FIRST TIME WATCHING JoJo Rabbit (2019) - Movie Reaction!
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This in an incredibly important movie to come out. My grandfather was just a bit older than JoJo was in this movie growing up in Nazi Germany. He was in the Hitler youth and was indoctrinated with the same properganda JoJo was...
But that wasn't the man he became. 2 years after the war he came to England and served in the British army for 30 years. He started charities, traveled the world and always left a door open for anyone to have dinner with him. He was supportive of gay rights and was one of the most open minded and generous people I have ever known. People are not defined by those who taught them. People can be saved and can change in meaningful ways. There are so many people today who's parents or governments bring them up to hate... This movie shows us that there is hope and people can change.
Truer words have never been spoken.
Much respect for your grandfather! ❤️
Thank you for sharing that story about your grandfather.
A traitor,I see.
@@Bayern_Supremacy you loser! What have you accomplished so far?
Him halfway through the movie: is their something significant about the shoes?
Me: *quiet screaming*
Captain K is such an interesting character, because the confirmation in that final battle that he's gay (pink triangles were the symbol the Nazis used for gay men in the concentration camps) puts a lot of his attitude and actions into perspective. When he protects Elsa, it's an act of solidarity from one person hiding in plain sight to another.
So, I learned something unexpected recently, and that is that Scarlett Johansson is part Jewish.
Also, your intuition was correct, Sam Rockwell's character is gay and his coworker was his lover. He really wasn't down with the whole Nazi thing, but was "going through the motions" to keep his head above water, which might give further insight as to why Sam Rockwell played the character the way he did. Also, his costume at the end featured a certain color that, at the time, represented the homosexual lifestyle. He basically knew the war was over and his time was near, so I think he figured he'd go out with a bang, on his own terms and being his true self.
@@gracebrown3074 When the Nazi party first got into power in 1933 one of its first acts was to strictly enforce anti-homosexuality laws, including shutting down many of the gay clubs around Germany/ At the time they cemented as eradicating homosexuality within Germany it's number 1 priority.
Being gay was not expected and was akin to being a traitor, as you were not creating more children for Germany. They slowed down on enforcing this in the army once their numbers started dropping because they needed the troops, but don't mistake that for Hitler being tolerant of gays.. He literally ordered the deaths of thousands of them.
Heya so sorry I forgot I commented this. I learnt since then that what I said wasn’t true. I have deleted my comment now.
@@gracebrown3074 No hard feelings, my dude. There's always room for growth, and grace.
Whats even crazier for me that Taika is also Jewish... And he took the hardest part there is to play. No man should accept to play such role but he did it in order to show how crazy the Nazies were in their thinking. How they literally labeled everyone by their looks, not by their behaviors.
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Yeah, he said that a Jewish non-Aryan playing Hitler was a big FU to Hitler.
"this movie is so full of life." Next shot is the gallows... fantastic!
It’s a nice juxtaposition between ordinary life and the terrors going on at the same time.
According to IMDB, when Taika was researching WWII he found that Germany was very vibrant and fashionable. He liked the idea of under the surface “the third Reich is crumbling and the dream is over.” Which is why the film was so full of color. It was reflecting what JoJo saw
The scene when he stands up and you see his mom's shoes gets me everytime. It's definitely a wonderful movie.
It’s also considered as a jump scare! Something scary coming into frame and shocking the character and watcher. I think this is great we don’t need loud noises or anything like that to envoke an emotion out of us. Jump scares in horror movies are the back bone and after you watch it a while you’ll become numb to it, but since this is a new approach I will never see that seen and have an emotional response to it. To sum it up it’s great and I love this movie.
Notice in how many earlier scenes you just see her feet in the top left of the frame. At the pool/spa (12:37), when she's dancing on the wall (18:48), etc. They set it up it so the viewer will instantly recognize those shoes.
Having learnt about the Holocaust and grown up in a Jewish household, when it came to Hitler's speech in the kitchen and Jojo's mom being hanged, i was crying and sick to my stomach. This movie stopped the kids in my history class from making fun of me and I love Taika for that.
