*JOJO RABBIT* Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING
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00:00 Intro
00:10 Jojo Rabbit Movie Commentary
35:03 Jojo Rabbit Movie Review - Розваги
Were you surprised by this one when you watched it for the first time?
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I was. I hadn't heard anything about it.
Seeing her shoes still hurts me every time. 😔
I saw it in the cinema upon its release, I didn't know what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised, Jen.
I'll see you for 'The Rocketeer'!
Chickflic.
Hey Jen, I was extremely surprised by this movie when i first saw it. I thought it was such an original concept in the realm of a Reservior Dogs, or 12 Monkey's. ------- Just like you I never thought of the Nazi movement through a child's eyes. -------- This was such a brilliant screenplay, and as your pointed out, Danka could have tried to change JoJo's mind she just let him figure out the truth on his own, by simple interaction with her. -------- To see Jews are not the enemy and the stories about them are just myths as a form of control through fear.
Not much
"I like her shoes..." Hoo boy. Well, here we go again.
This. I heard her say it and it's such a nonchalant comment but so painful to hear.
Lol😅
Oooff. 😢
Yeah.. about that
And suddenly, the movie isn’t a comedy anymore. 😢
"I need you to take care of my Rosie. She's doing what she can."
"They did what they could."
I've seen this multiple times and never caught that foreshadowing.
33:40 Looks in mirror: “Jojo Betzler, today just do what you can."
Whenever Jojo and Yorkie are together it makes me think of if Simon Pegg and Nick Frost were kids
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@@deathtoraiden2080seeing a Spaced reference is always great, lol.
@@WrathOfGrapesN7 👍
Yeeeeeeessssssss
Stephen Merchant is very good in playing the gestapo officer, it is impressive how he can smile with his mouth without smiling with his eyes at all.
He has Judge Doom energy.
Captain K's last scene is worth a re-watch. First watching almost everyone seems to get that he's helping Jojo when he pulls his jacket off. But on a rewatch almost every movement he makes is telling a story that he's putting on a brave face for Jojo while desperately trying to be clever enough to save him with his last act. He even makes sure Jojo doesn't happen to look at the horrible things happening across the courtyard. And the smile on his face as they drag him away is downright haunting.
Small detail of that scene. He has a pink triangle on his self-made uniform. Homosexuals wore pink triangles in the camps.
@yaynayormeh And Freddie was last seen with him, but is gone now and presumably dead. He lost his partner, and is aimless until he sees Jojo in danger. Freaking beautiful scene.
@@kevinbrown7306 That is one of the reasons why Captain K is my favorite characters in the movie. He was honorable, and with his last act, saved Jojo's life.
Another reason is because he's a good character just trying to survive, that just so happens to be gay. And not a one dimensional character who's whole defining trait is being gay.
@@terryhiggins5077 Captain K's defining trait is that he's a soldier who can't see anything more honourable than fighting for his country. Even though his country despises him and would have him killed, he can't imagine being anything else.
Instead he attempts to be the honourable man in a dishonourable system.
Captain K and Theon Greyjoy were fantastic. Captain K specifically is the best man we meet in the movie.
After repeat viewings I've decided that, as far as I'm concerned, this is one of - if not the - best movie made this century. Very few movies ever made can make you laugh very hard and cry very hard --- and then make you laugh and cry again on repeat viewings. This movie is exceptional.
It's one of my favorites of this century also for sure top 5. 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' is my pick for the best movie of the last 24 years.
I second everything everywhere all at once as the best movie ever made
Agreed.
Yep those are my top two @@Fakeaorta
@@gage7575 I loved them so much I saw JoJo twice in the theaters and EEAAO 3 times! Watching them with 100 other people in the same room is magical!
That shot of Jojo sitting cross-legged in the square to be near his mommy always guts me
That fact that Hitler was eating meat, and offering Jojo a cigarette shows that the kid knew almost nothing about Hitler, who was infact a vegetarian and despised smoking.
Its from a 10 year old's point of view. He might not have known those facts.
But Hitler wasn't a Vegetarian out of conviction, but out of Medical issues with his digestions. As a special occasion on his Birthday he would eat meat.
