Jewish siblings watch JOJO RABBIT for the first time (this is NOT what we expected)
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I love that the more Jojo realizes Elsa isn't a monster, the more Hitler becomes one.
Also, a nice touch when imaginary Hitler is offering cigarettes to Jojo when the real Hitler didn't smoke. It shows how little Jojo really knew about him.
@@jakubgodyn7413 he also eats unicorn and the real Hitler was a vegetarian
Elsa doesnt even like one percent jewish, weird choice of actor
@@jakubgodyn7413 And his fictive Hitler got blue eyes while the real one had brown. Fun little detail.
@@simonbionary11010 I'm looking at a photo of Hitler in profile, and the irises are so light they are almost transparent. Kind of eerie and inhuman actually. Makes my skin crawl.
I love what they did with the "Heil Hitler" gag when the Gestapo showed up. It's increasingly funny the more they do it, and then suddenly not funny at all when it's Elsa's turn.
That scene perfectly encapsulates the whole movie: it's so absurd that you don't know what you're watching, and then it punches you in the stomach
It's like this all the way through - it made you laugh, it made you cry - and most important, it made you THINK!
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that moment deserves proper acknowledgement, thanks for doing so i looooove how they set that moment up
It's even more absurd when you realise that was on paper the actual protocol during the Nazi German era. Ofc probably didn't happen all the time in reality, but you were supposed to do it.
"she's the rabbit" I'm afraid to say but the metaphor went over my head. Your reaction made me realize it as well and made me appreciate the film even more. Thank you
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that completely missed that when I watched it
You’re not alone. I’ve seen this movie 5 - 6 times and it never sunk in until I heard them say it.
Same. The first rabbit showed us who JoJo is inside, despite the cult of personality he was drowning in.
TIL oops 😅
Wow
Absurdism is one of the most powerful tools to combat horror and tyranny.
David Irving The Churchill myth on youtube
Too true. Even most of the early Greek comedies were not only satirical but also profoundly absurd - jabs at the aristocracy, religious and philosophic ideologues.
Because the line between the absurd and the actual can be frighteningly narrow.
Also because after they're being mocked, fear loses it's power. Things are only grandiose when you can take them seriously, meaning revolution is only possible when you don't.
This isn't absurdism. This is a very realistic depiction of NAZI Germany. NAZI Germany was just absurd.
The uniform Captain K designed had a pink triangle on it, the symbol the Nazis would put on homosexuals to mark them to be sent to the camps.
The pink triangle was a mark on their camp clothing, not worn outside like the Star of David was for Jews on the streets.
@@johannesvalterdivizzini1523he knew he was going down and wanted to go down as himself.
And inside the camps, they were despised by all other inmates as well (while the others tried to support each other, as much as possible, whether they were Jewish, Communists or whatever). So even if the numbers of individuals killed was smaller compared to other groups (because there were fewer of them), they must have had it really bad.
@@hellemarc4767 not just fewer, there would be many gay and lesbian Germans that were hiding in the closet like Captain K.
@@hellemarc4767 and after the liberation of the camps, some of them were told by the American liberators that they had to remain in the camps to serve out their sentence, as they were considered criminals back home as well.
JoJo's Mom (Scarlett Johansson) actually gives an early clue she's a German Resistance by always wearing bright red lipstick, While not illegal, Hitler thought bright lipstick "decadent". In the UK and USA, they actually marketed a bright shade called "Liberty Red"
So many layers to this film, always learning.
And she and her husband danced at the RED Salon…possibly Communists (also enemies of the state)
I didn't know that. There's a scene in Zone of Interest that involves lipstick that makes more sense now.
That also explains the messages she was burning
It's funny how "surprising" it is to learn she's part of the resistence through her execution, considering she's literally hiding a jew in the walls of her house
One nice detail I always like to point out, is that when imaginary Hitler keeps offering Jojo cigaretts, its not only a joke but also a reference to how little Jojo actually knows about the real Hitler, who was a convinced non-smoker.
Also eating the unicorn meat, Hitler was a vegetarian.
@@johnglue1744 If you live on unicorn meat, you're a vegetarian. Or you're dead of starvation.
Actually, Hitler did smoke. At the start of the propaganda efforts of the Nazi-party, they released these booklets to collect pictures from the Nazi-party. One of those pictures *WAS* a photo of Hitler sitting in a filled bar, all people coming to see him, and he was smoking in that picture. But when they did a survey, the Nazi's found out the German people prefered a non-smoker, so they edited the photo to "photoshop" out the cigarette and the ashtray and re-released it. (Needless to say, the original picture is very rare)
@@johannesvalterdivizzini1523 Or you're Lord Voldemort.
I was crying along with you. I loved how your reaction to the film evolved from discomfort to laughter to tears.
You are lovely souls.
I love how this movie perfectly captures the absurdity of war and fascism from a kids perspective. My grandfather was born in '33 when the nazis took over so he was just 12 when the war ended. He told me how they were indoctrinated in schooland how it was a process as a kid to outgrow that indoctrinatiom. He alsways had so much sorrow in his voice when talking about that. He made it a point to make friends all over the world because in his words"back then we would habe seen each other as enemies, we need to celebrate being able to sit at one table and drink tea together".
that’s beautiful. as tragic as it is, it absolutely warms my heart to hear how ppl overcame those ideological prejudices and went on to embody the best of humanity. thank you for sharing that 🍻
I lived in Germany in the 1980s. Had my son there in Hesse, one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. I was working one day with a German woman and being British in what was then the British zone, we got talking. I said I didn't understand how those things could have happened there when I'd found German people so nice. She stopped what she was doing and she looked at me. She said, when i was 11, I had to go to a Hitler youth camp. I repeated something I'd heard my father say about Hitler. When I got home my father was gone. Arrested by the gestapo. I never saw my father again.
