I am amazed at Jojo, the young actor was perfect! What other movies have amazing performances by kids/young teenagers? If you want to support me here's how: Patreon (full length & polls): www.patreon.com/ Subscribe to the channel: kzbin.info Follow me on Twitter for stuff and selfies: twitter.com/verowak Become a channel member: kzbin.infojoin
@TheDemonicPenguin25 күн бұрын
E.T. has maybe the best kid performance ever. It's in the conversation. That and The Sixth Sense.
@BizzyX7825 күн бұрын
----- - Great reaction... In connection to this movie, I would highly recommend the movie 'The Book Thief' from 2013. One of my favorite movies... -----
@davidmichaelson109225 күн бұрын
Among the best performances by children is the classic "To Kill a Mockingbird." A superb movie all around, as is the book (though the sequel book is awful).
@Bunny_Aoife24 күн бұрын
Little Miss Sunshine is an amazing movie with Abigail Breslin, and shares the mum with The Sixth Sense in Toni Collette. Amazing cast in general Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Steve Carell...
@MrKINSM24 күн бұрын
@@davidmichaelson1092 goonies
@sbpugs24 күн бұрын
In my opinion, Taika Watiti played Hitler just right. He wasn't trying to act AS Hitler, but as a 10 year old boy perceived Hitler. Which, at the beginning, is as an equally immature little kid who is JoJo's goofy best friend. JoJo didn't SEE any malevolence in Hitler, so his imaginary Hitler had none. AT FIRST. But with each succeeding appearance, as JoJo gains more understanding of the brainwashing he's been subject to, Watiti's potrayal becomes increasingly sinister and controlling. Culminating in his final "while living" appearance where he yells at JoJo and tells him " And it is up to you to decide if you want to be remembered, or disappear without a trace, like a pitiful grain of sand into a desert of insignificance. " And while doing so, Waititi for the first time incorporates Hitler's REAL mannerisms, particularly his arm movements, which is well documented in newsreel footage. It's because AT LAST, Jojo sees Hitler for who he really is.
@TukaihaHithlec19 күн бұрын
On that note, there’s several inconsistencies between imaginary Hitler and real Hitler, illustrating how Jojo doesn’t have a real clue. Cigarettes, meat, etc.
@vovindequasahi4 күн бұрын
Exactly!
@yuuhisaka872425 күн бұрын
This is especially funny that "Hitler" constantly offered Jojo a cigarette and ate the unicorn. Because real Hitler was a vegetarian and never smoked. It shows how bad Jojo knows his "best friend" even if he is a big fan of him.
@crankfastle813823 күн бұрын
He never smoked, didn't eat meat, but consumed massive amounts of hard drugs.
@Vendetta_s23 күн бұрын
@@crankfastle8138and had real bad PTSD from ww1
@vovindequasahi4 күн бұрын
@@crankfastle8138 Hard drugs? Can you elaborate?
@LeviBulger25 күн бұрын
Its not a translated version of the Beatles. It IS the Beatles. If you didn't know,the Beatles actually got their start as gigging musicians in Germany. They all spoke quite a bit of german and released this single for their german/Austrian fanbase.
@warheadsnation20 күн бұрын
Same for the Bowie song later. He lived in Berlin for a while.
@gregoryeatroff860816 күн бұрын
Not quite their start -- they'd done a brief Scottish tour before that -- but they were basically bottom tier in the Liverpool rock scene before they went to Hamburg and came back as the best band in the city, or arguably the whole country.
@Parallax-3D4 күн бұрын
And part of the reason for using The Beatles song, along with the real footage of people reacting to Hitler like they did The Beatles, is to show how cultish Hitler’s following was at the time.
@SvenGold25 күн бұрын
For me, one of the best Movies in the last 10 years. To handle such a dark topic and manage to show the absurdity in a funny way by showing it from a kids point of view is genius.
@brettschacht418325 күн бұрын
💯👍
@VerowakReacts25 күн бұрын
It's definitely not an easy task, and the film was done so well. Jojo was perfecty acted
@agffans572524 күн бұрын
Taika Waititi is part Jewish himself and it was his mother, Robin Cohen who first told him that he should think about adapting Christine Leunens’ novel “Caging Skies” for the big screen, which then eventually turned out to be “Jojo Rabbit.” Scarlett Johansson has a Danish father and an American mother of Polish-Jewish ancestry and has dual Danish-American citizenships. The Polish-Jewish side of her family really suffered horribly during the war, while the Danish Jews never wore the yellow star identification mark and non of them went to the extermination camps, unlike in the rest of occupied Europe.
@keenanvil25 күн бұрын
I loved Taika’s performance. The showing of the ridiculousness of Hitler (and really all the Nazis in the movie) through a kid’s understanding and imagination was brilliant.
@goodshipkaraboudjan23 күн бұрын
After reading Downfall it's ironic how much Hitler hated smoking but Taika kinda rolled with the hypocrisy.
@humourlessjester358423 күн бұрын
The image with her shoes still sheds a tear in my eyes.