@@itskyansaro He was a vegetarian out of conviction too. He said "One thing i can predict to the eaters of meat - the future world will be vegetarian.", and that's why Germany of that time had the first in Europe animal protection laws of that kind and scope, banning vivisection too, etc.
The entire movie, like practically all movies about this topic, are just very apparent demomization and anti-historic propaganda, so
@@lepersonnage371 ''[...] Die vegetarische Ernährung war schon lange vor Hitler bekannt und die damaligen Vegetarier-Vereinigungen galten bei NS-Ideologen als unerwünscht, weil potentiell pazifistisch.
Der Aufforderung, sich der „Deutschen Gesellschaft für Lebensreform“, einer ideologisch geprägten NS-Organisation anzuschließen, widersetzten sich die meisten der damaligen Vegetarier-Verbände, indem sie sich auflösten [...]. Eine ideologische Übereinstimmung zwischen Nationalsozialismus und der vegetarischen Philosophie kann also ausgeschlossen werden. [...]''
Captain K from the beginning we see semi mocking the German army succeeding, along with the strong hints of his sexuality. Along with his seeming friendship with Rosie, he was likely an ally too. It seemed that he rushed over to JoJos house on Rosies bike because he likely knew about Elsa.
He 100% knew. He's not surprised to see her in the house, he lies when she gets the birthday wrong, and even hints to her that he knows the real Inge died, and that she should get the paperwork done to make the photo match by saying "You should get a new photo, you look like a ghost." Then he tells Jojo to "take care of that sister of yours". He's a family friend who knew Inge was dead, and Rosie and K likely planned to have him protect Jojo and Elsa if she ever got arrested for working against the regime
It’s not Rosie’s bike.
He rushed to JoJo’s house because he saw Rosie hanged in the town square, and was trying to protect JoJo. He tells him to stay home, hopefully to keep him from finding out his mother is dead.
Sam Rockwell really pulled out the stops on this one.
Watch Captain K carefully during the Gestapo search scene. First, K suddenly shows up dissheveled and out of breath.
Then a few moments later when Elsa says that she's Inga, the camera cuts to K and he has a surprised look on his face (likely because he knows Inga is dead).
Then when the Gestapo asks for Else/Inga's papers, K steps forward and takes the papers from Elsa instead of letting the Gestapo do it.
When Elsa gets the birthday wrong and K lies and says she's correct, the Gestapo agent suddenly says "wait a minute," and Captain K hangs his head and starts handing the papers to the Gestapo guy (thinking that his lie is about to be caught), before realizing that he wasn't asking for the papers.
Then when Elsa says that she wrote the Yoohoo Jude book, the camera cuts to K trying not to react, because Jojo just proudly showed him the book 3 scenes earlier.
Then when K hands the papers back to Elsa, he says "nice to meet you, Inga," trying not to show anything on his face.
And K's last words to Jojo as he leaves are, "take care of that sister of yours."
K knew the whole time that both the mom and the real Inga were dead, and he rushed over to save Jojo (and Elsa, who he had to improvise for on the spot) from the Gestapo.
Also a point many people miss, when Captain. K hands back her papers he tells her ‘Get a new photo, you look like a ghost is this one.’ Hinting he knows Inge is dead, she needs a new photo to pass herself off as Inge.
@@user-mr6qu8jr3i Plus, the bike he's carrying is Rosie's and when he sees the Gestapo, he quickly comes up with a lame excuse "My bike got a flat tire... so I carried it?" He didn't expect them to be there already.
@@nickkerber1145- It’s not Rosie’s bike. Hers was a woman’s bike with a basket on the front. The one he is carrying is a men’s bike with no basket.
I'm sure K was a part of the Resistance like Josie, probably as a spy.
Jen: " I like her shoes"
All of us: "Ummm"
Watch it again. Captain K gets to the house just in time before the Gestapo goes through the house. Then he saves Jojo at the end. Such a great film.
The first time I watched the movie I didn't realize Captain K is rushing to the house to try to check on Jojo and make sure he is alright. He really is a very good man.