I stood there, stunned, horrified. She said, that's how good people let bad things happen: they terrified us into letting it happen.
I often think of her and what she told me and I wonder if she ever forgave herself. I came home and signed up for a history course, I spent a year studying the 3rd Reich. A terrorised population is like a rabbit in the headlights.
Your grandfather sounds like an amazing person, I would have loved to talk and have drinks with him.
The Grandfather i knew was Born in 1904. He was deadly affraid and enraged at the thought of Rightwingers or better Totalitärians making it back to power. He was a Farmer and told me how one day the Local Farmer Speaker(?) had learned all his Sons where killed in the War. The man pulled down the Sign of the party from his house and threw it inside the local Party office. Next Meeting of the Farmers they got told the Speaker was Volenteered for the Eastern Front and my Grandfather was sure he was shot in the Back. Then they said the New Speaker will be my Grandfather. And of course he said yes. I have the feeling he was Very ashamed of that in his old and demented years. But i also found out that a few years ago that he became a Member of a Nazi related Organisation in 1934(NSV From what i could find it was a "Wellfare" consernd but the goal was more "Good Germans"). So yeah.
It's no coincidence that Captain K & Finkel show up while the Gestapo are searching Jojo's house for information about other resistance members. He heard about Rosie's execution or noticed her hanging in the square and rushed over to check on Jojo.
He brought back Jojo's mother's bike, too.
He also hints at it when he tells him to take care of his "sister" and doesn't mention looking after his mother
That answers why Captain K had Rosie's bike and brought it back to the home at the same time the gestapo showed up.
"Go and shoot anybody that doesn't look like us." Was there ever a more perfect line in a movie to describe the absurdity of war?
Meanwhile everyone does in fact look like you pretty much.
What? lmao there's been plenty of wars fought between people that look like each other.
@@kevinprzy4539 - That's the point OP and Timo are making, "Go and shoot anybody that doesn't look like us." is absurd, vile, and moronic on a number of levels. The stupidity and absurdity of the statement is analogous to the stupidity of war whether your 'enemies' look like you or not, in the end we are all the same, we're just dumb humans!
@@kevinprzy4539
😞 "... look like us", "... have the same gods as us", "... speak the sme language as us", "... don't smoke the same cigarettes...", etc - you need to grow up and understand these things, Kevin.
No. That's a pretty moronic statement since most war did not start because of race or "looks". Moronic to its core. You will find genocide for those reasons - not war.
I think you're the first reactors I've seen who actually cared about the moment with "See that American? Go give him a hug" - which I always found absolutely terrifying, in a human sense.
That was truly horrifying. 💔
Yeah, but in fairness, the movie undercut the moment somewhat when it introduced that kid as a clone early on.
@@explody7836just because its a
clone doesn't make what Rahm did any less of a callous child murder.
@@alextrill1746 Oh, of course not, but introducing that particular kid as part of a gag means that the audience is more likely to see that moment as part of a gag, if that makes sense, especially in a dark comedy. Point being, it makes sense that a lot of people watching the movie see it as part of the bit instead of recoiling in horror. If she had done that to Yorki instead, it would be a much different, much darker moment that could have easily ruined the back-and-forth tone of the film.
Oh god I totally get it, I was already crying but that scene really did it for me, I genuinely had to pause to stare at the screen with horror
During the Nazi reign Kids in Germany were tought the party always comes first, to listen to them over their parents. So the Anti Nazi adults were too scared to set their kids straight, in case they accidentally or intentionally sold them out. It's a clever movie, and smart by keeping it PG13. It shows kids how to think for themselves, and to not just assume that what is going on around you is true or right. There are Seminary schools now that use this movie as a teaching tool.
Correct. Similar later in East Germany, school teachers randomly checked kids opinions and if there was an issue, the parents got into trouble.
denouncing your parents to the authorities is communism 101.
A few American (servicemen) lawyers were talking about how easy it was to get information (regarding war crimes,etc) after the war. Everbody ratted on each other, as their whole society had conformed to that belief that the people in authority held the power to know and control everything about you. Kids ratted on their parents, if they did or said something that didn't conform to party doctrine. Everyone reported on each other too. If you reported your boss, or a friend, you may get a pat on the head for bringing those subversives to the attention of the police/gestapo. To be a member of the German resistance was very dangerous, as there were very few you could trust and any variance from the norm was frowned upon.
The parody of the Hitler Youth was a parody with a lot of accuracy. On the one hand it was this exciting boys club, on the other it was brutal. Violence, danger and etreme and bullying was part of the technique as well as indoctrination. It turned out fanatics and by the end of the war any soldier from their mid twenties down had grown up entirely within it. They actually used to keep the younger soldiers seperate from the older ones, so they weren't infected by their cynicism. The result really was child soldiers still fighting when older men had surrendered.
@@terribrad24The same happened in USSR during Stalin's rule. And even later.