(Not saying i didn't laugh😊)
_"If everyone would have liked it, I know I’d have made a terrible safe mediocre film“ -Taika Waititi_
*Jojo Rabbit* is the sort of movie that should be taught in schools because it shows kids how to think for themselves, and to not just assume that what is going on around you is true or right. It teaches kids to educate themselves and to listen to the oppressed rather than the oppressors.
Frankly, I hate to bring politics into this, but not just schools--every American MAGA should watch this film.
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I promise you that they would say the same thing and just replace “maga” with “libtard” or something. They think that they are the critical thinkers, and the other side are the brainwashed sheep. They say it all the time.
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Some would probably even say that this movie itself is attempting to brainwash you by trying to make you sympathize with gays or something.
Taika has managed to do something few other New Zealanders have really been able to achieve and that is to encapsulate the NZ sense of humour/grim darkness combo into watchable entertainment the rest of the world can appreciate too. He is a genius.
this movie is full of fantastic imagery, from the windows on the houses looking like eyes that watch the atrocities going down below them to elsa’s clothes changing from dull and grey to bright and colorful as jojo starts to see her as human and gets to know her, just for her to wear basic dark clothing again once he sees his mother has died and blames it on elsa for a quick second
This film is an instant classic! When studying satire in film school years into the future, this should be used as the epitome example.
You're one of the few reactors I've seen that picked up on the Goldilocks thing. This movie is one of those that get better with repeated viewings - the writing is so good you can pick up on new things everytime, there are so many themes and motifs woven through.
Great reaction! I love how this movie uses hilarious comedy to slip around the audience's defenses, and then wallops them with emotion.
There are so many little hidden things in this taika movie.
For example, if you look carefully at the scene where Jojo confronts with Hitler for the last time, you'll notice the drawings of Hitler have butterflies glued on them, as opposed to the beginning.
When captain K arrives just after the gestapo, he's riding the mom's bike. He knew what just happened before, and he came to help jojo.
Just after the dancing scene with the mom, we see Elsa holding the knife, while fun music is playing in the living room. That makes me think she considered suicide...
Also, the part where the mom talks about "driving a car, learning to fire a gun, go to Morocco, trust without fear", makes me think of her life in a resistance movement.
Good points, though the bike is actually not his mom's. At least not the bike she was riding a few scenes before. Captain K may still have known about the mom's fate, of course... he's clearly there to check up on Jojo and covers for him and Elsa.
Thomasin McKenzie is the name of the girl in the wall. Check her out in Leave No Trace. She's an amazing actor. Also, great commentary. Subscribed!
This movie is hilarious until it's not when it hits you right in the gut
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That happened a lot. If you ever look into the habits of Nazi guards and officers, you'll find that they were often hard-drinking degenerates with serious issues. The reason is why this film is so refreshing is because it finally gives us a portrayal of Nazis that's closer to that instead of mythologizing them as these cold calculating badasses.
in my eyes I always pictured them as alcoholic degenerates haha
This movie was pretty well received. The scores on rotten tomatoes and metacritic are a bit skewed down due to a handful reviews that were like. Nope. Nazi. Zero stars. Bai. But the rest of the audience and critics loved it. It got nominated for 6 oscars and won 1. And that was in 2019: one of the best years for movies probably this century. Any other year it might have had even better result with the academy.
Taika is just such a master at taking your heart, crushing it into million pieces, but then carefully assembling it before giving it back.
Interesting watching Americans react to the book burning scene. This is minutes after the scenes of teenage Hitler adulation set to Beatles music. Like the German youth 20 years after these events American teens were burning their Beatles records at organised events. Very few make the connection or comment on it.
And the captain is not a Nazi. He is a regular soldier fighting for his country. All his medals and ribbons are the highest battle honours available for bravery in the field. He is a hero who has too many injuries to fight at the front.
this film is a brilliant depiction of the nature of humanity. we are not just one emotion, one experience. we are a multitude of conflicting values needs and aspirations. innocence can be indoctrinated around the world and that does not make the indoctrinated BAD as a whole just Flawed and abused in a different way to the abuse they inflicted on others. our perception of the world is very often formed based on the input of both your caregivers and the world. its however never too late to change your stance and be better. never too late to seek joy comfort and hope. this movie will stay with me and curb my I Stanton judgement of others whose stance I dont agree with. it is so HUMAN.
