He was the perfect person to do so. I watched an interview with him saying how much inspiration he took from seeing RENT for the first time and how he really saw himself in the character Mark. If anyone should make a movie about Jonathan it's Lin. Thank you Lin!!
This movie needs to win an Oscar. His story is so beautiful and it’s just amazing to see. Seeing all the hard work that he put into his shows, just should inspire everyone to achieve their dreams, musical theater lover or not. I would also love to see a production of “Superbia” one day. I would love to go to the Library of Congress one day and just look to at the Johnathan Larson Archives.
I felt the same way, seeing a live version of Superbia would be so incredible!! I truly hope it wins something, it at least deserves to be nominated. This movie is hands down on of the best films I have ever seen. It speaks to so many people and that's what an Academy Award winner should do.
Fun fact: the person that inspired the charachter MIchael (Matt O'Grady) is amazingly still alive, and he was there at the premiere of the tick tick boom movie!
@@jessiedobbiereactions Its such a pity it didn't get a best picture nomination for the Oscars so the whole cast can be there but at least Lin is nominated for Best original song and Andrew is nominated for best actor. depending on how many people they can bring as guests, I am hoping Andrew will bring Jon's sister Julie. if he won it would be such an amazing moment for her.
Some about the voice mail Stephen Sondheim left, was actually Sondheim. That means that will basically be his last on screen appearance. I think if any movie to be Sondheim’s last it’s this. It’s about a guy who changed musical theater as we know it, fought for gay rights, and a man he knew before he got big. RIP Larson and Sondheim.
@@jessiedobbiereactions Only the voicemail is really Stephen Sondheim... the actor playing him in the rest of the film is Bradley Whitford, but it's a brilliant inhabiting of another musical genius. Andrew Garfield is just sublime too, of course. Stunning film. Great reaction.
@@jessiedobbiereactions Oh, and the diner song, Sunday, is a complete homage to the song Sunday which is the closing of the first act of Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (find it and watch it on youtube and then watch the Tick, Tick, Boom version again). Also well worth watching some of the Easter Egg/Cameo videos explaining all the brilliant inside stories of Lin Manuel Miranda's incredible film.
1:43 While Jonathan Larson did pull a lot from his real life experiences and incorporated them into Rent, the show's plot and characters were adapted from Giacomo Puccini's La bohème. While I don't know if Matthew O'Grady (the real Michael) helped inspire Angel for Rent, it could be a possibility,
@The Dan I think both “One Song Glory” and “Halloween” really highlight the kinds of emotions Jon was feeling at the time, trying to write something he will be remembered for while also struggling with the grief and fear that a majority of his friends were dying and him being the only one left.
I've watched the movie seven times and every time I watch it I get goosebumps. Andrew definitely deserves an Oscar. He's just an amazing actor and I really liked your reactions
Thank you so much for the support! This movie really does do something to you ever time you watch it. I watched it with my family and it was so exciting seeing their reactions to it and how they felt about everything once it was over. Andrew blew my mind and I will definitely be screaming his name during the best actor award because it is beyond deserved!
Hey Jessie, I really loved watching your reaction to this movie! BTW, the person who encourages Jonathan in the film is based on real-life composer Stephen Sondheim. He wrote the music for, among other things, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, West Side Story and Sunday in the Park with George (which is the show Jon, Michael and Susan are watching, and which is also about the life of an artist.) I would love for you to maybe react to some of the shows? Hope you are well! Edited, bc apparently I can't spell your name.
Thanks for the support! I haven't seen Sunday in the Park with George and was wondering what they were watching, I will have to see what I can find and possibly do that, Thanks for the recommendation!
I didn't know about Jonathan Larson. I knew of Rent from a friend. I'm not too huge into musicals but I enjoy them. I watched Rent and then tick, tick... BOOM! after seeing all these raving reviews urging to watch it. I was completely floored by this movie. I don't think I gasped louder at a movie than I did when they talked of Rent and how/when he died.. THAT HE NEVER SAW IT. It devastated me. I knew he must have died young but I never saw that coming in a million years. It's really so tragic. He was so young.. he had so much more to give. He deserved to see his hard work come to life. It's heartbreaking, truly. I'm so thankful for this movie. For getting to learn of him now and his story rather than not at all. They did him justice. Lin-Manuel Miranda.. amazing as a director. Andrew Garfield.. the whole cast. Absolutely amazing. I agree with you, as someone with no prior Rent or Jonathan Larson attachment.. It DOES deserve oscars. Many, many awards. I watched it just on Saturday and already 2 more times since then (I cry every time and cried again in this reaction). I listen to the soundtrack on repeat daily. I can't get enough of it. I've never been this intensely into any musical.. I would inject it into my veins if possible. I /felt/ every bit of this movie. It is just.. so good. My favorite song is the opening number.. 30/90. That may be because I'm 29 right now. It HITS. And it makes me wants to run around the house singing to it like they did.. like I'm in a musical lol. R.I.P Jonathan Larson.