Fun fact: Taika agreed to play the part of Hitler partially because he knew it would have pissed Hitler off to have a Jewish man portray him (Taika being half-Jewish).
he was the director, another reason he took the role is because noone else would
@@henrikbartnes8424 It was more no one else could (rather than would). They auditioned lots of actors for the role but Waititi and the rest of the production staff were not satisfied. So he stepped up.
Didn't they also insist he took the role to back the movie?
I saw an interview where the interviewer asked how he got into the role and he said that he started to research then decided he didn't care if it was accurate because "F*** hitler". Taiki is amazing.
there's no such thing as being half jewish though. you're either jewish or you're not.
In my opinion Taika Waititi is the best example of someone taking the torch from Mel Brooks and carrying it forward. When most wanted to hide or forget the horrors of Hitler and the nazis, Brooks relentlessly made fun of them. Recognising how powerful a weapon laughter can be, he managed to reduce them into a joke while never letting us forget.
I wish he’d been as successful with Blazing Saddles and anti-Black racism, but I’ll celebrate his successes where he found them.
Hay, yo, where the Aryan women at?
@@user-sd3ik9rt6d Nice crossover! :D
(But when I saw it out of context it looked kind of dodgy...)
The first thing I said walking out of the theater after this movie was that it felt like a Mel Brooks film. The absurd and smart comedy of such a sensitive topic was something only he could successfully pull off. There are so many "Am I allowed to laugh at this?" moments like in many of Brooks' films.
You, internet stranger, are the only person other than myself that I've heard make this comparison, and I tip my hat to you.
And he even made fun of the Spanish inquvisition in History of the world part 1
His mother was already captured when the Gestapo came to his house, notice when Sam Rockwell aka Captain Klenzendorf than arrived at his house as well, he came on JoJo's mother's bicycle. He knew they were gonna check the house for anything they could find.
That's not her bike. But it's still a good bet that Captain K already knew she was either captured or killed, and rushed there to do what he could.
Taika walked a razers edge making this movie, and he nailed it. There's so many ways he could offended so many people. He was respectful of the common germans and the jews.
Exactly! This always amazes me! He walked that fine line absolutely brilliantly. This film is a masterpiece.
I remember when the previews came out and everyone was appalled and angry, then they saw the movie and realized how amazing it was
@@judedoodle sad thing is, I don't think it would be made today.
He was respectful of People.
@@FonWin Dude it was made like 6 years ago thats not that long ago
Fun Fact: Taika started researching Hitler to play the role, then decided to do it this way because (his words) "F**k Hitler". Taika is part indigenous New Zealander (Maori) who fought with the allies in WW2, and part Jewish. He would have been among the first to be 'cleansed' by Hitler. So Taika was more than happy to make a mockery of him, while showing the horrors, tragedy and stupidity of this war.
As an unrelated thought, I wonder who will Play Putin in future movies?
Fun fact: he claimed the studio made him play the Hitler role, which is strange because he wrote it.
I would be very happy if Taika played Putin, he would show exactly the appropriate level of respect.
that was genius in so many ways. why play him as real as possible when the one in the movie is how a child imagines him.
Putin may not be the monster, maybe it's or governments leaders. Or Maybe they are all monsters
He wouldn't have been on Hitler's list becuase he didn't live in Europe.
It took me watching a reaction to realize that the general and his "assistant" were gay men, another group they persecuted, and that's why they helped out the girl and etc. They knew the mother was dead and went to the house to try to salvage the situation. And I'm a gay man xD You caught on before me haha.
In the end when the soviets are dragging Captain K away you can see he actually has a modified fancy uniform compared to the scene with the gun and the music. In that scene the jacket just has a normal but very pink fringe but in the last scene he's like covered in pink triangles, the symbol used by nazis for gay men. They're dangling from the fringe
I think captain k knew jojo's mother from the Cabarets (music clubs) before the war. You can definitely tell they knew each other.
@@Lyrazel If you look up a screenshot of the moment where Captain K and Freddie show up in their modified uniforms with the music etc you can see all those pink triangles on Freddie's cape. When you first see Captain K after he has been captured his hands are bloody and he's holding Freddie's cape in his hands all scrunched up. That's what you see trailing along covered in pink triangles as he's dragged away. Because Freddie already died in the battle and Captain K kept his cape. (Captain K also has a pink triangle on his actual jacket too.)
@@Iam_Stu that makes sense! Thank you
I started to notice from the scene in their office when the mom kick captain K to the balls. the scene starts when captain k is holding a fork with bite and is about give it to the other guy to eat it, while he has headphones and listening to some music. Not very tough guy Ubermensch behaviour... rather couple chilling together behaviour
I just want to say that Thomasin McKenzie gave an amazing performance here, confident and scared at the same time. She really owned that role.
Yes she doesn't get enough individual praise for sure.
She gave a fine performance, but If she's Jewish the Irish are truly the Lost Tribe.
I originally watched this movie because she was in it. I think she is a remarkable young actress.
The crazy custom uniforms that Captain K and Finkle(the two who were gay) wore in the final battle both had upside down pink triangles on them. The pink triangles were the symbols that homosexuals were made to wear in concentration camps. Decades later, an upside-down version of the pink triangle began to be used as a symbol of queer resistance and is still used today.
Nice catch
@@Nitedawg1I didn't actually catch it myself, it was pointed out to me by others😂I'm not that observant
Just remember that the imaginary Hitler that Jojo sees and interacts with is a a coping mechanism. The Hitler he sees is what Jojo believes the real life Hitler to be. That’s why the Taika Waititi Hitler acts like a child.