@@Riggswolfe, I don't think I got it until Elsa mentioned she got the birthday wrong, and Jojo realized Cap'n K covered it up. There were enough hints earlier in the film that I knew Cap'n K no longer had his heart in the fight..but seeing him do the right thing was heartwarming.
I love the ending showing JoJo and Elsa dancing together, after all the turmoil they've endured. I remember seeing this movie with my cousin in the cinema, and stopping her when she made to leave when the credits began rolling, as "You don't walk out on David Bowie."
I wanted her to kiss him on a cheek.
This is a fantastic movie. It’s beautiful, funny, devastating, the cast was amazing and they played their roles perfectly. Also that scene with Jojo and his mom was such a gut punching moment.
I saw this in the theater when it came out, and when he found his mother's shoes after chasing the butterfly, the audible crying in the dark theater was overwhelming. Very unexpected and powerful scene.
Soo glad you did this one. This is in my top 5 movies ever. So clever, funny and tastefully done. Especially the impact of the big twist.
My top 5 too. Floored me the first time I watched it. I binged every reaction immediately after.
Great reaction. Jen starts off laughing throughout the movie, then the reveal hits her like a brick. Just like it did for the rest of us. It was a brilliant piece of filming even though I saw it coming. But it still hit just as hard because it was done perfectly. I've watched this movie more than just a couple of times, and dozens of reacters, but the turn of emotions in Jen gave me chills because I felt the same way. This is probably one of my favorite ScarJo roles and she played it very very well.
Nominated for 5 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Jen, what a kind-hearted lady you are. You're so good at putting yourself in the shoes of others, seeing things from their point of view. It's one of your finest qualities. Great reaction!
Thanks kevin :)
I'm going to have to say again...Very Well Said Kevin!
@@e.d.2096You're very kind, Eric.
@@jenmurrayxo hey Jen, as a class 4 Empath. You should watch "Superhero High" it's got your super power on full display. ------- Plus it's an amazing take on the Superhero world.
@@e.d.2096 E.D. 209....6
Love that name handle.
One of my favourite movies. I remember some critics in the UK being quite cold towards it and one in particular absolutely panning it on BBC radio because the makers had dared to use humour in a movie about how Jews were treated in WW2. However, I think those criticisms were badly misjudged. I found it a beautiful and touching story, that uses humour in a tasteful way to teach us more about how people can become indoctrinated with ridiculous beliefs than any history book does.
Some said the same thing about, "Life is Beautiful".
It was the BBC though 🙄 If they're getting uppity about something it's probably worth a watch.
Well you have to understand that this was a movie about *politicians restricting the privileges of their own citizens.* Britain doesn't take lightly to making that look bad.
Now go get your extra 'voluntary' jabs or they won't allow you to travel. Everyone knows we *all have to get* the shot because otherwise it provides no individual protection which is how we know it provides group protection.
It's for the Greater Good.
They did such an effective job with something as simple as Rosie's shoes. Nearly every reactor, at some point, notices and comments on how they love her shoes. It makes it so much more gut wrenching when that brutal twist is revealed later on. And you realize the earlier close-ups on the shoes was very much intentional.
"I like her shoes"
😭😭😭
i never really thought much about what the kids were doing back then...im german and i only know that my grandpa was forced to join the war when he was 17...when the war was over, he had to stay in a russian prison camp for like 4 years after that. he never talked about the war, he didnt even like us playing with squirtguns when we were kids. but my mom told me that her mom, his wife, told them that he was always happy that he had to man the cannons at the back, and didnt have to be at the front, because that way he didnt have to look anyone he had to kill in the eyes....its so heartbreaking that other kids his age (and their parents, and their families, and their friends) were killed in masses and in the most brutal ways possible bc of their ethnicity. national-socialism and fascism is a plague upon our society and as humans, we should do everything we can so that it never rises again.
27:44 Mark! He learned how to tie shoes just in time to return the favor to his mother. Poor boy. 😢
8:02 "they did what they could" such an important line that sets up the foreshadowing at 16:14 and when that "She's doing what she can" hits (27:18) it really hits.
