One thing easy to miss in this movie is the scene when the Gestapo shows up to investigate the home. The reason they are there is because they just hanged his mother and they are looking for evidence of other people involved. Sam Rockwell's character also knows she's dead so he races to the house on the bicycle to save him which is why he was aware of enough of the situation to save Elsa and why he tells Elsa to look after her brother.
Yes I never saw it first time through. It was her bike he came to the house on. So he definitely knew before he got there. I'd like to say he's my favourite character but everyone does such a great job that each deserve the title in my mind.
@@dneill8493 it was not her bike, her bike is a woman's bike (with a low frame), his is a man's bike (with a high frame), very different frames... also almost all else is different. This is a wrong fan theory, that has been debunked numerous times, and apparently, though i have not seen this interview myself, has also been called wrong by Waititi himself. But you just have to google search or rewatch the scenes and realize those are two fundamentally different bicycles.
@@Bunny_AoifeI thought it was her bike the 2nd time I saw it so when I saw people discussing it on these reaction channels I assumed it was true. I'll have a look. I've never freezed the shot so Ive probably just convinced myself I'm seeing her bike in that short glimpse. Same way I guess that I know there are only 3 Indiana Jones films, sometimes we see what we want to see. 🤣
Sam Rockwell has an Oscar, and has been nominated a couple times, but he's somehow still one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood. He's genuinely one of our best living actors. Dude has never turned in a subpar performance.
My favorite moment in the film was when Taika asks "What are you burning?" and JoJo says "She can't hear you." and so he yells "What Are You BURNING?" Sam was great in this, he was self sacrificing. I think his mother might have been hanged already when they came to search her house. Sams friend was "Reek" from Game Of Thrones. "NO STABBING!"
I been waiting on this one. The whole mood of the film changed. Iv studied this war for 13 years. It actually takes things comically insane. From the point of view of a child seeing and trying in his own mind to make sense of what he's seeing. It's brilliant.
I agree with you on Scarlett Johansson. This is her best performance. I thought she was fantastic as JoJo mother, she brought a real sweetness to the role while portraying a truly heroic person. Really well done.
Definitely some of her best performances. I also love her in Marriage Story, Lost in Translation and Under the Skin. She is really great drama actress.
This is one of those films that when you see it, you make it your mission to get others to see it. A wonderful little miracle of a film. Children of Men is like that for me.
This film completely surprised me in such a good way when I originally seen it. It’s personally one of my fav war films. Taika’s creativity blows me away. And Yorker was simply precious. Such an amazing film all around. Happy u reacted to this PIB. ☺️
This movie had everything. I had recorded it months ago and put off watching it because it seemed like a goofy premise. I was so wrong. I cant remember the last time I felt so emotionally drained after watching a movie. The acting is fantastic, from Jojo to Rosie to Capt K. Everyone involved should be very proud of what they made, this movie instantly landed in my top 5 of all times.
been waiting for this review forever. after seeing the movie once in the theater, after the shoe moment...I new I could never see this movie again for the first time. but sharing this reaction made that possible. this movie is a masterwork and I appreciate the chance to relive its emotion
Love thiis movie! The Actor who played Hitler was the director, Taika. Yes, he also directed Wilderpeople and the last two Thor films. I recommend his other work with Jemaine Clement, What We Do in the Shadows. :))
Beautiful movie. I love Taika Waititi. He's the reason I even watched this movie. Please watch What We Do in the Shadows. The movie, not the show. Taika!!! Great reaction and I was so excited to watch. 😃❤️
my grandparents and dad and 4 uncles were kicked out of their home in Rotterdam so the Nazis could live there. they were part of the dutch underground but were never found out. they are all gone now and never talked about it. "his mothers going to kill me" got me. loved your review.
The instant I saw you were watching this movie I dreaded what your reaction would be to the mother's execution. This movie debuted in Toronto where it won the TIFF People's Choice award for top film. I'm still disappointed that it didn't win the Oscar for best picture that year.
No one but Taika Watiti could have directed that film. It WAS funny, crazy, heartbreaking, lovely, all of those things in one film. There is no other film like it. It's impossible to describe to others, but anyone who loves this film is my kind of person.
By the way the speech Taika's Hitler gives in the kitchen when he chastises JoJo(when the music gets ominous and his voice changes) is actually from a real speech Hitler gave. Also the "patented uniform" Rockwells character wears has pink triangles all over it which is an allusion to the badge homosexuals sent to the concentration camps had to wear which he does proudly for obvious reasons. Also the way the Soviet soldiers act is actually very much tamer than real life. The Red Army did horrible things when they invaded Germany, and they were not known for taking German prisoners.
Colonel K and Finkel are also played to be lovers, K was never off the front lines for losing an eye, it was for being gay. He later incorporates a pink triangle in to his and Finkle's special uniform, a sort of out and proud last stand. He knew Jojo's mother from way back and suspected what she was doing but turned a wilful blind eye. When he arrives at Jojo's house he was trying to get there before the Gestapo arrived (He's on Jojo's mother's bike). When he thinks Merchant is asking to see the papers after the birthday test you can see on his face he thinks it's game over.
JoJo Rabbiy is excellent - but Inside Man is a hugely underrated and largely ignored movie - and it's a great heist/thriller. Definitely watch it one day
Is it bad that of all the scenes in this movie, my favorite may be where Rosie walks in and beats Captain K's ass? That dismissive "ja ja" is so perfect. Legendary character and performance.
Taika Waititi who directed the movie, and played Hitler is of Jewish heritage through his mother who if I remember correctly brought the book the movie is based on to Taika's attention. When he pitched the movie to studios the one caveat they had was that he play the imaginary friend Hitler. He had been a little hesitant to do it but decided to and refused to do any further studying of Hitler so that he could play him as ridiculously as possible. One of the things I liked about the portrayal was that they make it very obvious that JoJo has no idea who Hitler really was beyond the propaganda. Between being offered cigarettes constantly (Hitler despised smoking), and his eating of the Unicorn Meatloaf (Hitler was a vegetarian). There were a few other examples but those are the two most easily catchable ones. The whole point being that it further shows that JoJo is a victim of propaganda. This is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. I am so excited you watched it.
What a genuine reaction! Wonderful. If seen this movie several times. It's #1 on my list. Forrest Gump takes the #2 spot now. Taika Waititi is so talented and a great actor. He did "wilder people. I believe he won an oscar for best screenplay.
Three remarks: Please do not miss watching "We were Soldiers". Sure, it is another piece of patriotic sheet by and with Mel Gibson, but compared to "Apocalypto", "Braveheart" and "The Patriot" it is fairly historically correct and highlights some often forgotten aspects of the Viet Nam Wars. Secundo, the main character Jojo Rabbit is a reference to Oskar Matzerath, the main character in "The Tin Drum" (1979); and there are many others, so this movie seems to be an hommage to its 30th anniversary. Last, the distinctions on Captain K's (interpreted by Sam Rockwell) uniform tell that he was wounded at least five times, fought over 50 days in close combat and destroyed one to four tanks with infantry weapons.
Fun fact: Taika Waititi, the director, who also played Hitler, is himself actual Jewish! He didn't research anything about Hitler. He just wanted to make fun of him with his own made up material. He did a excellent job!
Well he definitely researched him to some extent, as they had scenes like him eating meat when Hitler was a vegetarian to intentionally show how little Jojo knew about the real Hitler.
Howdy from Texas! Actually they portrayed Hitler the way they did because he really wasn't supposed to be anything like the real Hitler. Rather he was the Hitler as a ten year old boy would imagine him to be. But that more innocent and idolized version of Hitler made the movie just that much more enjoyable. I used to work with troubled teen boys years ago. And one of the sayings that I came up with to try and help them overcome their own personal demons was. When you learn how to laugh at your greatest fears , is When you are finally successful at taking away their crippling powers over your life and mind. I'm certain that this also applies to the monsters of history that live under the beds of our past as well.