I'm convinced the butterfly was the mother's spirit. She wanted to be found and for JoJo to find her remains.
48:32 yeah big symbol for her
Oh, that's beautiful. Thank you ♥️ 🦋
That's make sense also because it was too cold (snow on the ground) for an actual butterfly
The butterfly also represents love in the movie.
I loved your commentary. I cried along with you. I loved how you went from “Why would anyone suggest this movie to us?” To an appreciation of a brilliant movie.
In the scene with the executed People hanging on the gallows, (12:09) there is a sign which says: "We betrayed the German people".
They might have helped Jews, they might have told people, that war is a bad thing. They did what they could - and they were killed.
And the Paper, attached to the mothers dead hanging body says: "Liberate Germany - fight the Political Party"
"What did they do?" "They did what they could" is the line that really breaks me.
Even supporting peace over war or someone hearing you had doubt about the war could send you gallows or guillotine.
And some vindictive people also just told on people they hate, just to get rid of them. My grandmother told how a neighbor of theirs did this to anyone she did not like.
@@NecramoniumVideothis is apparently a big issue in Russia right now, with draconian anti-dissent laws being weaponized by anyone with a grudge.
This movie is so beautiful and heart wrenching. I never thought I'd experience it again but through the lens of someone who's jewish. Amazing reaction
Happy to provide you with this experience, and thanks for being here for it.♥️
@@thosesiblingss now you got to do the same with live is beautiful
@@thosesiblingss have you read/seen about the man who first got in trouble for dancing happily at a concentration camp museum couple of years ago? (understanbable) and ppl wanted to escort him out. then the family with him said: this is his second time here. first time he was brought here to get killed, now he is dancing in defiance, because he is still here, those who brought him here the first time are not.
i think that was a powerful moment. and kinda fits this movie.
It was interesting to watch how your reaction changed during the film. Also you are the first Jewish people I've seen react to this, I can see the mental struggle going on. This film is pretty unique and the young actors were really great.
The mother is Scarlett Johansson, the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She has a Danish father and an American mother of Polish-Jewish ancestry, so she has dual Danish-American citizenship.
All three of these kids nailed it. The movie did an academy award. Scarlett Johansson should have won best supporting.
The progression of the tone of the movie was jojos perspective changing as he matured and learned. Started optimistic naive and upbeat, and ended with stark reality. At the beginning he was totally and blindly accepting, later went back and forth struggling with himself, and finally needing to grow up, provide food, etc, and deal with reality for what it really was.
One of the best movies ever! A real rollercoaster!
Captain K came to Jojo's house to tell him his mother was dead. He brought her bicycle with him there. And he knew Inge, and knew she was dead, so he knew for sure Elsa was lying. That's why he asked Elsa for her papers so quickly and harshly, so that the Gestapo wouldn't see the papers and the photo. Because he knew that would have given her away immediately. His comment when he gave the papers back to Elsa was telling too, "get a new photo, you look like a ghost in this one". Because he knew Inge was dead, so her photo was now a photo of a ghost.
Oh, and the Gestapo weren't looking for Elsa. They clearly were searching for papers, no human could hide in a stack of books on a table, or the other places they searched. That was because they had caught Jojo's mother leaving anti-war pamphlets, swiftly hanged her, and now they were looking for clues to who she might have been working with. They had no idea she was also hiding a Jew.
His mother's bike had a basket and a rainbow oin the rear wheel, his didn't. Also, Jojo would have recognised it and didn't. I think the rest is right tho!
The boy who played JoJo did such a great job, I was so sad when JoJo was left on his own.
that little actor blew me tf away. one of the best child actors i’ve seen
"What did they do?"
"What they could."
"look after your mother, Jojo. She is doing what she can"
"Today, do what you can"
I think you guys are the first reactors I watch to understand the weight of the "heil hitler" scene. How it's turned into a joke as every one says it in loop to each other, but when she has to say it, it sinks the feeling even more because you just laughed at it a second ago.
Thanks for your reaction
The point of this movie was simply an indoctrinated innocent child's view of the war, and his gradual realization that he has been misled, that it is evil, and he is on the wrong side. Also it was lampooning just how ridiculous the whole 'Nazi Super Race' schtick was... a fine balance between comedy and horror. Incidentally, the Hitler Youth camp was very close to the real thing, believe it or not! So refreshing, too, to see the Jewish girl showing some attitude, and not portrayed as a meek victim as is so often the case.
Taika won the Oscar for this film for a reason. If you get a chance, I’d recommend watching the interviews he and the kids did when promoting it.
Great reaction. What the critics didn't like about Jojo Rabbit were the tonal shifts, and that's one thing i really enjoy about this film.
The entire movie is told through the eyes of a child so the tonal shift not only makes sense, but adds to the poetry of the movie. The critics weren't smart enough to get that I guess
@@annacleverley307I usually agree with movie critics, and even most of the critics who didn't like the tonal shifts gave Jojo Rabbit a favourable review. Just clarifying that i didn't make my original comment to bash movie critics.
One of the most amazing takedowns of Nazi ideology I've ever seen. Heartbreaking and joyous. I also love how Sam rockwells last scene is him trying to save JoJo by attacking him. He knew he was going to die, but he did everything he could to save Jojos life. And he covers for the girl when she gets the birthday wrong.
Loved when you both said Damn! in unison when Elsa says the line about descending from those who wrestle angels and kill giants. It's a great line.