Alex: Aww she gonna give him a little kiss??? :D
*SLAP*
Alex: -_-
It goes from being funny to sad and then finally heart-warming
Thank you for this reaction - one of the few I've seen who highlights the beauty and unspoken intelligence that weaves it way through the comedy.
Analysis to match such a brilliant and hopeful film.
When someone says "I'm living in your head", it means "I'm all you think about"..."You're obsessed with me."
I don't know if you missed it but yeah the Captain and his buddy are in fact lovers and also under threat of execution from the other Nazis so that's why he is showing empathy with Elsa and Jojo. He's also hiding in plain sight and risking his life doing it. It's played in a lighthearted and funny way and it's easy to miss it as ha ha, gay nazis (like the mockery of a jew playing Hitler) but it's pretty serious stuff for the characters. That dualism is used so well throughout the movie. Loved your commentary on it!
You noticed what they were doing with her feet long before I did. Makes THAT SCENE much more devastating...
Also, the butterfly is a link to another war film: 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1930). Check out that ending...
One of the best review out there! This movie is fantastic, with so much symbolism. Also, I kind of feel like the girl playing Elsa didn't get the attention she deserved from other reviews, but yours was different.
The message of this movie : think for yourself, don't believe everything you're told, stand to evil, grow up, and love is the most powerful thing in the world.
this reaction was the best I've seen. so soulful and analytical.
Something I just noticed: When the jerkface kills the rabbit, all the kids who had just been chanting "Kill" recoil. Perhaps not a single one of them wanted to kill a rabbit or anything else. They're all just pressured into it.
Definitely! They're still just a bunch of kids, just listening to what their parents and other adults tell them to do, they don't get much of a choice. Good catch!
Yeah, the one who puts his boot on Jojo's face begs for his life before getting dragged off by the Russian soilders just before Capt K.
I cried like a fucking baby watching this film
I knew nothing about this movie when I watched it. I loved it.
Having lived in Germany her accent is pretty spot on
"What a great opening song." I love the comparison of the Hitler personality cult with Beatlemania.
if you like mockumentary shows like park and rec and the office, you'd really like another one of Taika Waititi's film - "What We Do in the Shadows". Mockumentary comedy about a group of vampires who live together, really hilarious and witty. If you haven't seen it yet, it's one to consider for a reaction video!
Really good reaction vid, will look forward to more movie viewings by you.
my favorite jojo reaction ive seen, you have a good eye for details and youre very charismatic!! this is my favorite movie and i loved watching this, thank you 👍
Love this movie, I heard this got lots of awards. By the way I message you about reacting to my Spider-Verse fan film, had some yt issues, did you say you were interested?
Yea I'll react to it!
@@AlexFilmsYT That's good to hear! The video is located easily in my channel subscription page titled "Selected For Reactors" You may send me your video link here or my IG
I first time I watched this I didn't put much thought into every character's motivations but, after soaking it in, I feel like Captain Klenzendorf taking a liking to Jojo and his mom and repeatedly saving him (with Elsa versus Captain Deertz and, again, at the end) was because they were both hiding something. Klenzendorf was hiding his homosexuality and Jojo's parents were in the resistance and harboring a Jewish girl. He turned out to be an unlikely hero. As you mentioned a few times this film has such good writing. Stay safe everyone.
I've watched this film about 7 times in the last few weeks and absolutely love it. I've read a lot about how vile the nazis were and dangerous it was for good Germans.
I''ve also several reaction videos of the film but yours is the best. You totally got it.
Excellent reaction video buddy!! I really enjoyed how you reacted and how intelligent you were with it. You really respected the movie and us your viewers.
8:30 The Germans at that time loved wearing and having modern fashion, that´s why the clothes and even later the furniture are so colorfull and somewhat not quite fitting with the terror and somberness. From a point of cinematography it shows the friendly and beautiful facade that hides the evil within.