The movie is a tear jerker. Your reaction to many scenes is a bigger tear jerker. Your reactions exemplify how out of touch our younger folks are with real history. The Nazi youth. Being indoctrinated into a new ideology. A rock star leader. Having to carry papers. Propaganda. Book burnings. Those who resist the new ideology are punished. Free speech squashed. Reagan said it only takes one generation to lose your freedom. You commented about being a mother during a war. There are millions of mothers in Ukraine right now who would agree with you. History repeats itself when people forget the past. Or when new generations are denied the past. Look around you. See what's happening in your Country and America. A real tear jerker.
You know, I think she's already seen that one, before she started her channel, Here's a list of nearly everything Cassie has seen, even before she started her "First Time Watching" channel. Check out her Letterboxd page: letterboxd.com/pib1/films/by/name/
Jo Jo: "What did they do?" Rosie: "What they could." Rosie (as Papa Lion): "Take care of my Rosie. She's doing what she can." Those lines and the repeated shots of Rosie's shoes foreshadow her death. It took me several watches to pick up on that. This is a very well-written, beautiful movie.
@@Strider91 not really because there would definitely NOT been any propaganda of Hitler being pro-smoking or meat, as he was also openly vegetarian and I’m not a hitler expert lol but I think I remember hearing he war fairly anti-smoking or something not just that he didn’t personally
@@frokghug This propaganda is true, but the Brownshirts (SA) were nearly the only ones allowed to sell cigarettes. It's how they funded much of their cause. They threatened, killed and passed laws against all other sellers because they claimed that tobacco was a Jewish business. The average German spent one-tenth of his take home pay on cigarettes and the sales made up eight percent of Nazi Germany's state revenue. I am a historian. You don't read those facts in regular history books.
@@joelwillems4081 Oh that’s interesting! Thank you for the insight! I love learning things that aren’t often discussed. Though that would just further support that he doesn’t know who Hitler is, not necessarily his blind following of propaganda. Although if the brown shirts were selling the cigarettes, I could see how a little boy would connect that, in their head, to Hitler being a smoker.
Oh Cassie, my heart plummeted when you said 'cute shoes'. Thanks for the thoughtful and caring reaction to this movie. This movie is on my 'must watch' list of films!
it is. they kept showing her standing above jojo (the park and the pool scenes), and i actually first thought she was already dead. Even thinking that there was meaning in the continued shots didn't prepare me for what it was actually preparing me for. making sure you knew her shoes, and making sure you knew he did too.
It's like the underlying thing that is very real even now where in the film everyone in the town is "happy" but it's because they know everything is going to crap so they try to continue on and pretend everything is fine.
3 things: Yes, sadly that footage at the beginning was indeed real. Hitler developed a serious cult like following from roughly 30 some percent of the German population that honestly saw him exactly as Jojo does (like some sort of hero). Second: camps like that one Jojo went to were in fact not only real but common place. It was all part of the indoctrination process. And finally, and rather tragically. These camps were actually so effective that on D day when the allies stormed the beaches at Normandy many cleaned out trenches and bunkers only to find they had killed young kids who clung to their Hitler youth knifes like holy relics. You might remember when you watched saving private Ryan on of the characters took a knife off a dead German. . . . .it was a Hitler Youth knife. . . . . EDIT: something most people miss in this is Captain Ks uniform he made for himself. He covered it with upside down Pink triangles. The Nazis used these like the stars of David but for homosexuals. They killed Gays, just like cripples and Jews. Throughout we see K and Finkle having these moments. . . . Turns out its because they were gay men, who were proud German soliders. . . . .then Hitler came. So in the end we see them drop the facade. And embrace who they are. It was a cool touch
Here's what is really crazy, thinking you need to post any piece of information here as if it wasn't already posted on patreon long before the video ever showed up here.
@@chand911 some of its for her, most of its for the RUclips fans that don't know. I'll take any opportunity to spread knowledge. Knowledge and wealth are two things that at at their greatest value when shared 🤔😁
People talk about toxic masculinity a lot, but Sam Rockwell’s character is a perfect example of the opposite. Smiling while he’s dragged away, knowing that he saved Jojo’s life is just such an uplifting, emotional end for his character
@@TheFreshTrumpet On that, the final hoorah of him just firing at nothing, wearing his colourful frock, just his way of finally living true knowing it would be his last chance
I'm a Media Studies teacher and this is one of the films we study. There are SO many layers to this film. The repeated symbolism and framing of Rosie's shoes, often at Jojo's eye level on left of screen that foreshadows the discovery of her death, making that awful reveal easier to portray on screen without having to show who it is or what has happened to her. The line "doing what they can" is used often to signify the fight against the Nazi oppression, a line that Jojo adopts for himself as he repeats his mirror-monologue, showing his complete character arc. The way they shot Elsa's introduction like a horror film. Even Cassie thought the film was turning into a horror! The butterflies, the tiger, the theme of love, the way that Hitler is represented as how an obsessed 10 year old would fanatise about him, with childlike mannerisms, etc. Repeat viewing is a must!
And you can see his devastation and resignation when the Gestapo man says "Wait!" and he thinks he has to give him Inge's papers. He thinks they are all about to be exposed and ruined. Him, Jojo, the hidden Jew and even his boyfriend....
@@Samminish oof. like i appreciate the sentiment but honestly it's the weirdest thing for a vet to hear. i only meant for it to give context as someone who saw weird shit go down. like i'm not a kindergarten teacher who eats paste and aligns their chakras. also the funniest shit is to say "thank you for your service" to a coastie haha
@@MarkMcLT "the shoes" is a spoiler? do you understand that she has already reacted to this movie and it is a cut-down version of the patreon fuill reaction? if someone hasn't already seen this movie, then the whole video is a spoiler. what are you talking about?
@@drone6675 the coastie thing. I'm fucking dying. Even tho you're a pog. Semper Fi. Brother. We joke but when the fan gets hit. We are all together. E5 marine. Dd214 retired against my will. Lol
I saw this in the cinema and the moment I saw Jojo’s mother’s shoes hanging was the most impactful and heartbreaking moment I’ve ever experienced. I let out a quite loud cry and basically couldn’t stop sobbing !!…Kind of embarrassing for a middle aged man in a crowded cinema! 😭 The way it lulls you with the beauty of an innocent child following a butterfly straight to the horror of that child losing his mother… I’ll never forget that moment.
No shame, man, I've seen it several times and I've got the sniffles from tears now. It's so impactful, and the symbolism used is just ... oof. It's a good movie.
Incredibly impactful. The use of the butterfly also strongly references the final sequence of the 1930 anti-war masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front.
One of the most effective moments in one of the best movies I've ever seen. Same boat. My girlfriend's best friend clowned me mercilessly about it for months (in good fun. She was my buddy, too, by then, and was just messing with me. Really she thought it fine, and it was just an excuse to throw me a hard time.) It's so hard to describe because it is so skilfully and seamlessly all over the place. Dead serious and truly tragic. Inspiring, hilarious, irreverent, poignant, just plain silly. You'll get a kick out of child soldiers, become more sympathetic to and more abhorrently disgusted by the h--t in two wildy different ways. It is a freaking roller coaster of a film. I've taken, when trying to show it to others, to describing it as actually delivering on Wayne's World's joke tagline of, "You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl." Just might be my favorite movie of all time, and I ain't even near 20 anymore.
Taika’s father was of Maori ancestry, his mother is of Russian Jewish ancestry. He felt there was no greater insult to Hitler than to have him be played by a Jewish person of color.
I am so glade you did this movie. My 14 year old son and 15 year old daughter made me purchase and watch this movie last year. I was not too excited. I was into WW2 history for a time and was interested in the psychology large groups of people. Plus My son and I are huge movie nuts. Anyways I watched this movie and was absolutely amazed by the nuance and detail of writing and directing. This movie is easily my top five over all best movie choices. Just as an example: The shoes were a major detail and you even made a comment about how nice they were when the mother was dancing on that concrete wall. As soon as you said that I knew you were going to have super strong response, when you see them in the air. The casting is absolutely perfect. The casting director needs an award, who ever that my be. I think this is one of Scarlet Johansson best performances, and same with Sam Rockwell, other than his roll in the Great Mile. This movie incapsulated everything I was trying to find. It’s absolutely a work of art.