BTW I saw this movie at a conference with Jewish child psychiatrists some of which had family die in the camps, and that was quite an experience.
I think this script is a masterpiece. I bet you would have bet money there was no way a movie about a kid with Hitler as an imaginary friend was going to make Jews laugh out loud.
jewish child psychiatrists, my psych geek interest is peaked haha any interesting insights you learned from your time at that conference?
This film throws everyone for a loop. The story is told so brilliantly. We start through the eyes of a 10-year old who see the world through wondrous, innocent eyes... taught to hate... fascinated by the chanting and the symbols... a club to belong to... uniforms.. a sense of belonging... then reality slowly creeps in... a bit at a time... through humanity, empathy, and morality. They give you so many bits and pieces that bond you with the characters. Genuine humor. Genuine horror. The scene where JoJo's follows the butterfly and that leads to the reaveal that his mother is hanging is one of the most iconic moments in film. It's so totally heartbreaking. But this film doesn't end it there... it continues with the thread of hope. That there can be something better. They did what they could. I can't watch this film without laughing and crying. I can't watch this film without thinking of Anne Frank and all the children trapped in that madness. This should be shown in schools. The rising tide of fascism is still with us. We ALL need to do what we can.
Some other films that I think you'll love (unrelated to the subject matter, but still brilliant films you'll long remember: "STRANGER THAN FICTION," CHILDREN OF MEN," "PLEASANTVILLE," and "GRAVITY."
Thank you this wonderful reaction. Really thoughtful commentary. You get a follow from me. Cheers!
See that is the one point that so many miss. He is 10 years old. He wants to be in "the club". So when she says "you just want to dress up and be in a club". That is SO 10 year old boy.
Yes Stranger than Fiction❤
Although it seems like a parody, it was a great way to show how easy it is to indoctrinate the youth. How being afraid, and hateful is learned. And how no matter what we’re told about a group of people we should only be basing our opinions off of our first hand experiences with individuals. Because in the end, we are all the same, Our blood is all the same color. We are all children of this planet. Deep down, we all want the same thing. A chance to experience the one life we’ve been given.
I really liked the character of the officer. A lot of those German soldiers only fought for Germany because if they didn’t, they would’ve been killed. It was clear he was gay, and it was clear he not only knew about JoJo‘s mother’s work, but possibly worked with her from the inside. These secret heroes existed back then, and we don’t even know their names. 😢
Yeah, everyone's all the same.....except for Jews. 18:58 We're like you, but human.
If you don't get your next jab, We The People will hound you, refuse you the rights to go where you want when you want & forcibly make you take it anyway, eventually.
Is _THAT_ an example of what you meant?
The scene in "Saving Private Ryan" where Vin Diesel hands a Hitler Youth knife taken from a dead German soldier to his Jewish brother-in-arms and he just cries. He realises that the Germans have been indoctrinating their youth to hate Jews, and he realises that even after war's end, the persecution and hatred of Jews will continue.
@@choosecarefully408 what are you talking about? What does that have to do with the movie? 😂😂
@@deepermind4884 I’m not sure what you’re trying to say with this…
I can honestly say this was my favorite heartfelt reaction to this movie.
"I thought he was a crazy kid in America". Actually lol'd at that one. And the movie, one of the best I've seen in years.
'Nobody wins in a war.'
So true.
Hugs.
I saw this at the cinema on my own, just walked in because it was cold and I had nowhere else to be. It was SUCH a sweet movie.... I cried at the end... then laughed... then cried some more. Just sat there in tears till the end of the credits. Not been moved so much by a movie in a very long time.
Europe, Kosovo, Georgia, The Rohinga, Ukraine, Palestinians... It never ends. So, we must always do what we can - and we can always ALWAYS do more.
I saw this one evening on a ship crossing the Pacific in early '20. I'm not much of a movie person and I'd never heard of the movie but with nothing else to do that evening I sat down and watched it. I've re-watched it several times since then and each time notice little details that I had not noticed before. Great actors and very well done.
I believe your reactions to this movie were perfect and exactly what Waititi was going for.
Thank you ♥️
fr it was refreshing to hear how disturbed and uncomfortable they were with the first leg of the film, it was cool to see the film earn their trust/respect
The music choices were incredibly appropriate. The Beatles were doing concerts in Hamburg just before they became really famous, so of course they released German versions of their early hits. "Heroes" was made when Bowie was living in West Berlin, so very appropriate to the place, and again naturally Bowie made a German language version too.
The tonal shift in this movie was such a gut punch when I first watched it. Sobbed so much. I find your reaction to this absolutely fascinating.
Ok, I think this may now be my favorite reaction video. This was wholesome, skeptical and honest, which are the most important aspects of a reaction video. You've gained a subscriber.
Thanks so much! Happy to have you with us 🥰
It's so amazing how well they captured Jojo's view of the world as he grew and evolved. Bright, idyllic colors in the beginning. Fun. Playful. 10 years old. Those things fray at the edges as he begins to see the real world. When he finds his mother in the square, everything becomes grittier, greyer, and more real. Hitler's character is key too, rants like the actual person creeping in here and there as realization grows. So perfectly paced with the audience's emotions played in just the right ways at just the right places. A beautiful film.
This is one of those movies I'm still surprised got made, that's so hard to even tell people to watch cuz... how do you tell someone, "It's kind of a comedy about a nazi youth boy who has an imaginary hitler friend" and not sound insane lol. I even try to go, "But they did a good job and it's actually pretty deep and.... and they're walking away thinking I'm crazy" haha!