I am so happy/excited/grateful that because Lin Manuel Miranda made this film it has the chance to introduce new people like yourself to Jonathan Larsons work and the huge emotional spark his work gives.
I know, it is so unbelievably heart breaking that he was taken so soon and never got to see the impact he had. Jonathan was so unique in his thinking though and he also had faith in himself, so I truly believe that he did know the impact this and RENT was going to have💙I’m sure West Side Story and others will be in the main light for the oscars, but I’m hoping that whatever this is nominated for that it crushes it because it’s definitely more deserved in my opinion. I love 30/90 also, I can’t ever get it out of my head! Lol The soundtrack is so good it’s hard to pick favorites, and the whole thing really does amp you up so much to feel like you’re in a musical. It energizes you to the point where you can’t help but jump around and sing!
Let me just say I found it incredibly comforting to see another person who can't help but be moved to tears when it comes to Jonathan Larson. I have no idea why I grieve this man I've never met.
Loved the movie. Thanks so much for reacting to it. Loves the cameos that are in Sunday and other scenes. Will rewatch. Hoping Andrew Garfield and Robin de Jesus both get recognition.
Fun Fact, the piano Jonathan plays while he sings Why is a Baldwin Piano which was the kind of piano Stephen Sondheim had (given to him by Leonard Bernstein after writing West Side Story)
I'm just seeing your reaction now, but it's absolutely wonderful. I love this movie so much. There's so much love and detail, you can really tell that everyone involved was really passionate and loved Jonathan. Some special details: the apartment set was an exact replica of Jon's real apartment and in the last scene with "Louder Than Words" Jon's real life mother can be seen in the audience. This film is so stunning. I really enjoyed seeing your reaction as someone who loves Jon Larson.
Thanks for the support! I had watched an interview with Lin who was saying they used pictures to re-create Jonathan‘s apartment which I thought was so amazing, but I had no idea Jon’s mom was actually in the audience! Whelp, I guess that means I’ll have to watch it again now 🤷♀️lol
I love your reaction to this! It’s nice seeing you had the same reactions as me throughout. I was tripping the whole time! So many treats for broadway musical lovers ♥️
My friends & some of my blood family were dying from AIDS during the late 1980's & 1990's. So little was known for a very long time. Fear & misinformation were spread in the yellow journalism newspapers. Silence = Death posters still hurt to see, as does the "Do something about it" poster. I did speaking engagements at the local college.
I am still not over Lin not being nominated as best director and Andrew losing out to Will Smith (esp. after seeing him do nothing special in King Richard). TTB has become my favorite movie. It's so special to me. I saw RENT a couple of times on Broadway back in thelate 90s and it always touched me that Jonathan never got to see it. Having Lin (a musical genius himself) make a movie about Jon and have Andrew staring on top, it's like all the stars aligned. I hope Jon felt the love wherever he is now ♥
I 100% agree! It still bothers me too that Andrew lost and Lin got passed over, but it doesn’t change the fact that this movie has touched so many lives and will forever be a part of Jon’s amazing story. It will create new fans and warm the hearts of old fans for years to come 💙
I just finished watching the movie. I didn't know anything about it before. I didn't even watch the trailer for it. I just decided to watch it bc i heard some part of the soundtrack from tik tok. So i didn't expect for it to tear me up so bad
Yeah, I just saw it on my recommended in netflix and gosh darn the rollercoaster of emotions I went through watching this movie is insane. I'm just 16 and I've always loved musicals and just music in general, this musical has really made me love theatre in general. Ngl if you know Bo Burnham his special "inside", he's technically the next jonathan larson. Lin is the one before Bo Burnham, I just wonder when will we see the next Jonathan Larson. The creativity and artistic minds of these people just inspires me as a person who loves art. This adaptation of the Musical play is probably one of the best musical adaptations in the film industry and it being directed by lin mannuel miranda is probably the best person to ever direct tick, tick... boom.