Incredibly, it was the kid's first acting role. And he knocked it out of the park. Sam Rockwell's character represents the many Germans who had no choice but to serve or be killed. We often overlook that many German soldiers were conscripted and had no choice.
Colonel K and Finkel are also played to be lovers, K was never off the front lines for losing an eye, it was for being gay. He later incorporates a pink triangle in to his and Finkle's special uniform, a sort of out and proud last stand
@@backtoearth1983 Captain K being injured is why he got sent back. Its unlikely that it was known that he was gay as I that case he wouldn't have been allowed to continue to serve and likely put into prison or camps. Him having pink triangles on his uniform is, imo part of a last act of defiance against the regime he was fighting for, in an unwinnable situation by coming out. Captain K strikes me as a soldier through and through, a patriot to his country, but left to fight for a regime that doesn't mesh with his ideals. A subtle part of that is his behaviour at the book burning, he has to go along with it, but unlike the others, isn't happy about it. He also may have been close to Jojos mother, maybe even both knowing each others mutual secrets and keeping them, including knowing Inge was dead but knowing Rosie was giving the girl shelter, so went along and aided the falsehood, to protect primarily Jojo but also Elsa, because of personal connections and loyalties but also kmowinf that he and Elsa are in the same boat, they both belong to groups fhe nazis were actively persecuting.
@@RayvenQ K's and Rosie's relationship isn't explained in the movie, but they had to have been really close. I believe K knew Inge, and he also knew she was dead. The way he positioned himself to intercept the papers Elsa presented to the Gestapo was to shield her from further questioning. He also knew about Rosie's activities in the resistance and probably even that she was hiding a Jew, as evidenced by his final speech and the fact he rushed to Rosie's house after she was hanged. Rosie wouldn't have come out with it to someone she didn't know extremely well. They must have been close confidants, and that makes me think they were either related in some way (cousins?) or childhood friends.
It was very popularized by captain America, but there is a common philosophy that the first country the Nazis invaded was Germany. I feel like the lions share of Germans knew it was wrong but feared for their own lives.
Comedy + WWII + The Holocaust is a very hard combination to film well, yet, somehow Taika nailed it for Jojo Rabbit. The only other movie I can think of that has successfully done comedy while not downplaying the atrocities and horror of the Third Reich was "Life Is Beautiful, 1997" (or La vita è bella in the original Italian title). It's most definitely worth a watch!
Yep I think that is his biggest accomplishment. Been tons of war movies and even been comedy maybe 2 of ww2 and countless dramas of the horror of ww2. But this was comedy took in direction that I personally haven't heard of before without the just killing nazi is funny to people attitude.
Stalag 17. Very funny in spots that were supposed to be funny. But also deadly serious in the stakes. But balancing comedy & drama without undercutting either was something Billy Wilder did better than just about anyone. I agree that there are strong resemblances in this movie to Life Is Beautiful.
There have been some pretty great and important movies before that combined these things brilliantly. Namely "To Be Or Not To Be" by Ernst Lubitsch (who was a Jewish emigrant from Germany living in the US) from 1942 and "The Great Dictator" by Charlie Chaplin from 1940. Imagine what it meant that both of these movies were made when WWII was still going and Hitler still alive. Both movies are highly recommended and in my eyes mandatory to watch.
When you said "cute shoes", it hurt to know what those shoes end up revealing later on. Also, the important part with Waititi's Hitler is that we're getting exactly what a 10 year old would think that Hitler would be. He's a happy, goofball friend who is Jojo's hero. The ending when Jojo becomes disillusioned and finally realizes what Hitler is, that's the moment when he's now cruel to him and is no longer his friend. Out the window he goes.
The Hitler character was not only there to be Hitler, but to be Jo Jo's inner voice. Think when Jo Jo asks him if he thinks he is ugly and Taika doesn't even hesitate with his 'yes' ... It was Jo Jo saying that to himself. So crazy good! I was hoping you would do this movie. Thank you.
He was also ment to be a representation of how Jojo saw Hitler. You will also notice that as Jojo becomes more grounded in reality, he starts to see his own Hitler differently
And toward the beginning, Hitler said Jojo looked good, then it shifted to him thinking he was ugly. That tonal shift from when Hitler was switching from an idealized character to someone who couldn't brainwash him anymore was beautifully subtle throughout. Love this movie!
My father served in Patton's 3rd Army 42-45 (687th FAB)....Thru Normandy, the battle of the hedgerows, Battle of the Bulge... One of his last duties in Europe was helping "clean up" Buchenwald concentration camp in the spring of 45....He brought back pictures he took there.... He also told the story of "Hitler Youth".....Toward the end of the war they captured a few Hitler youth and the American C.O. had been in a German POW camp and HATED Germans. So he put the youth against a chalk board with their noses in a chalk ring and would beat them with a riding crop if they stepped down.....Dad volunteered to watch the kids while the CO. could go eat, drink, etc....Dad would let the kids sit down every time the CO left....Dad just saw KIDS....Misguided kids..... Just FYI....Captain K and his "assistant" are Gay.....The scene with them in their new fancy uniforms if you look closely, you will see inverted pink triangles ... Inverted pink triangles were sewn onto Nazi camp uniforms to signify homosexuals,,,,,
A family friend also served in Patton's army. In the headquarters. He wrote a book entitled, "The Ghost in General Patton's Third Army". He also took photos of Buchenwald and they are in the book. Eisenhower ordered every allied soldier within 100 miles to visit the camps. He knew the world would not want to believe it and so he wanted as many eyewitnesses as possible. Most men afterwards were unable to tell others what they saw there.
@@joelwillems4081 My mother burned those pictures long ago because dad would sometimes just take them out and look at them.......They left a giant scar....
There was a reason that Time Magazine named him person of the year... twice. The Germans never even elected him though. He was appointed as second in command, did away with his superior and then forced a vote to become dictator. Fear and ignorance, those were his weapons, like Putin.
The German people actually regarded him as a rockstar at the time. Which explains why he could charm the women to bear 'his children' so he would have an enormous army. German mothers were awarded medals for having three or more children. So in 1933 Hitler came to power. And in 1945, the first batch of Hitler kids was ready to hit the battle streets of Berlin.
I have seen this movie 6 times and have seen multiple reactions to it...still when he said "Jojo Betlzer 10 and a half years old...just do what you can" I got emotional again. It never hit me before that this went back to when he asked his mom what the hanged collaborators had done and she responded "what they could". This movie is insanely good and really makes you feel every single emotion
@@mike-mz6yz Just as a small point for accuracy, but I think it's important that the real historic people depicted there are correctly recognised: the people hanged in the town square were 'resistance', the very opposite of 'collaborators'.
IMO this film should have won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the year. Its wonderfully shot, has a great story and performances, and its an emotional roller coaster ride. Im glad you like it Cassie. See ya on the next vid.
Became an instant top 5 for me after seeing this movie. Everything was Top Notch: Plot, Acting, Directing, Writing, Sets, Costumes, Character Development... This one is an instant classic for me. Great Reaction!
"Is this part real? Did everybody have papers?" Oh mercy, how soon people forget! "Vhere are your paperz?" was once a cliche line for Nazis in Second World War movies. It's terrific that you've seen Private Ryan, Best Years, and Schindler, but you owe it to yourself to take in Judgment at Nuremberg, The Young Lions, and Downfall.
I consider this film to be pure genius. The brilliance and care required to balance the humor, beauty, darkness, and tragedy… essentially it is perfection. I had to go back and immediately watch it a second time.