@cixelsyd4025 күн бұрын
The head Gestapo guy was played by Stephen Merchant who is 6 ft 7 so yes he is extremely tall.
@LeviBulger24 күн бұрын
How can anyone not like Waititi in this film? I think he was brilliant as a comic relief and representation of JoJo's internal struggle. This movie would definitely not have worked strictly as a drama IMO. It would be a completely different movie amd that type of plot has been done several times already. I know that TW had a lot of lines that had historical context so if you aren't familiar with those things, the jokes would probably not land as well. In fact, i notice a lot of reactors miss a lot of the jokes in this film that require the historical knowledge of WW2 events. Glad you watched it either way. I bet you would like it better after a rewatch. It is one if those movies that have so many smalll details showing a well researched production, even for a comedy.
@VerowakReacts24 күн бұрын
I'm not a fan of his comedic acting. All the other comedic parts were great!
@Ewelllad25 күн бұрын
The great film maker Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles) once said that one of the best ways to defeat Nazis was to mock and humiliate them with humor. This film does a great job of that without shying away from the horrors of the Holocaust. A great dark comedy can make laugh and gasp at the same time. Sam Rockwell is great in everything he does. He won his Oscar for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri". I highly recommend that film. I think this was Scarlet Johansen's best performance yet. As always, fun watching with you. :)
@Niinsa6225 күн бұрын
Yes, Three Billboards. Sam Rockwell is super in that movie, as he is in this.
@frufruJ23 күн бұрын
I, as a Czech, completely agree with Mel Brooks's statement. Any totalitarian regime is afraid of one thing - being ridiculed. The Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, allegedly called us the "laughing beasts" - he couldn't understand how we could be making fun of him and the Nazis even after he'd had so many of us murdered. We sure were laughing last - Heydrich ended up being the one and only high-ranking SS officer who was assassinated during the war, by the heroes Gabčík from Slovakia and Kubiš from Czechia. There's a Czech saying which translates roughly as: "There must be laughs, even if your father was being hanged."
@ariochiv25 күн бұрын
The actor playing Jojo just killed it. It's fun to watch some of the behind the scenes videos to see him speak and hear the other actors just raving about him. He seems like a great little person.
@5353Jumper23 күн бұрын
We need more movies with Roman Davies and Archie Yates. They sould both have an amazing future.
@Niinsa6225 күн бұрын
The Beatles actually recorded some of their earliest songs in German, for the German market. Apparently that was common to do back then. So that song is really sung by the Beatles, in German. And it gets a sinister tone, because the German lyrics for I wanna hold your hand, goes a little bit different. It goes "Give me your hand". And when we hear the song, during the opening credits, we see lots of Germans giving him their hand, in the German salute. Also, lots of German women really loved him, and got into a frenzy, very Beatlemania frenzy style, when they saw their beloved leader. That choice of song gets so weird, and appropriate.
@vovindequasahi4 күн бұрын
The Beatles spent most of their early days playing at the clubs in Hamburg so yes they did that!
@edmo92225 күн бұрын
My personal best picture of 2019. Taika is a genius. I'll never forget the gasp in the theater when the shoes came into the shot.
@VerowakReacts25 күн бұрын
That scene is so unexpected but we'll shown
@nicholasbyrne648524 күн бұрын
@@VerowakReactsexactly. You see Taika Waititi, a Jewish Maori, playing Hitler, the jokes, fun little bits. Then, BAM, the shoes, and your heart is ripped out.
@vampdan22 күн бұрын
@nicholasbyrne6485 I was uncomfortable when the butterfly flutters into frame. I knew what time of year it was supposed to be: there are no butterflies alive in winter. They show some snow on the set, but a lot of people miss it. So I was expecting the shoe to drop. Still hits, though.
@warheadsnation20 күн бұрын
@@vampdan Don't forget the butterfly in the end of All Quiet On The Western Front. You see the butterfly, you see the hand reaching out, you hear the bullet, but you never see his face.
@Dark__Thoughts17 күн бұрын
I would've not wanted to watch that in the theaters because after the initial gasping shock I properly sobbed. lol
@j9lorna24 күн бұрын
Captain K for me was the real hero. Navigating being gay in such an oppressive time and then deciding to display his magnificence and going out loud and proud on his own terms. All the while, covering for jojo's family.
@warheadsnation20 күн бұрын
The thing is, despite homophobic stereotypes, his character is a proper professional soldier. Defeat has revealed that he's fighting for madmen, but he can't surrender. The contradiction is tearing him up.
@j9lorna19 күн бұрын
@warheadsnation oh yes, very much a professional soldier. I mean, you don't get to be captain level without doing what is expected of you, even missing an eye!
@Xenotric25 күн бұрын
Captain K is an interesting character and that moment the shoes come into view after them making sure to highlight them in every other scene she's in always shocks people :3
@dan_hitchman00724 күн бұрын
Captain K was more than likely a family friend of Jojo's mom and dad and therefore already knew Inga was dead. That's why he said Elsa looked like a ghost in the documents photo. He probably had an idea that Rosie was part of the Resistance and a reason he rushed over to her home to help when he found out the Gestapo was raiding it. He could also put two and two together that Elsa was Jewish and being harbored by Rosie. Sometimes the unsung heroes in tragic situations are hidden in plain sight.