The kid doesn't have issues, he has been brainwashed, extremely indoctrinated and his mother can't really do much about it but be a good mother and teach him empathy. During that time children would actually spy on their parents, it was a scary time. Also he is a kid, of course having such scars gets to him. You can't just tell someone to get over themselves, everyone deals with their problems differently.
You wonder why the note Jojo wrote got to her. While it's clear at the end that he's dead and she's upset about it, you also have to think about the fact that she's been locked up in a wall for a long time and would probably miss someone she loves. Wouldn't it upset you if you couldn't see someone you loved for years, especially when someone tells you they don't love you back?
What an amazing reaction! Such thoughtful commentary on the visuals, storylines, etc. I loved watching you as much as I loved this film. I find that watching people’s reactions gives us a small glimpse of what this person is truly like. It makes you wonder what they would be like if you knew them on a closer scale. I could see you as a very good friend. Not just me but to everyone you meet. You seem to have such a loving heart and an open mind. I wish more people had these qualities.
You are way too kind
"Who would have thought Adolf Hitler would be giving good advice?" It`s not the real Hitler, it`s a HitlerJugend`s idealized version of Hitler before he realizes being a Nazi is kinda a fucked-up thing!(Which the whole rabbit-killing ritual which is historically accurate should`ve provided some clue to Jojo even as young and impressionable as he was,of that.Also,the kid who plays Jojo is Anglo-French IRL which means the real Hitler would have hated him as well!)
About JoJo thinking his face is hideous, you must see it from his point of view. With his indoctrination, I am sure he thinks of the Aryan race as flawless. So the scars makes him less of a person. Of course he is upset about it.
I had to drive for 2 hours to see this movie, but my son was performing in the school choir later so I got to do both
it's my first time on your channel and i must say i really enjoy watching your reaction here. I am absolutely moved by this movie and I can't get my mind off it.
Just a suggestion, I would love to see your reaction on Leave No Trace, it was played by the same actress who portrayed Elsa in this film. Fantastic movie and cast. I think you're gonna like it too!
Great reaction and korero (conversation) afterwards.
Kia ora.
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I do think it’s important to note that Nazis were very ableist. And the way you looked was a representation of Nazis in general. So Jojo, having been brainwashed and indoctrinated from a VERY young age, and internalized all that propaganda. The scars on his face was a constant reminder that he was lesser than all his peers, that he’d never get a good job, never have a good life, nobody would love him, etc. So I think the statement you made is a little unfair, but I also understand that you might not have known this info 😊
The constant cigarettes and Hitler eating meat (well a unicorn) was a deliberate counter to the actual Hitler, who was a non-smoker and a vegetarian. It’s there to highlight how little Jojo really knew about the model for his imaginary friend.
I know this movie rubs some people the wrong way, because Nazis are not absolute evil. But the worst take away we have of evil is that it is or ever was absolute.
There was a great display of pictures from a guard of Auschwitz. Just a family album of them going out with friends, kids, picknicks. Yet this man was literally taking place in mass murder.
I think this movie should teach people to realize, evil is very rarely absolute. Which is why every single person is prone to fall for it. If you think evil is only evil if it is absolute you will never relize if you become so.
Great reaction. :)
Simply AWESOME.
Best Jo Hanson work I have seen. Loved all of it right away. So different for her. Sad not much was noticed.
I looooove this movie. The trailer put me off a bit until I sat down and just watched it.
I give this movie a 10/10
I like your work. Keep it up
Damn, another GREAT movie!
this is my new favorite movie of all time
I was your 1,000th sub. So congratulations my guy.
Thank ya very much!
great video!
Yeah.. this world need this kind of Movie.
I was surprised by the backlash that some groups gave this movie when it came out. I have a strong feeling they didn’t actually see but only heard “Nazi comedy”. How can one see this movie and think it in any way glorifies fascism?
My thoughts exactly, the message in this movie is very clear, I feel a lot of those criticisms came from people who got angry just hearing nazi and then refused to delve any deeper into this movie.
@@AlexFilmsYT To play Devil’s advocate for a moment (or, well, advocate for people who don’t think the Devil needs an advocate… I’ve already lost this metaphor)….