21:26 is the reveal that Captain K knew Elsa was Jewish; by telling her to get a new photo because she looked like a ghost meant he knew Inge was dead and Elsa was hiding as her, and to improve the illusion she should try to get some better/more recent photo ID
I loved this movie the first time I watched it but I think I love it even more on every subsequent viewing. As you said, it's such a fine line but done perfectly. I think it can be easy to forget that not every German during WWII was evil. This movie is a nice tribute to all those that "did what they could."
This movie literally makes you feel every emotion and it’s crazy lol. But yes! Jojo and his little friend are the cutest friends ever 🤣 “I’m gonna go home to my mother. I need a cuddle.” 🥺
I feel that an entertaining part of this movie is the introduction scenes where Jojo is running through the streets and his enthusiasm for the day and for the Fuher. The song in the foreground, "Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand" is one of two Beatles songs released in Germany at the beginning of their career, at the height of Beatlemania. Playing "Deine Hand" during the newsreel of the crowd's adoration of Hitler was supposed to parallel the insanity of Hitler's popularity with the German people with the same hysteria of "Beatlemania". The way it plays out with Jojo running through the streets is also kind of a homage to the beginning of the Beatle's first movie, "A Hard Days Night".
I was genuinely blown away to find that the recording was the actual Beatles. It was apparently a thing that bands did at one point, and it was an entire new recording, not just a new vocal track. Such a weird thing to think about, and it was one of the last times any band made it a priority, I believe.
The Beatles spent their first few years as a house band at a few clubs in Hamburg, Germany. They had what you would call a literal "residency" at the Indra club where they were given some beds in a storage room. they lived, ate, drank, took amphetamines, and played up to 5 shows a day at the club. Those two records were nostalgia for them but also fed a moderate fan base that existed from their time there. You can hear some of those Hamburg sessions that were recorded at the star club... Lots or raw music played a an amphetametic pace. ruclips.net/video/4JhKYwHyoYU/видео.html
I saw this in the theatre. When that scene…everyone here knows…happened, we all let out a collective gasp. This movie makes you laugh, cry, shout and leaves you heartbroken all in one
This movie is powerful proof that the era of Mel Brooks is far from over, and that the people who claim "you couldn't make (insert offensive comedy here) today," are entirely wrong. This movie doesn't shy away from any of its material, and still manages to still be both irreverent and mindful of its topic. Taika Waititi is the true successor to Mel Brooks.
In this film, Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo) gave one of the best child performances I have ever seen. Maybe even top 5. The whole cast is brilliant but pretty much the whole film is on his shoulders and he pulled it off beautifully. This film has one the the saddest scenes I've ever seen in a film (the butterfly/shoe reveal) and yet at the same time is, I think, one of the best and funniest comedies of the last decade. That's not easy to do but Taika Waititi did it. And ending with dancing to the German version of David Bowie's song Heroes (which was written about Berlin and recorded in Berlin) is absolute perfection.
I was excited to watch your reaction to this, because I really expected you to enjoy it. Fantastic movie in so many ways. There's even a couple of extra humorous bits for those that speak German. It is certainly worth a second and third viewing. Thanks for reminding us of why we love movies. (btw. this is my alias. I am the family friend you met in Costco a few months back.)
One of my all time favorite movies! I've watched it over and over again, at least 7 times. I tell everyone I see that they have to watch it. It was so great to see your reaction. Keep up the good work!
Hey Cassie! This is such a great and well written story! I actually told my mom and my stepfather to watch this and they watched it and my mom didn't like it. I didn't understand why I thought this movie was great. Anyways loved your reaction and I knew you were gonna get really sad when you saw that she was hung. You know what's crazy is you were talking about Hitler being crazy for his ideas and everything. I can't believe in this day and age we still have people like Hitler cough cough Putin around. Semper fi and Slava Ukraini!
A truly wonderful film, paired with a great reaction from you. This film "did what it could", and in doing so I hope many others, for generations to come, will watch, learn, do what they can in the world, and dance.
Thank you for watching this absolute gem of a movie, great reaction! If you want to watch more Sam Rockwell, please watch Moon - a brilliant Sci-Fi movie by Duncan Jones!
I'm so glad you liked this movie. I was just as amazed the first time i watched it and I will fully admit that I lost it when I saw his mom's shoes at the gallows. Sharing in your reaction to this film was like having a kindred spirit.
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One thing easy to miss in this movie is the scene when the Gestapo shows up to investigate the home. The reason they are there is because they just hanged his mother and they are looking for evidence of other people involved. Sam Rockwell's character also knows she's dead so he races to the house on the bicycle to save him which is why he was aware of enough of the situation to save Elsa and why he tells Elsa to look after her brother.
Yes I never saw it first time through. It was her bike he came to the house on. So he definitely knew before he got there.
I'd like to say he's my favourite character but everyone does such a great job that each deserve the title in my mind.
@@dneill8493 it was not her bike, her bike is a woman's bike (with a low frame), his is a man's bike (with a high frame), very different frames... also almost all else is different. This is a wrong fan theory, that has been debunked numerous times, and apparently, though i have not seen this interview myself, has also been called wrong by Waititi himself. But you just have to google search or rewatch the scenes and realize those are two fundamentally different bicycles.
but I agree, Sam Rockwell is my favourite character too
@@Bunny_AoifeI thought it was her bike the 2nd time I saw it so when I saw people discussing it on these reaction channels I assumed it was true. I'll have a look. I've never freezed the shot so Ive probably just convinced myself I'm seeing her bike in that short glimpse.
Same way I guess that I know there are only 3 Indiana Jones films, sometimes we see what we want to see. 🤣
@@Bunny_Aoife Sam Rockwell's character in this probably just beats out Guy in Galaxy Quest as my favourite role of his.
1. Who doesn't love Sam Rockwell?
2. I'll always tear up a little watching this movie.
3. Watch it again Cassie - you'll love it even more.
Sam is a great actor. Hated his character in The Green Mile, but that is because Sam is such a great actor.
@@lbh002 Just don't give him a moon pie when he is in prison, all I'm saying.
They get you so relaxed then POW. A punch in the gut when he saw his mother hanging.
@@lbh002 Real talk.... Sam kills it in EVERYTHING. Dude is probably the single most underrated actor ever. Wish he would get more leads...
Sam Rockwell has an Oscar, and has been nominated a couple times, but he's somehow still one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood. He's genuinely one of our best living actors. Dude has never turned in a subpar performance.
My favorite moment in the film was when Taika asks "What are you burning?" and JoJo says "She can't hear you." and so he yells "What Are You BURNING?" Sam was great in this, he was self sacrificing. I think his mother might have been hanged already when they came to search her house. Sams friend was "Reek" from Game Of Thrones. "NO STABBING!"
she definitely was already dead. that's why they were there and why sam's character knew to show up to JoJo's house :(
I been waiting on this one. The whole mood of the film changed. Iv studied this war for 13 years.
It actually takes things comically insane. From the point of view of a child seeing and trying in his own mind to make sense of what he's seeing. It's brilliant.
I agree with you on Scarlett Johansson. This is her best performance. I thought she was fantastic as JoJo mother, she brought a real sweetness to the role while portraying a truly heroic person. Really well done.
Definitely some of her best performances.
I also love her in Marriage Story, Lost in Translation and Under the Skin.
She is really great drama actress.
This is one of those films that when you see it, you make it your mission to get others to see it. A wonderful little miracle of a film.
Children of Men is like that for me.
This film completely surprised me in such a good way when I originally seen it. It’s personally one of my fav war films. Taika’s creativity blows me away. And Yorker was simply precious. Such an amazing film all around. Happy u reacted to this PIB. ☺️
This movie had everything. I had recorded it months ago and put off watching it because it seemed like a goofy premise. I was so wrong. I cant remember the last time I felt so emotionally drained after watching a movie. The acting is fantastic, from Jojo to Rosie to Capt K.
