters of this film are well-written. We both get perspectives and character-motivations on how our protagonist and our antagonist feel about the visual of what it means to be successful. Andrew's drive to achieve a status of being "one of the greatest" was achieved in the ending scene, reverse-Uno-carding Fletcher's scummy ploy. In a previous scene Fletcher told Andrew how Charlie Parker started off as a nobody and was treated in a nasty way because of a botch-up. Though Charlie Parker eventually made his way up to be one of the greatest musicians of the jazz world. This reflects on to Andrew, who clearly was being treated harshly by Fletcher. Having Fletcher see Andrew clearly struggling to keep up with his perfectionist mindset, Fletcher undermined what Andrew could've brought out. Fletcher saying earlier that he had never saw the next Charlie Parker is clearly contradicted with what Charlie has shown off with the ending performance. Thus, the ending scene really radiates the saying of "Do not let your enemies know your next move". And as someone who has played instruments and has discouraged because of a skill-complex because of big criticisms, this movie has resonated with me personally. It shows that even given the worst emotional and psychological distresses to the point that it would discourage you from doing something you want to pursue or something you find to be a passion, the realization that you are improving without you even realizing that you are improving just inspires you that improvements is not immediately seen or noticed with the blind eye. Thus, we must be motivated by the fact that we are constantly improving for the thing that we are striving for. 11/10.