Once upon a time (being, ya know… ten years ago) it was a foregone conclusion we were all on the same page about Nazis = evil. But the last seven years or so, there are people in the streets, on TV, and all over the internet wearing swastikas and saying things like, “Well, Hitler WAS kinda right….” So I am certainly not saying knee jerk naysayers of this film are correct in their criticism, but I CAN understand their instinctive reaction of, “NO, NAZIS SHOULD NEVER BE PORTRAYED IN A FUNNY OR POSITIVE LIGHT!!!”
Sam Rockwell's character has a secret of his own
14:12 Oh yeah, because she thinks he dosn't know that she is hiding her in the attic.
This film is actually more acturate than you think.. Germany just went through extreme poverty after WW1, so the people inside the country were quiet positive and happy. The internet or outside sources didn't exist.. When America bombed/went to war in the middle east after 9/11 people cheered and came together, and that was only in recent history. While the war was clearly wrong.. the citizens weren't these super sour violent angry people, they were just happy to wealth, a roof over their head and a belly full of food.. hence praising the man who gave it to them.
SO GREAT!
This movie treads a dangerous line but it does it so very well. It shows its 'Nazi' characters as people without glorifying or even faintly justifying the ideology. Plus, many characters that you follow turn out to not be Nazis at all. They're just trying to survive.
My Grandad fought in the war and although he never spoke about the fighting and death, he was very keen that I understood that the German people were not evil. The evil they allowed to happen was indoctrinated into them by evil people.
He told me that the first victims of Hitler were the German people, themselves.
I am truly amazed at the lack of empathy for a child that I see over and over again in these reactions. I'm only referring to the scar on Jojo's face. As an adult in this day and age, it's easy to say that it's not so bad, it's just a little scar, don't make such a fuss. But he is only a 10 year old child in a country that had exact ideas of what a man and a woman should look like. And he doesn't fit in there anymore.
And I have a question: what exactly do you learn about WW2 in the US? I can't shake the feeling that they don't go into how it all started in Germany and how it could be that people followed a madman. Many seem extremely convinced that such a thing would never happen to them.
Nooo, we learn exactly that about WW2 in the United States: started in Germany because of a charismatic madman who espoused a supremacist ideology. We just don’t appreciate the irony and refuse to believe it could happen here. See also: pots of boiling water and frogs.
Try Good Morning Viet Nam. A Robin Williams comedy that also turns.
36:15 Merca 🇺🇸. He'll Yeah! Wew!! 🤠
That song takes on a whole new meaning
do you think burning books back then is the same as tearing down statues here in america now? just asking
Taika is half Jewish and Maori.
"Jews love ugliness" is the part everyone catches. But the part that gets me (and Elsa) is the followup: "That’s another thing we learned IN SCHOOL."
Have you seen Memento by Christopher Nolan? If not, you should definetely react to it :)
Or interstellar - best Nolan film
Great movie !!! Great reaction !!! Please react Academy award winner "Green Book" (2018)
and that's why.
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This guy has the same sense of humor as dry wall.
Can you please react to the funniest comedy ever called The Heavenly Kid From 1985, please
The real Hitler was against smoking and was one of the first anti-smoking groups
Taika Waititi won the oscar for best adapted screenplay and he plays Imaginary Hitler. Scarlett Johansson was nominated twice for best supporting actress but didn't win either award
6-month after the video, 666 likes
Her shoes are important
Never read the book this was based on if you enjoy this bittersweet-yet-happy ending, like I do. Just don't.
My son didn't know how to tie his shoes until he was 3 years old
Why do you keep questioning jokes lol. They’re jokes don’t overanalyze them
They're going to compete with who is the better race
This was when Germany was losing the war
She was dropping off free Jews pamphlets
She knows that he's lying
Maybe you should have watched the movie before, you would have known for the shoes. Elsa is 16. And you would have known the captain. And Elsa drew the pics in the book. Maybe you can watch it now you've posted your video.
hitler was a homeless hobo before ww1 and he almost took ever europe. i would consider hitlers advice.
Watch Step Brothers. Funniest shit ever
I feel like your the type of guy to push the punch a “Nazi” shit that’s happened in the past year or two.
Nathan is dead. That's what she's hiding
Clicked out when you called that adorable kid ugly.
great video !