Everyone involved should be very proud of what they made, this movie instantly landed in my top 5 of all times.
been waiting for this review forever. after seeing the movie once in the theater, after the shoe moment...I new I could never see this movie again for the first time. but sharing this reaction made that possible. this movie is a masterwork and I appreciate the chance to relive its emotion
Love thiis movie! The Actor who played Hitler was the director, Taika. Yes, he also directed Wilderpeople and the last two Thor films. I recommend his other work with Jemaine Clement, What We Do in the Shadows. :))
Beautiful movie. I love Taika Waititi. He's the reason I even watched this movie. Please watch What We Do in the Shadows. The movie, not the show. Taika!!! Great reaction and I was so excited to watch. 😃❤️
my grandparents and dad and 4 uncles were kicked out of their home in Rotterdam so the Nazis could live there. they were part of the dutch underground but were never found out. they are all gone now and never talked about it. "his mothers going to kill me" got me. loved your review.
The instant I saw you were watching this movie I dreaded what your reaction would be to the mother's execution. This movie debuted in Toronto where it won the TIFF People's Choice award for top film. I'm still disappointed that it didn't win the Oscar for best picture that year.
All those movies are CRAZY good.... and i mean CRAZY GOOD....
Once I heard the Beatles’ German version of “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, I just *knew* this would be good!
No one but Taika Watiti could have directed that film. It WAS funny, crazy, heartbreaking, lovely, all of those things in one film. There is no other film like it. It's impossible to describe to others, but anyone who loves this film is my kind of person.
The one who stole it for me was Archie Yates (Yorki). "Our only friends are the Japanese and just between you and me, they don't look very Aryan."
This film is brilliantly done. Taika had such a fine line to walk here to make it work. And he created a masterpiece.
By the way the speech Taika's Hitler gives in the kitchen when he chastises JoJo(when the music gets ominous and his voice changes) is actually from a real speech Hitler gave. Also the "patented uniform" Rockwells character wears has pink triangles all over it which is an allusion to the badge homosexuals sent to the concentration camps had to wear which he does proudly for obvious reasons. Also the way the Soviet soldiers act is actually very much tamer than real life. The Red Army did horrible things when they invaded Germany, and they were not known for taking German prisoners.
Colonel K and Finkel are also played to be lovers, K was never off the front lines for losing an eye, it was for being gay. He later incorporates a pink triangle in to his and Finkle's special uniform, a sort of out and proud last stand.
He knew Jojo's mother from way back and suspected what she was doing but turned a wilful blind eye. When he arrives at Jojo's house he was trying to get there before the Gestapo arrived (He's on Jojo's mother's bike).
When he thinks Merchant is asking to see the papers after the birthday test you can see on his face he thinks it's game over.
One of the best reactions I have seen with you among the many awesome ones already!
JoJo Rabbiy is excellent - but Inside Man is a hugely underrated and largely ignored movie - and it's a great heist/thriller. Definitely watch it one day
Is it bad that of all the scenes in this movie, my favorite may be where Rosie walks in and beats Captain K's ass? That dismissive "ja ja" is so perfect.
Legendary character and performance.
"Here is your mom... just kidding." That made me snort, not gonna lie.
Taika Waititi who directed the movie, and played Hitler is of Jewish heritage through his mother who if I remember correctly brought the book the movie is based on to Taika's attention. When he pitched the movie to studios the one caveat they had was that he play the imaginary friend Hitler. He had been a little hesitant to do it but decided to and refused to do any further studying of Hitler so that he could play him as ridiculously as possible.
One of the things I liked about the portrayal was that they make it very obvious that JoJo has no idea who Hitler really was beyond the propaganda. Between being offered cigarettes constantly (Hitler despised smoking), and his eating of the Unicorn Meatloaf (Hitler was a vegetarian). There were a few other examples but those are the two most easily catchable ones. The whole point being that it further shows that JoJo is a victim of propaganda.
This is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. I am so excited you watched it.
Black Widow is a badass mom!
You do know that that was Taika Waititi as Hitler. And he wrote and directed The Hunt for the Wilder People.
So happy We Were Soldiers made it!
Still watching. First commercial, right after he ran off through the woods to steal the grenade. My heart already hurts for Cassie for this movie.
What a genuine reaction! Wonderful. If seen this movie several times. It's #1 on my list. Forrest Gump takes the #2 spot now. Taika Waititi is so talented and a great actor. He did "wilder people. I believe he won an oscar for best screenplay.
This is such a good movie 🤗
Yes, the footage was real. He was considered a rock star to Germans
Three remarks: Please do not miss watching "We were Soldiers". Sure, it is another piece of patriotic sheet by and with Mel Gibson, but compared to "Apocalypto", "Braveheart" and "The Patriot" it is fairly historically correct and highlights some often forgotten aspects of the Viet Nam Wars. Secundo, the main character Jojo Rabbit is a reference to Oskar Matzerath, the main character in "The Tin Drum" (1979); and there are many others, so this movie seems to be an hommage to its 30th anniversary. Last, the distinctions on Captain K's (interpreted by Sam Rockwell) uniform tell that he was wounded at least five times, fought over 50 days in close combat and destroyed one to four tanks with infantry weapons.
Fun fact: Taika Waititi, the director, who also played Hitler, is himself actual Jewish! He didn't research anything about Hitler. He just wanted to make fun of him with his own made up material. He did a excellent job!
Well he definitely researched him to some extent, as they had scenes like him eating meat when Hitler was a vegetarian to intentionally show how little Jojo knew about the real Hitler.
Yes it's from the same director, Taika Waititi. And in fact he played the imaginary Hitler as well ;-)
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Actually they portrayed Hitler the way they did because he really wasn't supposed to be anything like the real Hitler. Rather he was the Hitler as a ten year old boy would imagine him to be. But that more innocent and idolized version of Hitler made the movie just that much more enjoyable.
I used to work with troubled teen boys years ago. And one of the sayings that I came up with to try and help them overcome their own personal demons was.
When you learn how to laugh at your greatest fears , is When you are finally successful at taking away their crippling powers over your life and mind.
I'm certain that this also applies to the monsters of history that live under the beds of our past as well.
loved this 💫
Love your Jojo reaction x
Excuse me while I chew on these grapes. 😆
Thank you for watching this wonderful film.
Beautiful movie
Wow! I just watched this like yesterday and now you are too!
The movie is a tear jerker.
Your reaction to many scenes is a bigger tear jerker.
Your reactions exemplify how out of touch our younger folks are with real history.
The Nazi youth.
Being indoctrinated into a new ideology.
A rock star leader.
Having to carry papers.
Propaganda.
Book burnings.
Those who resist the new ideology are punished.
Free speech squashed.
Reagan said it only takes one generation to lose your freedom.
You commented about being a mother during a war. There are millions of mothers in Ukraine right now who would agree with you.
History repeats itself when people forget the past.
Or when new generations are denied the past.
Look around you. See what's happening in your Country and America.
A real tear jerker.
BTW, the director is the actor who played the imaginary Hitler.
I recommend to watch Life is beautiful a Italian movie from Roberto Benigni another amazing movie
You know, I think she's already seen that one, before she started her channel, Here's a list of nearly everything Cassie has seen, even before she started her "First Time Watching" channel. Check out her Letterboxd page: letterboxd.com/pib1/films/by/name/
My mother was born in Hanover in the closing months of the war. My grandparents grew up in nazi Germany.
very good movie indeed
You should watch point break 1991 Patrick swayze and Keanu reeves
Same director as Hunt For The Wilderpeople. It's the guy playing Hitler .
Jo Jo: "What did they do?"
Rosie: "What they could."
Rosie (as Papa Lion): "Take care of my Rosie. She's doing what she can."
Those lines and the repeated shots of Rosie's shoes foreshadow her death. It took me several watches to pick up on that. This is a very well-written, beautiful movie.
And then JoJos ending talk to himself in the mirror completes it perfectly. “Today, just do what you can.”
@@Topcat6103 That and him leaving with Elsa, stopping to tie her shoe, then using Rosie's line, "Is it dangerous?" "Extremely."