“Dancing is for people who are free” 🙏
❤
A woman who I knew, her and her family, and was close to for many years in Maryland was a little girl in Berlin when the Russians and Americans took the city. She, along with the other children, were pressed into defense of the city. The girls were initially set to mixing up molotov cocktails and then, when enemy forces entered the city, they were sent out in two person teams to the places where they could look over the streets. Her friend was given a backpack filled with the cocktails and she was given a zippo-style lighter. They were told to drop the bottles on russian vehicles, to force the passengers to exit where they would make better targets. She said she watched her girlfriend go up "light a roman candle" when the backpack ignited, probably from a stray bullet. She spent three days hiding under bodies in the ruins of her hometown until she could find her way back to her family's house. There she found that the US Army had set up shop in her home, along with other surviving structures and that is where she met the Army Intelligence officer she ended up marrying. She passed about ten years ago.
All meine Liebe, Lola.
Except the Americans never entered Berlin until 2 months AFTER the city was captured by the Soviets, so...
@@deathtoraiden2080 So I got part of the story wrong. It's been years. She was shot in the leg escaping.
@@deathtoraiden2080 Local Writer, Activist, Teacher, Coach
“Lollo” Pennewell Obituary
Helga “Lollo” Lieselotte Pennewell, 84, died at Somerset Gardens in Princess Anne, Md., on Jan. 5.
An Eastern Shore resident for 52 years, Lollo was born to Alfred and Elsa Dallmann in Mühlhausen, Thuringia, Germany on Apr. 1, 1929. She grew up in “East” Germany under Hitler’s rule, endured air raids and bombings, and lived through Soviet occupation.
A teenage champion swimmer, she was a member of her birth country’s Olympic swim team when the war prevented the 1944 Olympics. Lollo earned her bachelor’s degree in design and dressmaking at Staatliche Oberschuk in Mühlhausen, received her master’s in tailoring and design at Mode Academy in Kassel and modeled for European fashion houses through the late forties and early fifties.
Shot in the leg during her first attempt to flee Russian occupation, Lollo and her family escaped East Germany in 1948. In 1951, she married then-Major Noah Ames Pennewell and, by 1961, became a fulltime resident in his hometown of Snow Hill. Lollo obtained U.S. citizenship on Sept. 14, 1965 and voted to elect a national leader for the first time in 1966.
She soon began appearing area-wide at civic, community and professional club meetings, as well as in local schools’ civics classes, to speak about life “behind the Iron Curtain” and the importance of U.S. civil liberties. Within few years, under the sponsorship of Salisbury’s Samuel Chase chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Lollo became the first Maryland woman to receive the DAR Americanism Award, which honors distinguished naturalized citizens who demonstrate extraordinary patriotic leadership stateside. At that time in 1971, only one other Marylander had received this prestigious national award.
The ardent activist became a prolific writer in local, regional and national publications, and over the following years, her work expanded beyond civil freedoms to advocate conservation, education and historic preservation. For decades, Lollo spearheaded multiple movements that created local resources, from the availability of emergency services and swimming instruction to the expansion and relocation of the Snow Hill branch of Worcester County Library. Across Maryland, she is well remembered as the organizer and leader of a march, known as the “Outhouse Convoy,” on the Annapolis state house to protest gubernatorial disrespect toward the Eastern Shore in 1991.
She was the first person in Snow Hill to organize local swimming lessons and taught them as a Red Cross volunteer. Lollo later served as swim team coach at Nassawango Country Club. She used her design and dressmaking skills to craft bridesmaid dresses for loved ones’ weddings as well as band and majorette uniforms for Snow Hill High School students, and she taught sewing classes in Salisbury.
Lollo also served as director of the Eastern Shore Heart Assoc., president of the Worcester Co. Library Board, co-founder of the Republican club of Worcester Co., member of the Worcester Co. Republican State Central Committee and alternate delegate to the Electoral College.
In 1983, Pres. Ronald Reagan appointed Lollo to the Presidential Commission for the German-American Tri-centennial, which marked 300 years of German-American immigration. In this capacity, she helped plan, finance and implement installation of an extensive friendship garden on the Washington Monument grounds.