Omg finishing the reaction now and I'm so glad this was a "kids movie" and not one of those hollywood movies that try to be super dramatic and do a super sad ending. Cuz y'all kept coming up with the most depressing traumatizing endings that I didn't think of and then realized if this WAS one of those movies that's what they'd do, like she unalives herself in there. Omg I would had this movie so much -_-
@@Saphthingsyeah, Waititi made a deliberate choice to lighten the movie and give it a happy ending. The book it’s based on is much darker. In the book, the Jojo character is 19 by the end of the war, is more psychologically abusive rather than a cute desperate kid and keeps up the ruse to keep her prisoner by lying to her about the end of the war for another 3 years before he tells her at which point she escapes from him and he winds up bitter and angry.
I think Waititi's first Thor movie gave him some leverage to pitch this one.
20 minutes into the reaction and every time I love that they didn't bother even trying like actual German accents or anything, they just did a random fake accent xD If you watch closely they did several little things like that to not give any respect to the "yatzees". Many of the things they had some do are directly things that they would've found shameful at the time as an added mockery. I am mixed, my grandmother was a Jewish teenage girl (17), and my grandfather a German boy (18). He had just finished a mandatory boot camp enlistment and the "yatzees" were taking over the Germany. He realized where things were heading, and convinced her to run away to another country with him to get married. They paid for some travel papers, and sailed out of the continent before the war. My grandma tried telling some people to come with and leave but no one believed them and thought she was crazy and that they were both just a young couple trying to elope. After the war, when she went back, no one she knew was still alive. She passed away last year, and till the day she died her biggest regret in life was that she didn't try harder to convince people to go with her. I hope that wherever she is now, she is with them again, and they let her know it was not her fault.
god, it’s amazing and terrifying how many different ways that war traumatized people. that survivors guilt must have been insane. thank you for sharing
@@TheFreshTrumpet Yep, and society likes to pretend it was all nice out of there, but that's not true. The world was basically, "they shouldn't do that to them... that's a bit far", but not very friendly either. Many had to change their names to avoid persecution.
Please OH PLEASE find a way to write about your Grandmother's amazing true story - we need these stories. Her story kind of reminds me of Markus Zusaks journey of writing The Book Thief.
From the sounds of it your grandmother, like your grandfather, was German too . And also she was Jewish. We should never buy into the Nazi propaganda that you can't be both.
There is an absurdity to the whole Nazi ideology. It's hard to see underneath the hate and death and impact they had on the world; how could you possibly talk about Nazis without addressing that? But it was absurd; the movie all but stated it outright:
"This is just a picture of my stupid head!" "That's where we live. In your head."
This movie is so clever because that's the knife edge it rides on: absurdity. If it leaned too far to either side it would have been a joke, and been insulting. But by revealing the absurdity and then playing it straight - showing what that absurdity led to, the consequences it had - it can be both hilarious and horrifying. The brilliance of this movie is how it manages to do both.
We must all welcome an education, especially in history and critical thinking skills, and use that knowledge to see absurdity for what it is, and to dismiss it before it becomes a phenomenon so powerful that people get hurt. It is so very important that we use our brains. If we don't...... someone else will use them for us.
we have all this history of war and hate and prejudice, what it leads to, how it ends - and look at today's world, it's like we have learned nothing.
You two got me crying, powerful movie with a message that resonates today, dehumanising people to make atrocities possible.
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This movie was truly amazing.
It took me 2 years to watch this after it came out, was worried it would just break my heart, and then I finally watched it and of course it did break my heart, but it is also became one of my top 5 films of all time. Thanks for posting, ✌️
I thought it was better unbearably insensitive. A COMEDY?! Na... That's not on
But damn...
When the CZcams algorithm actually recommends a good channel!
Great film
Great reaction
Awesome pair of siblings!
Can't wait to go through your other reactions :)
Haha thanks!! Happy to have you 🥰
I love this film. There is so much horrible beauty in it, so much tragic comedy, but at its very center, a shimmering truth that outshines the lie.
I've now seen this movie twice in full and more than that in YT reactions, and Captain K's sacrifice at the end still gets me every time. The whole film is very effective.
Top-tier reaction. I love the way the same idea hits both of you and you recoil at the same time.
Connected by blood haha🤭
People use the phrases 'brilliant' and 'emotional rollercoaster' flippantly sometimes. This movie is absolutely both.
My father was in Berlin when the russians came into the city. He was 9 and was abused as ammo carrier. So he ran through streets, under fire by the russians, over rubble and over dead bodies. He told me how he was trapped in a destroyed house once with a bag full of ammo and 2 granates while the russians where searching for him.
War is disgusting
“It’s not going to be a sad movie” famous last words
Incisive and perceptive reaction. I know this one would be difficult for you--it was difficult for me to even imagine how this could work. But it really did. It's great on so many levels. How can one movie be parody, dramatically intense, frightening, reassuring, very touching, slapstick and heartbreaking? I'm not sure how exactly to describe this in a shorthand version. One of the best movies I have seen in years.
The bike the german commander says had a flat is the bicycle of Jojo's mother. He brought it back after she was taken away
When I saw you were reacting to this film, I expected a different perspective from other reactors and was not disappointed. You anticipated plot points that others miss, yet jump to conclusions that aren't there. Really reinforces how everyone has a unique life experience. Thank you very much for this reaction video.