Scarlett got an Oscar nomination for this role. After watching it a couple more times I think a win for it was more than deserved
The Cigarettes and meat Unicorn are a symbol of how little JoJo knows about Hitler, because Hitler hated Cigs and was Vegetarian
No, its how much he believes the propaganda. So I guess alittle of both.
@@Strider91 not really because there would definitely NOT been any propaganda of Hitler being pro-smoking or meat, as he was also openly vegetarian and I’m not a hitler expert lol but I think I remember hearing he war fairly anti-smoking or something not just that he didn’t personally
@@frokghug This propaganda is true, but the Brownshirts (SA) were nearly the only ones allowed to sell cigarettes. It's how they funded much of their cause. They threatened, killed and passed laws against all other sellers because they claimed that tobacco was a Jewish business. The average German spent one-tenth of his take home pay on cigarettes and the sales made up eight percent of Nazi Germany's state revenue. I am a historian. You don't read those facts in regular history books.
oh wow, that makes perfect sense!
@@joelwillems4081 Oh that’s interesting! Thank you for the insight! I love learning things that aren’t often discussed. Though that would just further support that he doesn’t know who Hitler is, not necessarily his blind following of propaganda. Although if the brown shirts were selling the cigarettes, I could see how a little boy would connect that, in their head, to Hitler being a smoker.
Excellent movie, best line: "What did they do?" "What they could."
And Jojo's mum dressed up as his dad "she's doing what she can"
And at the end when he’s about to set Elsa free, he looks in the mirror and tells himself, “Just do what you can.”
Oh Cassie, my heart plummeted when you said 'cute shoes'. Thanks for the thoughtful and caring reaction to this movie. This movie is on my 'must watch' list of films!
Yeah those shots hit different on the rewatch. Good filmmaking.
Yeah, there was a particular attention to her shoes, for what turn out to be obvious reasons. Very clever.
Came down to post the same thing about the "cute shoes" comment.
a tear ran down my face at that moment knowing what was about to come.....
Same here. Such a tough scene
I'll never forget the shoes scene. Brilliant directing.
it is. they kept showing her standing above jojo (the park and the pool scenes), and i actually first thought she was already dead. Even thinking that there was meaning in the continued shots didn't prepare me for what it was actually preparing me for. making sure you knew her shoes, and making sure you knew he did too.
"Makes fun of it without making light of it." That's such a great way of putting it.
It's like the underlying thing that is very real even now where in the film everyone in the town is "happy" but it's because they know everything is going to crap so they try to continue on and pretend everything is fine.
3 things: Yes, sadly that footage at the beginning was indeed real. Hitler developed a serious cult like following from roughly 30 some percent of the German population that honestly saw him exactly as Jojo does (like some sort of hero). Second: camps like that one Jojo went to were in fact not only real but common place. It was all part of the indoctrination process. And finally, and rather tragically. These camps were actually so effective that on D day when the allies stormed the beaches at Normandy many cleaned out trenches and bunkers only to find they had killed young kids who clung to their Hitler youth knifes like holy relics. You might remember when you watched saving private Ryan on of the characters took a knife off a dead German. . . . .it was a Hitler Youth knife. . . . .
EDIT: something most people miss in this is Captain Ks uniform he made for himself. He covered it with upside down Pink triangles. The Nazis used these like the stars of David but for homosexuals. They killed Gays, just like cripples and Jews. Throughout we see K and Finkle having these moments. . . . Turns out its because they were gay men, who were proud German soliders. . . . .then Hitler came. So in the end we see them drop the facade. And embrace who they are. It was a cool touch
I thought most everyone knew this stuff, at least some of it. So weird.
Can anyone think of a modern leader who basically has 30% of the population loving him even though his ideas are bat shit crazy?
Here's what is really crazy, thinking you need to post any piece of information here as if it wasn't already posted on patreon long before the video ever showed up here.
@@BedwetterCDN gee let me think . . . . 😏
@@chand911 some of its for her, most of its for the RUclips fans that don't know. I'll take any opportunity to spread knowledge. Knowledge and wealth are two things that at at their greatest value when shared 🤔😁
Sam Rockwell's smile as he gets dragged away gets me every time 😢
People talk about toxic masculinity a lot, but Sam Rockwell’s character is a perfect example of the opposite. Smiling while he’s dragged away, knowing that he saved Jojo’s life is just such an uplifting, emotional end for his character
@@CommandoRicki love that they made his character gay too. just so many really thoughtful decisions in how these characters were created
@@TheFreshTrumpet On that, the final hoorah of him just firing at nothing, wearing his colourful frock, just his way of finally living true knowing it would be his last chance
I'm a Media Studies teacher and this is one of the films we study. There are SO many layers to this film. The repeated symbolism and framing of Rosie's shoes, often at Jojo's eye level on left of screen that foreshadows the discovery of her death, making that awful reveal easier to portray on screen without having to show who it is or what has happened to her. The line "doing what they can" is used often to signify the fight against the Nazi oppression, a line that Jojo adopts for himself as he repeats his mirror-monologue, showing his complete character arc. The way they shot Elsa's introduction like a horror film. Even Cassie thought the film was turning into a horror! The butterflies, the tiger, the theme of love, the way that Hitler is represented as how an obsessed 10 year old would fanatise about him, with childlike mannerisms, etc. Repeat viewing is a must!
Sam Rockwell was running to the house with the bike. He knew the mom was caught and hanged. He was running to protect jojo.
And you can see his devastation and resignation when the Gestapo man says "Wait!" and he thinks he has to give him Inge's papers. He thinks they are all about to be exposed and ruined. Him, Jojo, the hidden Jew and even his boyfriend....
i'm a 39 year old 12 year army vet sent to iraq and i cried when i saw the shoes
Thanks for your service.
@@Samminish oof. like i appreciate the sentiment but honestly it's the weirdest thing for a vet to hear. i only meant for it to give context as someone who saw weird shit go down. like i'm not a kindergarten teacher who eats paste and aligns their chakras.
also the funniest shit is to say "thank you for your service" to a coastie haha
Do you understand that that's a spoiler?
@@MarkMcLT "the shoes" is a spoiler? do you understand that she has already reacted to this movie and it is a cut-down version of the patreon fuill reaction? if someone hasn't already seen this movie, then the whole video is a spoiler. what are you talking about?
@@drone6675 the coastie thing. I'm fucking dying. Even tho you're a pog. Semper Fi. Brother. We joke but when the fan gets hit. We are all together. E5 marine. Dd214 retired against my will. Lol
I saw this in the cinema and the moment I saw Jojo’s mother’s shoes hanging was the most impactful and heartbreaking moment I’ve ever experienced. I let out a quite loud cry and basically couldn’t stop sobbing !!…Kind of embarrassing for a middle aged man in a crowded cinema! 😭
The way it lulls you with the beauty of an innocent child following a butterfly straight to the horror of that child losing his mother… I’ll never forget that moment.
same
No shame, man, I've seen it several times and I've got the sniffles from tears now. It's so impactful, and the symbolism used is just ... oof. It's a good movie.
Incredibly impactful. The use of the butterfly also strongly references the final sequence of the 1930 anti-war masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front.
One of the most effective moments in one of the best movies I've ever seen. Same boat. My girlfriend's best friend clowned me mercilessly about it for months (in good fun. She was my buddy, too, by then, and was just messing with me. Really she thought it fine, and it was just an excuse to throw me a hard time.)
It's so hard to describe because it is so skilfully and seamlessly all over the place. Dead serious and truly tragic. Inspiring, hilarious, irreverent, poignant, just plain silly. You'll get a kick out of child soldiers, become more sympathetic to and more abhorrently disgusted by the h--t in two wildy different ways. It is a freaking roller coaster of a film.
I've taken, when trying to show it to others, to describing it as actually delivering on Wayne's World's joke tagline of, "You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl."
Just might be my favorite movie of all time, and I ain't even near 20 anymore.
Such tears can only come from a good heart
So as you probably already figured out, the guy who played Hitler was also the director, and yes, he did also direct Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
And he played Korg (the rock guy) in Thor: Ragnarok, *and* he directed that too.