Lollo visited Germany many times prior to the country’s re-unification, but in 1989, she took her children to Berlin during Thanksgiving. Between the Brandenburg Gate and “Checkpoint Charlie,” she and her family members took turns hammering at the Berlin Wall, breaking their sledgehammer in this effort during the month that the wall “came down.”
6:38 "Wounds heal....and chicks dig scars"
The clones at 7:25 are an in joke: Roman Griffin Davis, who plays Jojo, has identical twin brothers, and it is they we are seeing as the clones (with a bit of movie magic to increase their number).
both my grandfathers were basically that age in Austria, and while they were very against everything that happened back then as adults, they both kept talking about those youth clubs and what a great time they had, they also both used very bad proverbs sometimes, but usually apologised right after... but those were just so ingrained in them.
There was 'a thing' when music from the UK started getting popular in the '60s-'70s. Here in the US, we called it the "British Invasion", but the US wasn't the only country where it happened. The Beatles & Bowie actually re-recorded some some of their hits in German (and other languages) to sell records on the continent. The Beatles had a steady gig in Hamburg for awhile, and Bowie lived for a few years in Berlin. They could all actually kind of speak a little of it. Bowie's "Heroes" is actually about two lovers separated by the Berlin Wall. I'm a 'Cold War Kid', I think I teared up just as much hearing it as I did when Jojo was trying to untie his mom's shoes. Friend of mine in college 40yrs ago had the German language single. IIRC, her brother was in the military over there, and brought it home after deployment.
The director (who plays Hitler) went in with the attitude that to a little German kid, Hitler would be like The Beatles. Thus the song at the start and a lot of the imagery matching shots of rallies with the fan cheering and such.
1:42 The comparison of Hitler’s appeal with (let’s be honest about it) the majority of the German people in the 1930s and the later Beatlemania of the early 1960s vis-a-vis the German language version of the Beatles’ song “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (actually sung in German by the Beatles, who had spent time earlier in their career singing in clubs in Hamburg, Germany) is actually quite appropriate, while simultaneously being hilarious. Germany really did experience “Hitlermania,” particularly in the early 1930s. This is seen in such films as Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi-funded documentary TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (TRIUMPH OF THE WILL) (1934), which shows how Hitler was treated as a literal savior of Germany. An important historical film to see despite the fact that it’s clearly and overtly a Nazi propaganda film by design.
I just finished watching this movie for the first time, and boy did that scene with the butterfly and the shoes come out of nowhere... Such an interesting way to show us such a tragic moment, but it was as impactful as any I've ever seen in a movie before! Beautiful movie from the first frame until the last!
“This movie is making me feel all kinds of things”. Yep. That about sums it up.
The movie from the late 1990s or early 2000s, “Life is Beautiful”, is set in pre and war Germany where the lead characters end up in a concentration camp. And it’s comedy and tragedy like this one. I watched it in the original Italian with subtitles. You will laugh one moment and weep the next. I highly recommend it.
I remember seeing a movie review by an Israeli newspaper no less, and they loved the movie. All three of the kids were spot on with their acting. This movie actually garnered an academy award.
All the trailers I saw for this lead me to believe I was going to see a silly comedy. Was not prepared to cry.
Weirdly I discovered this film through my 11 year old son (he’s now 12) who’s seen it on Netflix several times before I’d even heard of it. It’s one of his favourite films.
A beautifully made film that elegantly tiptoes around ethical landmines and delivers hilarious comedy, heartbreaking tragedy, pathos, and insight. I adore it, and I knew that your bright mind and kindly heart would connect with it too, Jen. It's always lovely to watch along with you, and this was an absolute favorite. Thanks so much; you're fantastic! 🥰
Thank you! I really loved this one so much
One would not have expected the film to be so heartfelt and hilarious, given the subject matter. It succeeds on so many levels, even the music ("Komm gib me diene hand" was one of two songs the Beatles recorded in German, David Bowie recorded "Helden" as a German version of his great song "Heroes").
This film really got me. I watched it for the first time about a month ago. Love it. Can't wait to see your reaction.
thumbnail says it all this was emotional for sure , funny in moments serious in others but a wonderful movie . hadnt seen it until watching with jen and gotta say thankyou to you jen for choosing this movie that i otherwise would never have watched 💙
One of my favorite movies of all time. It’s such a creative way to depict a terrible time in history from the eyes of a child.