This is absolutely a movie where you really don't know how to feel from one moment to the next. It is absolutely a parody at some points and then at others it makes you want to cry. The thing that really got me is that I believe that JoJo always knew how to tie his shoes. But he liked having hi smother do it for him. It made him feel loved and cared for...which is why he tied his mothers shoes while she hung there and why he tied Elsa's shoes before they walked out the door. For JoJo it was an act of love and caring.
One thing I never hear anyone discuss or appreciate about JoJo's mom is that she was captured and executed by the Gestapo, that means she was interrogated by the Gestapo, and didn't break .
Really beautiful reaction -- I was so worried for you in the beginning, because I knew it was tough to watch, but the ending really made it worthwhile. And your commentaries were so moving to me about angels and the heroes willing to sacrifice for others, even people they don't know, because we are all people and all connected.
It's interesting how yall go from being very uncomfortable to starting to get the movie. Sometimes to get people to learn a lesson is through comedy. Alot of people need lessons right now. We need more love and less hate.
About people to decided to help, even if they didn't even know the person they helped. I read a book once about people like that. I think the stories came from an institution in Israel that is collecting stories like that, something like a memorial to those with kind hearts, or something. It had famous people like Raoul Wallenberg, Oskar Schindler, and Giorgio Perlasca (the Italian fascist who saved thousands of Jews), of course. But also unknown people. There was this instance when someone probably had tipped the Gestapo off that a German family were hiding Jews. So German soldiers arrived and searched the place. One of the German soldiers opened a door to a small space, very much like the one Elsa was hiding in, and shone his flashlight in there. He must have seen the scared faces of the Jewish family hiding in there, but he just paused for a second, closed the door, and yelled "Nothing here either!" and walked away. The family lived to tell the story. He was also a hero, even if not as well known as Wallenberg or Schindler. If someone had double checked, he could have been hanged. Just a small decision on his part, but a very dangerous one. I guess Captain K in this movie is sort of a tip of the hat to people like that. Maybe they didn't do much to resist, but they did something. And that something showed they had a heart.
While I understand your discomfort, this isn't just a ridiculous parody. Its good to remember that these were real people and the H Youth were actually going to camps & training to become good soldiers.
Just because we're disgusted by the things that happened, that doesn't mean we should imagine that they were monsters. We should be aware that it could happen again if we drop our guard.
I’ve seen this movie so many times and I never fail to cry several times throughout the last half of the film. I was nervous you two would turn the movie off but am so happy you continued and experienced how beautiful and brilliant it is. One of my favorite films!
Taika loves a balance of absurdism and crushing reality in his films, it’s kinda his signature at this point. The studio would only green light the film if Taika took on the role as imaginary moustache man and he eventually agreed to take the role believing that him being both Māori and Jewish would’ve pissed Hitler off. Totally agree and I don’t think anyone else could’ve done the role. This film was the first big role either of the child actors had taken on and I think they did wonderfully they both do every emotion the character feels such justice. You can rewatch this film a million times and still notice something new. Captain K mentioning a totally avoidable ‘accident’ that got him demoted, him telling jojo to tell him or finkle if he finds a Jew so *they* can tell someone, him and finkle showing up to jojo’s house with his mother’s bike, the pink triangles on his final uniform. Jojo’s mother wearing liberty red lipstick and a matching color on her shoes, ‘what did they do?’ “What they could”/“she’s doing what she can”, his mother wearing modified/faux victory rolls in her hair sometimes the list goes on and on and on.
New Zealand often has a bit of a weird relationship with international wars, as a British colony we sided with them for the two world wars which worked out alright but since our military and nation wasn’t well established we were typically forced into dangerous situations to do grunt work and then get no ‘glory’. While our own soldiers were stationed overseas, American soldiers had been stationed in NZ to form a defence against a possible attack from Japan but the American soldiers decided to try and bar Māori service members from military bars and the ensuing battle resulted in the deaths of two American soldiers. All of this to say that NZ, where the director of this movie is from, has a bit of a different perspective on the war. I think that’s at least in part why this film is so different from any other period pieces in this setting.
Thank you for making this reaction. A friend told me about this movie not very long ago. I loved it and, of course, started watching reactions to it. I think yours was the first I've seen where there was a connection of any kind to the history of that time. Your emotions were very out front and poignant and I cried about twice as much as I usually do. Thank you for taking the risk and baring your tears and fears on video. Reactions like that aren't mere entertainment; they are shared humanity. For a third time... Thank you.
And thank you, for your words ❤️🩹
This movie is always heart-wrenching to watch, but all those moments became even more poignant seeing your emotions and reactions. Thank you for sharing.
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thank you for watching the whole thing. you both appreciate the difficultly in making, and being in a film like this.
Guys, you guys seem really sweet and awesome too! I am a Palestinian/Jordanian and would love to just say that what is happening in that part of the world is heartbreaking 😥😢 but i hope someday there will be genuine peace and that all corruption from everywhere will end. I cry when i see mothers and children dying from both sides cause that is humanity. Anyway, much love and peace❤❤ 🇵🇸 🇮🇱
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What is happening is between governments. Neither side is 100% correct. Neither is 100% 'evil'. Both have some valid points. Both have some invalid and extreme positions. But both sides have been hurt and that will reduce empathy towards those that have hurt you. Ultimately it is always the innocent civilians stuck in the middle that suffer.
@@jgreen2015 Well people did lose their land and it was set up during WW2 when there was no control. The Zionists did bombing in the 40s.