I knew I was going to cry, but I did not honestly think I was going to have that intense of a reaction. The movie was just done so beautifully that it hit me so hard!
Some Easter eggs here. th-cam.com/video/fWzdML3y0dc/w-d-xo.html I think you will also enjoy the Vanity Fair article about how they made the Sunday sequence.
I had heard that they studied things in his apartment to replicate the actually areas he lived in, but to know they did it down to a bend in his book shelf is so amazing.
Without Rent, there would be no Hamilton. So glad Lin told Jonathan Larson’s story and brought him to more people.
He was the perfect person to do so. I watched an interview with him saying how much inspiration he took from seeing RENT for the first time and how he really saw himself in the character Mark. If anyone should make a movie about Jonathan it's Lin. Thank you Lin!!
This movie needs to win an Oscar. His story is so beautiful and it’s just amazing to see. Seeing all the hard work that he put into his shows, just should inspire everyone to achieve their dreams, musical theater lover or not. I would also love to see a production of “Superbia” one day. I would love to go to the Library of Congress one day and just look to at the Johnathan Larson Archives.
I felt the same way, seeing a live version of Superbia would be so incredible!! I truly hope it wins something, it at least deserves to be nominated. This movie is hands down on of the best films I have ever seen. It speaks to so many people and that's what an Academy Award winner should do.
Fun fact: the person that inspired the charachter MIchael (Matt O'Grady) is amazingly still alive, and he was there at the premiere of the tick tick boom movie!
I just recently watched a documentary and learned about Matt! I love how involved Jonathan‘s friends and family were in this movie!
@@jessiedobbiereactions Its such a pity it didn't get a best picture nomination for the Oscars so the whole cast can be there but at least Lin is nominated for Best original song and Andrew is nominated for best actor. depending on how many people they can bring as guests, I am hoping Andrew will bring Jon's sister Julie. if he won it would be such an amazing moment for her.
Some about the voice mail Stephen Sondheim left, was actually Sondheim. That means that will basically be his last on screen appearance. I think if any movie to be Sondheim’s last it’s this. It’s about a guy who changed musical theater as we know it, fought for gay rights, and a man he knew before he got big. RIP Larson and Sondheim.
Oh wow, I had no idea that was really him! I definitely agree, what a beautiful way to remember him❤️
@@jessiedobbiereactions Only the voicemail is really Stephen Sondheim... the actor playing him in the rest of the film is Bradley Whitford, but it's a brilliant inhabiting of another musical genius. Andrew Garfield is just sublime too, of course. Stunning film. Great reaction.
@@jessiedobbiereactions Oh, and the diner song, Sunday, is a complete homage to the song Sunday which is the closing of the first act of Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (find it and watch it on youtube and then watch the Tick, Tick, Boom version again). Also well worth watching some of the Easter Egg/Cameo videos explaining all the brilliant inside stories of Lin Manuel Miranda's incredible film.
@@w0rdsandp1ctures I have heard Sunday with George is great, I think I will watch it this weekend!
"Is this real life" song gives me chills and I can't help but cry. It is such an emotional song, and it keeps getting louder and louder and then.
The emotion was incredibly moving. I’ve seen this movie so many times since I first watched and I cry just as hard every time.
1:43
While Jonathan Larson did pull a lot from his real life experiences and incorporated them into Rent, the show's plot and characters were adapted from Giacomo Puccini's La bohème. While I don't know if Matthew O'Grady (the real Michael) helped inspire Angel for Rent, it could be a possibility,
@The Dan I think both “One Song Glory” and “Halloween” really highlight the kinds of emotions Jon was feeling at the time, trying to write something he will be remembered for while also struggling with the grief and fear that a majority of his friends were dying and him being the only one left.
It's so ironic that Matthew ended up outliving him. Life is weird.
@@caitlinbelforti870 I thought the same thing
Jonathan did confirm that he modelled Angel on Mattew in an interview :D
I've watched the movie seven times and every time I watch it I get goosebumps. Andrew definitely deserves an Oscar. He's just an amazing actor and I really liked your reactions
Thank you so much for the support! This movie really does do something to you ever time you watch it. I watched it with my family and it was so exciting seeing their reactions to it and how they felt about everything once it was over. Andrew blew my mind and I will definitely be screaming his name during the best actor award because it is beyond deserved!