You are excellent at being able to actually watch a movie and pickup on subtleties only apparent if you’re paying close attention AND provide us with thoughtful and emotional perspective and commentary. It’s a real talent.
Thank you that is so kind! :)
War is just a dog barking at it's refection in the mirror.
The scene with his mother's shoes😢 thanks for another wonderful reaction Jen 😊
Hey Jen I wanted to let you know that I've seen a ton of reactions to this movie, but yours was by far the best one I've come across. It was absolutely beautiful to watch. Keep up the great work!
When a movie can make you laugh and cry, it's a great movie
This is a truly amazing movie. I was hoping you had tissues for that one, particularly heartbreaking scene. Excellent reaction as always, Jen.
29:38 Mark! No, they shouldn't, but they did, because they could! 😮
22:08 are they lovers? yes yes they are. it's why Sam Rockwell helps Scarlet Johansen and Jo Jo all the time. They'd both also have been sent to the camps or killed if they were found out.
29:42
"Our only friends are the Japanese, and just between you and me... they don't look very Aryan." 😅
Jen I haven't see your reaction yet but so excited for it.
Very good movie. An amazing satire. Hilarious, heartwarming and of course heartbreaking.
They handled the difficult subject matter so well. It could have gone very wrong.
YES Finally. Absolutely this Movie
"He's such a sweet kid, following a butterfly..." Meanwhile, people who have seen the movie before are bracing themselves.
Scarlet Jo got robbed at the Oscars. She's the perfect character.
Recommendation: To Be or Not To Be by Mel Brooks.
I love that when Rosie is playing the father she uses the phrase "she's doing what she can" which is exactly what she said about the hanged people, who she probably knew through the resistance. Oh, then Jojo says "do what you can" in the mirror to himself.
One of my favourite 'recent release' movies... so moving, but also so funny! A lot of underlying comments/themes that I missed on the first watch, such an intelligent and entertaining movie covering a somewhat sensitive topic. Massive props to Taika, and particularly his portrayal of 'him'.. was done in the best way possible, in my opinion. Another great reaction Ms Murray, enjoyed it once again.
Thank You Jen for reminding to check this one out, I just watched this last night and I absolutely fell in love with it. So Funny and So Dark. Absolutely Amazing.
An amazing movie. 10/10 for sure! - Such a hard hitting complex plot hidden under a gise of a comedy!
I saw this in the cinema and it blew me away.
Seriously underrated film. I think people were uncomfortable with it when it came out for some of the reasons you described. But it’s so interesting and complex and humanizing, which is what good art does.
UNDERRATED???
Do you know what that word means?
So glad you reviewed this. Along with Once Upon A Time in Hollywood easily my favourite films in recent years. Always enjoy your reviews - keep up the good work 😊
How a movie can be so silly and hilarious, but also so thought provoking and deeply moving is staggering. I love the contrast between painting the Nazis as so ridiculous but also showing the humanity of some of the German people, 'doing what they can' like Jojo's mother hiding Elsa, and Captain K covering for them because he has his own secret that the Gestapo musn't discover.
not only because K has his own secrets. In the time of this film he despises the regime. Look at his face during the book burning and his whole attitude he is not lazy but just don't want to help futher the Nazis grip. But he is imprisoned in his position and the authority overviewing him.
Captain K took such a risk. And you can see the moment he thinks it's all about to come crashing down.
Just as he's about to return the papers to Elsa, Deertz says "Wait!" and steps towards him. You can see him start to hand him the papers. He knows that his deception will be discovered and they will all be in huge trouble. I think in that moment he is most concerned for Freddy.
I knew the history of the war so I knew it was winter without being shown the snow. Butterflies don't live in winter. I knew something was wrong as soon as JoJo saw the butterfly. It leads him to his mother, and disappears.
Thanks Jen. The most empathetic, eloquently insightful reaction and review of this brilliant movie I have seen on UA-cam. Not that it’s a competition 😊❤
I have been waiting for you to do this film Jen! Thank you, great reaction as always
For me Sam Rockwell is the best thing in this amazing movie.
