i thought this movie was absolutely incredible, and you're right about the direction. it was pretty astounding at times. it's evident that chazelle loves david fincher, but it doesn't feel like a shitty knock off of his style.

really great look at the level of drive you have to have within yourself to be truly good at something, and various ways of approaching how to get there. the film's look at denying yourself any form of self-satisfaction was great - i think simmons says something like "the most harmful phrase is the english language is 'good job,'" and that sums up the movie really well.