@@jessiedobbiereactions definitely agreed with everything u said, hope he wins it
Hey Jessie, I really loved watching your reaction to this movie! BTW, the person who encourages Jonathan in the film is based on real-life composer Stephen Sondheim. He wrote the music for, among other things, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, West Side Story and Sunday in the Park with George (which is the show Jon, Michael and Susan are watching, and which is also about the life of an artist.) I would love for you to maybe react to some of the shows? Hope you are well!
Edited, bc apparently I can't spell your name.
Thanks for the support! I haven't seen Sunday in the Park with George and was wondering what they were watching, I will have to see what I can find and possibly do that, Thanks for the recommendation!
If this movie don't have a nomination to the oscars I WILL BURN EVERYTHING
I'll bring the matches!!!
I didn't know about Jonathan Larson. I knew of Rent from a friend. I'm not too huge into musicals but I enjoy them. I watched Rent and then tick, tick... BOOM! after seeing all these raving reviews urging to watch it. I was completely floored by this movie. I don't think I gasped louder at a movie than I did when they talked of Rent and how/when he died.. THAT HE NEVER SAW IT. It devastated me. I knew he must have died young but I never saw that coming in a million years. It's really so tragic. He was so young.. he had so much more to give. He deserved to see his hard work come to life. It's heartbreaking, truly.
I'm so thankful for this movie. For getting to learn of him now and his story rather than not at all. They did him justice. Lin-Manuel Miranda.. amazing as a director. Andrew Garfield.. the whole cast. Absolutely amazing. I agree with you, as someone with no prior Rent or Jonathan Larson attachment.. It DOES deserve oscars. Many, many awards. I watched it just on Saturday and already 2 more times since then (I cry every time and cried again in this reaction). I listen to the soundtrack on repeat daily. I can't get enough of it. I've never been this intensely into any musical.. I would inject it into my veins if possible. I /felt/ every bit of this movie. It is just.. so good.
My favorite song is the opening number.. 30/90. That may be because I'm 29 right now. It HITS. And it makes me wants to run around the house singing to it like they did.. like I'm in a musical lol.
R.I.P Jonathan Larson.
I am so happy/excited/grateful that because Lin Manuel Miranda made this film it has the chance to introduce new people like yourself to Jonathan Larsons work and the huge emotional spark his work gives.
I know, it is so unbelievably heart breaking that he was taken so soon and never got to see the impact he had. Jonathan was so unique in his thinking though and he also had faith in himself, so I truly believe that he did know the impact this and RENT was going to have💙I’m sure West Side Story and others will be in the main light for the oscars, but I’m hoping that whatever this is nominated for that it crushes it because it’s definitely more deserved in my opinion. I love 30/90 also, I can’t ever get it out of my head! Lol The soundtrack is so good it’s hard to pick favorites, and the whole thing really does amp you up so much to feel like you’re in a musical. It energizes you to the point where you can’t help but jump around and sing!
Let me just say I found it incredibly comforting to see another person who can't help but be moved to tears when it comes to Jonathan Larson. I have no idea why I grieve this man I've never met.
I knew I was going to cry with this movie because this is basically me midway through every time I watch RENT lol
This is officially my favourite film.
Instantly made my top 5💙
I loved that the message was actually from Stephen Sondheim. Lin talked about it on tv
I didn’t know that, that’s so amazing!
Loved the movie. Thanks so much for reacting to it. Loves the cameos that are in Sunday and other scenes. Will rewatch. Hoping Andrew Garfield and Robin de Jesus both get recognition.
They both deserve it, Their chemistry was amazing!
1:07 what's really heart breaking about this scene is that he really only had 5 more years...
I didn’t realize that in that moment, but you’re right and that brings this scene to a whole new level 😢
The guy that gave him the positive criticism is Stephen Sondheim. Wrote west side story!
Great job on this reaction video!!
Thank you for the support!! RIP Stephen
I was the same cry my Heart out
It truly was touching!
Fun Fact, the piano Jonathan plays while he sings Why is a Baldwin Piano which was the kind of piano Stephen Sondheim had (given to him by Leonard Bernstein after writing West Side Story)
That’s awesome, love all the little Easter eggs!
Great job breaking down the many awesome elements and illuminating the craft at work that makes this such a phenomenon film.
Thanks for the support! I just saw Andrew won the best actor Golden Globe, so proud of him❤️
Actually he was sick he went to the hospital and was misdiagnosed, Have he been properly diagnosed odds are he would or survived.
Ugh I heard that while watching a documentary after I watched this. So absolutely terrible 😢
I want to see Superbia!