I push this film on people who have never imagined watching it. I know they will love it. Johanson is wonderful; so normal in this character considering her usual work allotments. What a great mom. Was hoping she'd get an Oscan nod, at the least. Laughing at the things so crazy, yet in the back of your mind this was all real. One of my favorite films I keep close at hand. Well Done !
The dancing at the end was adorable! It was humorous and heartbreaking. The acting was very good and well worth your time.
Quite possibly my favourite film ever. He's Jojo, Elsa's the rabbit. Just like at the beginning of the film he had the choice to kill the rabbit, or set it free. I seriously cry every time I watch it.
Hey Jen, Taika Waitit wrote such an incredible script to capture the mindset of a child lvining in Nazi germany and going through the war. ---- One of the inspirations that Taika took was from looking at early footage of Hitlaer rallies before the war. IN which young girls would fan girl him like a member of the beatles. ------- So Waitit tok that mindset and thought a fan boy of Hitler would fanboy about him all the time, as well as all the other people who were in the town where JoJo lived. ------ An amazingly insightful approach to a very tricky and difficult subject such as Adolf Hitler.
3:06 Mark! Howdy, Jen Murray! 🤠 This is my first time seeing her do that scene since seeing her in "Senior Year" and now I have a new perspective on both! In the high school series, she plays a character that used to be a "hottie" until she gained weight during her long-term coma. 13 years? 🤔 In Real Life, the actress did lose weight, but then she played a girl who gained weight! Ironic! The biggest difference was from the bust up, as her face definitely looked better and her bust was firmer. Her waist? 🤷♂️. Well, she doesn't look like she's a mother of 18! So I'm guessing the character gained mostly hip and/or butt weight? 🤔 She does look better than she does in this movie and in previous movies. 😎 But in that series, I couldn't accept that the teenage version, even with weight gain, would age morphing would end up looking like she did. It was the voice mimicking that was the more convincing part as well as the mannerisms. 🤔
So glad you enjoyed the movie. This is one of my all-time favourite films. I saw it twice in a theatre and several more times since. Such a tightrope to walk in terms to tone, but I find it was just brilliant at finding a balance between the absurd and the reality they all find themselves in. All of the main cast nailed their parts - it's hard to pick a standout.
Hi, Jen, I haven't seen this one but I've heard good things, looking forward to it! See ya in the chat!
Dear Jen; u was at your best watching this; showing us your tears, smile and laughter. I appreciate u ❤🎉😊
Jen, usually in reactions to jojo I fast forward to the reaction to mom passing, but instead, I watched the whole thing with you. You’re really a good reactor. Was worth the time.
I love the dancing shoes theme because, “A revolution without dancing, is a revolution not worth having.”
Your sound drops out right near the end ... bet you didn't think we listened to it all. This is an incredible film and I have no idea how it got made without being shut down.
Sometimes the best way to destroy something is not to prohibit it (prohibition doesn't work) or to argue against it (arguing doesn't work), but to make fun of it. Refer to Blazing Saddles, and this gem of a movie. It's ok to make fun of horrible things; sometimes it's the only way.
There is also a really good Disney Movie called "Swing Kids" about about the struggle of the German youth who sided with American and Jewish culture. I actually used to know a person who used to swing dance (which was illegal) in Germany during this era and did have dances raided by the Nazis.
Yorkie is my favorite : p I hope you end up watching Our Flag Means Death. It has a lot of heart and humor as well.
Jen, watching this with you reminded me: In the 80s I traveled to Vienna. At the Hofburg, an old Habsburg palace, I visited the museum of musical instruments. Only recently did I learn that directly above the door I entered, Hitler spoke from a balcony to a huge cheering crowd in 1938. That's creepy enough, but consider that no historical marker told of the event, no guide book explained it. I went decades without knowing. It reminds me of the Basil Fawlty line, "Don't mention the war!" The whole thing really makes me think.
I somehow knew you would react to "butterfly" scene. Truly genuine reaction.
You should watch 2001 'Conspiracy' with Kenneth Brannagh as Heydrich... the dramatisation from the minutes of the Wannsee Conference, 1942.