And wrote both. Check out What we do in the shadows as well
Taika’s father was of Maori ancestry, his mother is of Russian Jewish ancestry. He felt there was no greater insult to Hitler than to have him be played by a Jewish person of color.
And Taika was also directing while sometimes still in his full Hitler make-up.
I am so glade you did this movie. My 14 year old son and 15 year old daughter made me purchase and watch this movie last year. I was not too excited. I was into WW2 history for a time and was interested in the psychology large groups of people. Plus My son and I are huge movie nuts. Anyways I watched this movie and was absolutely amazed by the nuance and detail of writing and directing. This movie is easily my top five over all best movie choices. Just as an example: The shoes were a major detail and you even made a comment about how nice they were when the mother was dancing on that concrete wall. As soon as you said that I knew you were going to have super strong response, when you see them in the air. The casting is absolutely perfect. The casting director needs an award, who ever that my be. I think this is one of Scarlet Johansson best performances, and same with Sam Rockwell, other than his roll in the Great Mile. This movie incapsulated everything I was trying to find. It’s absolutely a work of art.
Incredibly, it was the kid's first acting role. And he knocked it out of the park.
Sam Rockwell's character represents the many Germans who had no choice but to serve or be killed. We often overlook that many German soldiers were conscripted and had no choice.
Colonel K and Finkel are also played to be lovers, K was never off the front lines for losing an eye, it was for being gay. He later incorporates a pink triangle in to his and Finkle's special uniform, a sort of out and proud last stand
@@backtoearth1983 Captain K being injured is why he got sent back. Its unlikely that it was known that he was gay as I that case he wouldn't have been allowed to continue to serve and likely put into prison or camps. Him having pink triangles on his uniform is, imo part of a last act of defiance against the regime he was fighting for, in an unwinnable situation by coming out. Captain K strikes me as a soldier through and through, a patriot to his country, but left to fight for a regime that doesn't mesh with his ideals. A subtle part of that is his behaviour at the book burning, he has to go along with it, but unlike the others, isn't happy about it. He also may have been close to Jojos mother, maybe even both knowing each others mutual secrets and keeping them, including knowing Inge was dead but knowing Rosie was giving the girl shelter, so went along and aided the falsehood, to protect primarily Jojo but also Elsa, because of personal connections and loyalties but also kmowinf that he and Elsa are in the same boat, they both belong to groups fhe nazis were actively persecuting.
@@RayvenQ K's and Rosie's relationship isn't explained in the movie, but they had to have been really close. I believe K knew Inge, and he also knew she was dead. The way he positioned himself to intercept the papers Elsa presented to the Gestapo was to shield her from further questioning. He also knew about Rosie's activities in the resistance and probably even that she was hiding a Jew, as evidenced by his final speech and the fact he rushed to Rosie's house after she was hanged. Rosie wouldn't have come out with it to someone she didn't know extremely well. They must have been close confidants, and that makes me think they were either related in some way (cousins?) or childhood friends.
Mixed on this one. There buts you'll hate and some you'll love
It was very popularized by captain America, but there is a common philosophy that the first country the Nazis invaded was Germany. I feel like the lions share of Germans knew it was wrong but feared for their own lives.
Comedy + WWII + The Holocaust is a very hard combination to film well, yet, somehow Taika nailed it for Jojo Rabbit. The only other movie I can think of that has successfully done comedy while not downplaying the atrocities and horror of the Third Reich was "Life Is Beautiful, 1997" (or La vita è bella in the original Italian title). It's most definitely worth a watch!
Yep I think that is his biggest accomplishment. Been tons of war movies and even been comedy maybe 2 of ww2 and countless dramas of the horror of ww2. But this was comedy took in direction that I personally haven't heard of before without the just killing nazi is funny to people attitude.
Stalag 17. Very funny in spots that were supposed to be funny. But also deadly serious in the stakes. But balancing comedy & drama without undercutting either was something Billy Wilder did better than just about anyone. I agree that there are strong resemblances in this movie to Life Is Beautiful.
There have been some pretty great and important movies before that combined these things brilliantly. Namely "To Be Or Not To Be" by Ernst Lubitsch (who was a Jewish emigrant from Germany living in the US) from 1942 and "The Great Dictator" by Charlie Chaplin from 1940. Imagine what it meant that both of these movies were made when WWII was still going and Hitler still alive. Both movies are highly recommended and in my eyes mandatory to watch.
Did anyone else notice the weird shuffling walk that Rosie does in one scene is reminiscent of the father saving his son in Life Is Beautiful?
When you said "cute shoes", it hurt to know what those shoes end up revealing later on.
Also, the important part with Waititi's Hitler is that we're getting exactly what a 10 year old would think that Hitler would be. He's a happy, goofball friend who is Jojo's hero. The ending when Jojo becomes disillusioned and finally realizes what Hitler is, that's the moment when he's now cruel to him and is no longer his friend. Out the window he goes.
The Hitler character was not only there to be Hitler, but to be Jo Jo's inner voice. Think when Jo Jo asks him if he thinks he is ugly and Taika doesn't even hesitate with his 'yes' ... It was Jo Jo saying that to himself. So crazy good!
I was hoping you would do this movie. Thank you.
He was also ment to be a representation of how Jojo saw Hitler. You will also notice that as Jojo becomes more grounded in reality, he starts to see his own Hitler differently
@HappyLittleAccidentsWithAvery Also, just before that, he tells Elsa that Jews like ugly things. I always thought that was him "testing the water".
I didn't even realize that was Taika! I kept thinking the whole movie..."I know that face...."
And toward the beginning, Hitler said Jojo looked good, then it shifted to him thinking he was ugly. That tonal shift from when Hitler was switching from an idealized character to someone who couldn't brainwash him anymore was beautifully subtle throughout. Love this movie!
Absolute masterpiece of a movie. So many emotions. Entire cast was incredible.
My father served in Patton's 3rd Army 42-45 (687th FAB)....Thru Normandy, the battle of the hedgerows, Battle of the Bulge... One of his last duties in Europe was helping "clean up" Buchenwald concentration camp in the spring of 45....He brought back pictures he took there....
He also told the story of "Hitler Youth".....Toward the end of the war they captured a few Hitler youth and the American C.O. had been in a German POW camp and HATED Germans. So he put the youth against a chalk board with their noses in a chalk ring and would beat them with a riding crop if they stepped down.....Dad volunteered to watch the kids while the CO. could go eat, drink, etc....Dad would let the kids sit down every time the CO left....Dad just saw KIDS....Misguided kids..... Just FYI....Captain K and his "assistant" are Gay.....The scene with them in their new fancy uniforms if you look closely, you will see inverted pink triangles ... Inverted pink triangles were sewn onto Nazi camp uniforms to signify homosexuals,,,,,
A family friend also served in Patton's army. In the headquarters. He wrote a book entitled, "The Ghost in General Patton's Third Army". He also took photos of Buchenwald and they are in the book. Eisenhower ordered every allied soldier within 100 miles to visit the camps. He knew the world would not want to believe it and so he wanted as many eyewitnesses as possible. Most men afterwards were unable to tell others what they saw there.
@@joelwillems4081 My mother burned those pictures long ago because dad would sometimes just take them out and look at them.......They left a giant scar....
Cool. Dear old dad was assigned to a heavy ordnance battalion attached to 3rd Army HQ. Lots of interesting stories from D+10 to the end.
"Is this real footage?" Yes, yes it is. You kind of nailed it. He was more or less star status when he was in control. The footage is mind blowing.
There was a reason that Time Magazine named him person of the year... twice. The Germans never even elected him though. He was appointed as second in command, did away with his superior and then forced a vote to become dictator. Fear and ignorance, those were his weapons, like Putin.
The German people actually regarded him as a rockstar at the time.
Which explains why he could charm the women to bear 'his children' so he would have an enormous army.
German mothers were awarded medals for having three or more children.
So in 1933 Hitler came to power.