I’m praying daily for both. I watch a Palestinian Christian Artist named SAMA Shouffani she was a contestant on Voice Israel 🇮🇱. I’m daily pouring out my hope, heartfelt prayers and support for both. Amen 🙏🏽❤
Palestinians live in a third world desert.
@@jgreen2015 Warsaw Ghetto = Gaza
The situation is not equal. West Bank has been shrinking for 50 years.
There's no TV in those days. The movie was made by Taika Waititi, whose mother is Jewish, so I guess that makes him pretty much Jewish. He's Māori from NZ (like me) and this is classic Kiwi humour. We in NZ expected NO-ONE else in the world to get this movie, so we're surprised so many overseas people liked it.
tbh this seems like British humor, monty python like.
Thank you for sharing this reaction with us. It was hard to watch you watch this movie. I can't imagine how difficult it was as a Jewish person to experience this film, and I appreciate you both for not only going through that experience but also sharing it for our mutual benefit. It makes me happy to see where you ultimately landed on this film; it was very cathartic but it was a hard-won catharsis. Thank you again.
Oh... no spoilers... compared to this, Inglourious Basterds is a very easy catharsis. There's one scene that offers any kind of pathos, the rest is just pure escapist fantasy. And it's pretty great. Just don't expect to cry at any point.
"What did they do?" , "What they could" is the hardest hit in this whole movie
The idea of Hitler saying "correctamundo" is wild hahahaha. Taika is at his best with satires, for sure.
The subject matter of this movie was dealt with so brilliantly. One of my favourite movies.
You might find the movie "Vakyrie" with Tom Cruise interesting. It's the true story of German officers involved in the coup against the Nazis and attempted assassination of Hitler.
So glad you two finally watched this. Appreciate your reaction.
Happy that you liked it♥️
Great reaction guys! The film is emotional on it's own, your reaction made it even more moving. And for some of us that are older, the Bowie song at the end is even more emotional as this film came out not long after he died.
This is one of the most moving reaction videos I have ever seen.
1. “This is a complicated movie.”
2. “Such a rollercoaster.”
Two statements that are so simple and yet hit the nail on the head. Complicated, indeed. From living in Germany as a child to studying German in my American high school to doing part of my university studies in Germany and Czechoslovakia, all my life I have been deeply absorbed in studying the psychology of fascism and how it happens in educated, modernized societies. This is one of the better movies I’ve seen in the past few years, as it demonstrates a young boy’s desire to be part of something larger than himself, how easy it is to create monsters out of the “other” when it serves a purpose, and the boy’s struggle within his own psyche, represented by his arguments with his imaginary Hitler.
This is one of my favorite films. Watching the reaction to his mothers death contrasted by the reaction to them dancing at the end? Wonderful. Taika knocked it out of the park with this one.
Fantastic reaction guys, this is one of my all time favourite films, laugh cry and deep, so glad you got through it.
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You wasn't the only ones who went in and was prepared to what there came. We thought we was to see a parody of nazis... but got that... and soo much more. Just a roller-coaster of emotions. That scene where he sees the shoes... god damn broke us.
I love how they show Captain K is different from the other nazis so early on, cause he’s the only person to look disturbed at the book burning in the beginning
I watch every reaction to this movie I can find. Yours? Yours is the best I’ve seen.
Love this movie. Great reaction.
I thought of the White Rose Society and Sophie Scholl when I realized what Scarlett Johansson character role was.
Seen a few reactions but yours is one of the best I've viewed thus far to this movie. Cheers.
This was the first movie he did, the little boy who plays Jo-Jo, that is. He knocked it out of the park.
Notice how Captain K got to the house.just in time. Yes he knew what was going on. Then he saved Jojo at the end. This movie is an emotional roller coaster and I am glad more people are seeing this. Your reaction was fun to watch. You are doing Band of Brothers, I am very excited to subscribe
I think it shows the power of indoctrination, and has a good lesson for all of us - not just nazis, but it calls us to question our own biases.
This movie was written by the genius Taika Waititi who was born Taika David Cohen, whose mother was Jewish. I never dreamed you could make a parody about Nazis and Hitler but Taika pulled it off. This movie was about the Hitler Youth Group and how they were brainwashed. I watched a German woman react to this, whose grandfather was part of the Hitler Youth. It is still hard for her to know some of her family back then believed this Nazi propaganda. Thank-you for your heartfelt reaction.
To give you an idea of how brainwashed they were, when it was obvious that Germany had lost the war, the only ones who kept fighting were the Hitler Jugend. Every soldier (including actual Nazi's) had already given up.
Actually, "The Producers" with its 'Springtime For Hitler' did a tidal wave of parody about that decades ago. It was jaw dropping---all cringe.
"I never dreamed you could make a parody about Nazis and Hitler" Charlie Chaplin did it in 1940 and it's one of the most famous movies ever made.
This is one of my favourite films. It was so moving watching your reactions...the beauty and terror. I cried along with you. Love and peace to you both xx
If "Schindler's List" makes you cry, "Jojo Rabbit" will destroy you, this movie is excellence
I'm new to your channel. I have to say I'm so moved by y'alls reaction to this movie. It really covers every emotion and it is hard to watch. I appreciate y'alls reactions and commentary to this movie. New sub and I look forward to more of y'alls content!
The question of Inglourious Basterds: maybe it would help to know that there is an element of catharsis in the movie.