🏆Fabulous movie reaction, commentary and editing clips! You captured the spirit and message of the film so well.
As Jojo tells Elsa the war is ended, Thank You for including the clip when Jojo looks at Inga's picture and realizes what he has lost, his true feelings, and must be honest with Elsa (as best a 10 year old can).
Thanks for sharing your watching Jojo Rabbit with us and excellent commentaries throughout.
One of the best movies ever! Like the opening credits, with the Beatles singing their German version of "I want to hold your hand". The German version lyrics goes "Komm, gib mir deine Hand", which means more like "Come, give me your hand". And that song plays along with original period film clips of lots of happy Germans saluting, with an arm stretched high. Giving their idol their hand. Total Beatlemania. And that is what it was back then, total Beatlemania, girls shrieking and fainting. All for this really cool celebrity. And yes, that is a real Beatles recording, they did a couple of German versions of their first hits. They first became popular in Germany, while working there, after all.
Sam Rockwell's smile at his end hits me.
I think this is my favorite of all your reactions -- intelligent, heart-felt and charming!
This is a fantastic movie. Few are able to walk the satire line as effective as this one
Hitler may have had only one testicle, we're not certain. He was wounded near the upper thigh area. Apparently his nickname in the war was "screamer". German humour.
I own this on 4K, it is a great film! 🏆 I always cry at the part where he sees the shoes, and finds his mother.😭 There is another film about children during the war in Germany. It is "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" (2008). It is very good film, but a difficult watch. It is definitely not a comedy, but worth watching.
I felt TBitSP missed the mark.
Once I heard the Beatles at the beginning, I knew this movie would be good!
Yeah, Captain K was a closeted homosexual with the other guy, so he was in trouble just as much as Rosie. K saw Rosie's bike and rushed over to check on Jojo, because he knew something had happened to her, even if he did or didn't see her hanging. The 4-5 times they brought attention to her shoes so you knew exactly what was happening when Jojo found her. This movie treads a fine line with the subject matter and does it perfectly blending comedy with the brutality of what was going on.
Yes. Nazis were not killing Jews. They killed gays, trans... everyone who wasn't "Arian"
A brilliant movie that is horrifyingly hilarious 😮🤣...until it's suddenly just brutally tragic. 😨😭
Big hugs for Jen and her Serious Girl Spectacles on this one.
27:09 Uh-oh...here comes the gut-punch. 🥺
That was beautiful, hilarious and tragic - much like life is. I hadn't seen it before. Loved Sam Rockwell's character's final act. ❤ :') The lead child actor was superb! 🏆 Great outro / review. 💜
You may like an anti-war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, 'Cross of Iron' (1977).
It's set in the later stage of the war, 1943, at the Eastern Front (Germans vs Soviets). Very good cast.
"beautiful, hilarious and tragic": well said, sir.
Great reaction Jen.
If you want to see a great Sam Rockwell performance in an unsympathetic role I'd suggest Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri.
If you are interested in looking any further into a little of what some German children went through at the end of the war and don't mind watching foreign films with subtitles, I cannot recommend enough: "Land of Mine." It is a Danish film based on real events and it is an absolutely exceptional film whilst also being incredibly heart-breaking.
SUCH A good movie with some insane emotional whiplash and its done so well
Everyone needs a friend like Yorkie
Yeah, Adolf during that time was a rock star in his country, so using The Beatles song to make that point and displaying the same type of feeling as Beatle Mania when they came to the states brings it home. In my opinion, the mom did look a tiger in the eye if you think of the Nazi regime as such. She went against the force that it was to help people. Sam Rockwell has one of my favorite roles in a coming-of-age movie called The Way Way Back and has a stacked cast as well.
12:50 Oh Jen, this comment already makes me want to send Sully from Monsters Inc. to give you a big hug. 😬😢
24:42 It's an old British World War II song, with the tune of the "Bridge On The River Kwai" whistle, that's apparently a World War I song called "Colonel Bogey March":
Hitler...has only got one ball,
Göring...has two but very small,
Himmler.... is rather sim'lar,
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all.