Yes!! Lin, make this happen!!
I'm just seeing your reaction now, but it's absolutely wonderful. I love this movie so much. There's so much love and detail, you can really tell that everyone involved was really passionate and loved Jonathan. Some special details: the apartment set was an exact replica of Jon's real apartment and in the last scene with "Louder Than Words" Jon's real life mother can be seen in the audience. This film is so stunning. I really enjoyed seeing your reaction as someone who loves Jon Larson.
Thanks for the support! I had watched an interview with Lin who was saying they used pictures to re-create Jonathan‘s apartment which I thought was so amazing, but I had no idea Jon’s mom was actually in the audience! Whelp, I guess that means I’ll have to watch it again now 🤷♀️lol
Actually it was Jonathan's sister, Julie Larson... Both of his parents have already passed..
@@geniemiranda-flores5772 So sad, although I did see that Jonathan‘s father met Lin so it’s beautiful that he knew it was being turned into a movie!
the answering machine is sondhime's last credit ever
So sad, but this is forever be a beautiful tribute to him 💙
I love your reaction to this! It’s nice seeing you had the same reactions as me throughout. I was tripping the whole time! So many treats for broadway musical lovers ♥️
So many! As emotional as it was, it was also still so fun and inspirational. They all did a fabulous job!
THE FINANCE GUY LMAO
Crying, too.
And, Thank you, Cat. Tia?
00:38 Saturday 27 November 2021
My friends & some of my blood family were dying from AIDS during the late 1980's & 1990's.
So little was known for a very long time.
Fear & misinformation were spread in the yellow journalism newspapers.
Silence = Death posters still hurt to see, as does the "Do something about it" poster. I did speaking engagements at the local college.
@@karengerber8390 What a wonderful way to honor them by speaking for those who can't. That's a very selfless and special thing you did for them.
14:00 Yaaaas ! karray bhich ! 🙂
Tick tick boom for best picture director and actor
Yes!! I 100% agree!
I am still not over Lin not being nominated as best director and Andrew losing out to Will Smith (esp. after seeing him do nothing special in King Richard). TTB has become my favorite movie. It's so special to me. I saw RENT a couple of times on Broadway back in thelate 90s and it always touched me that Jonathan never got to see it. Having Lin (a musical genius himself) make a movie about Jon and have Andrew staring on top, it's like all the stars aligned. I hope Jon felt the love wherever he is now ♥
I 100% agree! It still bothers me too that Andrew lost and Lin got passed over, but it doesn’t change the fact that this movie has touched so many lives and will forever be a part of Jon’s amazing story. It will create new fans and warm the hearts of old fans for years to come 💙
I just finished watching the movie. I didn't know anything about it before. I didn't even watch the trailer for it. I just decided to watch it bc i heard some part of the soundtrack from tik tok. So i didn't expect for it to tear me up so bad
Yeah, I just saw it on my recommended in netflix and gosh darn the rollercoaster of emotions I went through watching this movie is insane. I'm just 16 and I've always loved musicals and just music in general, this musical has really made me love theatre in general. Ngl if you know Bo Burnham his special "inside", he's technically the next jonathan larson. Lin is the one before Bo Burnham, I just wonder when will we see the next Jonathan Larson. The creativity and artistic minds of these people just inspires me as a person who loves art. This adaptation of the Musical play is probably one of the best musical adaptations in the film industry and it being directed by lin mannuel miranda is probably the best person to ever direct tick, tick... boom.
I knew I was going to cry, but I did not honestly think I was going to have that intense of a reaction. The movie was just done so beautifully that it hit me so hard!
@@AmJustMaiko Lin was so perfect as director!
@@jessiedobbiereactions yeah I don't think I could think of any other director to direct the film except LMM.
So Andrew didn't actually sing before tick tick boom he had to train for the role
He sounds amazing!
Some Easter eggs here. th-cam.com/video/fWzdML3y0dc/w-d-xo.html
I think you will also enjoy the Vanity Fair article about how they made the Sunday sequence.
oOo thank you!!
I had heard that they studied things in his apartment to replicate the actually areas he lived in, but to know they did it down to a bend in his book shelf is so amazing.
just a whole sob-fest while i was watching 🥲🥲
I'm glad to hear I wasn't the only one!!
I remember seeing rent at the movies during the 90s and it blew me away it changed peoples view on theatre. Then this. Wow. An amazing man. B
Truly was!!