And in 1945, the first batch of Hitler kids was ready to hit the battle streets of Berlin.
This is probably the best film I've seen in the last 10 years! I'm stunned that is got made and thankful that it was!
I absolutely bawl my eyes out every time I see this movie, and even along with every reaction I watch. So I'm a wreck right now, thanks for sharing 😭
I have seen this movie 6 times and have seen multiple reactions to it...still when he said "Jojo Betlzer 10 and a half years old...just do what you can" I got emotional again. It never hit me before that this went back to when he asked his mom what the hanged collaborators had done and she responded "what they could". This movie is insanely good and really makes you feel every single emotion
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His "father" also says "She's doing what she can." at 13:07.
@@mike-mz6yz Just as a small point for accuracy, but I think it's important that the real historic people depicted there are correctly recognised: the people hanged in the town square were 'resistance', the very opposite of 'collaborators'.
IMO this film should have won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the year. Its wonderfully shot, has a great story and performances, and its an emotional roller coaster ride. Im glad you like it Cassie. See ya on the next vid.
Agreed. Parasite is a good film but it's not better than Jo Jo Rabbit.
Became an instant top 5 for me after seeing this movie. Everything was Top Notch: Plot, Acting, Directing, Writing, Sets, Costumes, Character Development... This one is an instant classic for me. Great Reaction!
I just made the same comment. Top 5 for me to.
It's in my Top Ten. But I like lots of movies. It should have won Best Picture over Parasite.
@@clarkbarrett6274 I like it better than parasite but parasite was a masterpiece and rightfully deserved best picture
"Is this part real? Did everybody have papers?"
Oh mercy, how soon people forget! "Vhere are your paperz?" was once a cliche line for Nazis in Second World War movies. It's terrific that you've seen Private Ryan, Best Years, and Schindler, but you owe it to yourself to take in Judgment at Nuremberg, The Young Lions, and Downfall.
And then watch Julia!
I knew you'd love this movie! surprised there weren't more tears.... that one part gets me every time. you know the one
I consider this film to be pure genius. The brilliance and care required to balance the humor, beauty, darkness, and tragedy… essentially it is perfection. I had to go back and immediately watch it a second time.
"A movie is a machine that creates empathy." - Roger Ebert, film critic. (I think.)
21:26 is the reveal that Captain K knew Elsa was Jewish; by telling her to get a new photo because she looked like a ghost meant he knew Inge was dead and Elsa was hiding as her, and to improve the illusion she should try to get some better/more recent photo ID
when Capitan K tells him to go take care of his sister, that hit me harder than I expected the first time I saw this movie.
Probably because he knew that his last and only act to help jojo in that moment was to turn his back on jojo.
I loved this movie the first time I watched it but I think I love it even more on every subsequent viewing. As you said, it's such a fine line but done perfectly. I think it can be easy to forget that not every German during WWII was evil. This movie is a nice tribute to all those that "did what they could."
This movie literally makes you feel every emotion and it’s crazy lol. But yes! Jojo and his little friend are the cutest friends ever 🤣 “I’m gonna go home to my mother. I need a cuddle.” 🥺
I feel that an entertaining part of this movie is the introduction scenes where Jojo is running through the streets and his enthusiasm for the day and for the Fuher. The song in the foreground, "Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand" is one of two Beatles songs released in Germany at the beginning of their career, at the height of Beatlemania.
Playing "Deine Hand" during the newsreel of the crowd's adoration of Hitler was supposed to parallel the insanity of Hitler's popularity with the German people with the same hysteria of "Beatlemania". The way it plays out with Jojo running through the streets is also kind of a homage to the beginning of the Beatle's first movie, "A Hard Days Night".
I was genuinely blown away to find that the recording was the actual Beatles. It was apparently a thing that bands did at one point, and it was an entire new recording, not just a new vocal track. Such a weird thing to think about, and it was one of the last times any band made it a priority, I believe.
The Beatles spent their first few years as a house band at a few clubs in Hamburg, Germany. They had what you would call a literal "residency" at the Indra club where they were given some beds in a storage room. they lived, ate, drank, took amphetamines, and played up to 5 shows a day at the club. Those two records were nostalgia for them but also fed a moderate fan base that existed from their time there. You can hear some of those Hamburg sessions that were recorded at the star club... Lots or raw music played a an amphetametic pace. ruclips.net/video/4JhKYwHyoYU/видео.html
I saw this in the theatre. When that scene…everyone here knows…happened, we all let out a collective gasp. This movie makes you laugh, cry, shout and leaves you heartbroken all in one
This movie is powerful proof that the era of Mel Brooks is far from over, and that the people who claim "you couldn't make (insert offensive comedy here) today," are entirely wrong.
This movie doesn't shy away from any of its material, and still manages to still be both irreverent and mindful of its topic.
Taika Waititi is the true successor to Mel Brooks.
In this film, Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo) gave one of the best child performances I have ever seen. Maybe even top 5. The whole cast is brilliant but pretty much the whole film is on his shoulders and he pulled it off beautifully. This film has one the the saddest scenes I've ever seen in a film (the butterfly/shoe reveal) and yet at the same time is, I think, one of the best and funniest comedies of the last decade. That's not easy to do but Taika Waititi did it. And ending with dancing to the German version of David Bowie's song Heroes (which was written about Berlin and recorded in Berlin) is absolute perfection.
Interesting side note: His brother Gilby played all the clones.
I was excited to watch your reaction to this, because I really expected you to enjoy it. Fantastic movie in so many ways. There's even a couple of extra humorous bits for those that speak German. It is certainly worth a second and third viewing. Thanks for reminding us of why we love movies. (btw. this is my alias. I am the family friend you met in Costco a few months back.)
I agree on the rewatch ability that the movie has! YOU met her at COSTCO?! lol!
One of my all time favorite movies! I've watched it over and over again, at least 7 times. I tell everyone I see that they have to watch it. It was so great to see your reaction. Keep up the good work!
Hey Cassie! This is such a great and well written story! I actually told my mom and my stepfather to watch this and they watched it and my mom didn't like it. I didn't understand why I thought this movie was great. Anyways loved your reaction and I knew you were gonna get really sad when you saw that she was hung. You know what's crazy is you were talking about Hitler being crazy for his ideas and everything. I can't believe in this day and age we still have people like Hitler cough cough Putin around. Semper fi and Slava Ukraini!
Yes, Putin was the one celebrating Hunka in Canadian parliament with an ACTUAL Not see
@@cheebees huh?
pootler celebrates a ruzzofascist Ivan Ilyin, he's even relocate his ashes to Moscow from abroad@@cheebees
Personally, my favorite Taika Waititi film is still "What We Do in the Shadows". The film, not the tv show.
“We’re werewolves, not swear-wolves.” 🤣🤣
@@Serenity113 😂
A truly wonderful film, paired with a great reaction from you.
This film "did what it could", and in doing so I hope many others, for generations to come, will watch, learn, do what they can in the world, and dance.
"What did they do?" "What they could". An underrated movie line of all time.
Generally enjoy your reactions, but how little you knew about Nazi Germany and the Holocaust kept throwing me off
The director Taika played Hitler. Incredibly complex film to pull off, genius actually.
You should watch, "Europa: The Last Battle" or "The Greatest Story Never Told" next. It will be a nice palate cleanser I promise.
Thank you for watching this absolute gem of a movie, great reaction!
If you want to watch more Sam Rockwell, please watch Moon - a brilliant Sci-Fi movie by Duncan Jones!
This Film is a masterpiece! Possibly a lot of people don’t see that yet but I think it will become a timeless classic.
I love how Hitler changes as Jojo's intelligence increases. Until at the end he is pathetic. He even has a bullet hole on his temple...
I'm so glad you liked this movie. I was just as amazed the first time i watched it and I will fully admit that I lost it when I saw his mom's shoes at the gallows. Sharing in your reaction to this film was like having a kindred spirit.
I just love that sams character comes to protect jojo after his moms killed