Tick...Tick, Boom is a great movie

[Drew Wonder]

Tick, Tick... Boom! (also stylized as tick, tick... BOOM!) is a 2021 American biographical musical drama film directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda in his feature directorial debut. Written by Steven Levenson, it is based on the stage musical of the same name by Jonathan Larson, a semi-autobiographical story about Larson's writing a musical to enter the industry. The film stars Andrew Garfield, Robin de Jesús, Alexandra Shipp, Joshua Henry, Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens.

Finally saw this. I'm normally not a big fan of musicals but I thought the way they did the music in this made sense within the context of the story and didn't take me out of it. But more than that, I related a lot to the main character. I recently got into screenwriting and just the excitement/rush he felt while creating art but also the stress it caused him and how it impacted his relationships definitely resonated with me. And I feel like anyone who wants to be an "artist" can relate.

But yeah overall, I thought this was really well done. Great story, music, direction and acting. I still want Will to win the Oscar for King Richard but Andrew Garfield would be my second choice. He killed the role and I thought he nailed Jonathan Larson's overall mannerisms and demeanor.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Do you believe it is good enough to overcome those of us who haven't watched because it is a musical?

 

[Drew Wonder]

Do you believe it is good enough to overcome those of us who haven't watched because it is a musical?

Yeah. So I'll use West Side Story as an example. Overall, I liked the remake. And Spielberg does a good job of giving it a gritty NY feel. Yet whenever I found myself feeling immersed in the story/characters, these dudes would start doing dance moves and break out into songs and I was immediately reminded that I was watching a musical and it made me care much less about the characters and the world.

That didn't happen with this movie due to how they framed it. They did it in a way that makes absolute sense in the narrative and was actually pretty creative.

Spoiler

The main character is performing the play in front of an audience and whenever there's a musical number, it's either done in the show within the movie or it's a flashback so it's his imagination.

Also, the music in general sounds like normal songs, doesn't have that over the top "musical" quality to it

 

[Jello Biafra]

I actually like musicals and I hated every second of Tick Tick Boom.

 

[KevCo]

Garfield is incredible in it

 

[Drew Wonder]

I actually like musicals and I hated every second of Tick Tick Boom.

Interesting. What did you hate about it?

 

[semicko82]

Movie was ok. I liked the non musical scenes more than anything. This Andrew Garfield's best performance hands down.

 

[semicko82]

Sad what happened to Jon Larson. He died at a young age and didn't reap the rewards of the success of RENT

 

[Jermio]

Garfield killed it. Not gonna lie, he deserves the Oscar more than Will or Cumberbatch.

 

[semicko82]

I'm surprised Vanessa Hudgens had such a small role.
Not only can she sing, but she has a great voice.
She should be a mega star

 

[OnlyOneBoss]

Andrew Garfield deserves that best actor this year brehs I can’t even lie