@crankfastle813823 күн бұрын
Nah, if that was the case, JoJo would have known that he knew that.
@Vendetta_s23 күн бұрын
@@crankfastle8138that’s because only the mother and sister knew Captain K and his lover Freddy. Jojo is too young to know or understand. Both his mom and sister was in the resistance, Captain k knew that and he bought back Rosie bike too.
@chrisby3023 күн бұрын
I agree, that's why he did the ID check so he could (and did) cover any mistakes and why he looked worried when he thought the gestapo wanted to see it
@chrism739522 күн бұрын
Jojo's mother was already dead when the Gestapo turned up at the house; they turned up at the house after catching her leafleting and summarily executing her. Captain K witnessed it and grabbed the mum's bike to get to the home, knowing that the girl was hiding in the home which was about to be raided.
@Vendetta_s22 күн бұрын
@@chrism7395 I feel like he ran there with his boyfriend to warn Jojo perhaps? But it was too late .
@battlecat9453125 күн бұрын
Seeing Rosie's shoes as she was hanging was such a gut punch!!! Wow......
@notabritperse21 күн бұрын
On rewatches, you see her shoes everywhere.
@brianwilson920616 күн бұрын
All the kids were spot on. The soldiers in tan were Soviet. Scarlet Johansson should have won the supporting actress award. This movie did earn one academy award. I read one Jewish newspapers critique on this movie, and they gave it a glowing review.
@gregoryeatroff860816 күн бұрын
Elevator pitch for Jojo Rabbit: "Imagine Calvin and Hobbes where Hobbes is Adolph HitIer and Suzie Derkins is Anne Frank."
@sbpugs24 күн бұрын
The song in German that is played at the very end, where they dance - David Bowie's German version of "Heroes." "We can beat them, for ever and ever Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day."
@artboymoy25 күн бұрын
This is a great movie. Full of great emotional beats and the messaging was nice. You can see Thomasin McKenzie in Edgar Wright's "Last Night in Soho" I liked Taika's Hitler because its just what a little boy would imagine him to be. So good.
@LaaszloKiss22 күн бұрын
If you'd like to see the real acting talent of Thomasin McKenzie (who played Elsa in this movie) I'd highly recommend Leave No Trace where she is just brilliant.
@panzerwolf49417 күн бұрын
Random side note. German grenades were more concussion than shrapnel. Yes, the tin around the explosive could form shrapnel, but it was more or less insignificant because it was so thin. The explosion did the damage, hence why Jojo didn't get hurt too bad.
@Parallax-3D3 күн бұрын
Probably a training grenade also. This late in the war, with shortages, they wouldn’t have been letting Hitler Youth use real grenades just for fun.
@chrissmith758420 күн бұрын
One of the best things about this film is the “Just do what you can” stuff Just a beautiful message to live by every day
@MarcoMM125 күн бұрын
Great reaction like always! Love this movie, the film is based on Leunens' 2004 novel Caging Skies, it's fair to say that Waititi took creative liberties when developing Jojo Rabbit. For instance, an imaginary Hitler does not make an appearance in the book. Waititi who ultimately went on to play Hitler, came up with the idea himself. Waititi said that he had no interest in accurately portraying Hitler, saying "Screw This Guy" One of my favourite scenes is when the Gestapo officers (led by Stephen Merchant) searching Jojo's home. However, the scene is also hilarious with the Gestapo doing little more than greeting one another with the "Heil Hitler" salute which is made 31 times in the scene. And in a interview Waititi told that he thought this would not only be a funny moment but also work to highlight how childish and silly the Nazi Party was. Seeing these grown men who claim to be members of a master race do their dumb greeting over and over just makes them look like a bunch of idiots. Along with being a movie about this period in time, Waititi also had a more intimate and personal influence on the film. He explained that the film is a love letter to single parents, like his own mother, who do all they can to protect their children. Keep up the good work.
@Turalcar24 күн бұрын
I always saw this scene as funny and then suddenly not funny when Elsa has to do that as well.
@omegashinra767223 күн бұрын
A movie equal parts heartwarming, heartbreaking, hilarious and sombre. Absolutely magnificent film.
@treybrannon496423 күн бұрын
8:04 when you think you're just saying good morning to a friend, and casually take her knee in the groin. We've all been there....
@ericaperez628721 күн бұрын
I like Taika’s performance here, because he is not portraying Hitler, he is portraying a 10 year old boy's imaginary best friend and idol. He is the personification of Jojo's indoctrination. The kid does not understand much about the world or what Hitler was really like. All he knows is the propaganda he was taught in school. He was too young to have seen the Jewish people forced out of their homes and on to trains, he was to young to see the transition of the Nazi's rise to power. This is the only life he knew and thought it was normal. Taika's change in character towards the end of the movie where he's less goofy and more of a jerk is Jojo's internal struggle with what he is experiencing vs what he was taught. But still Jojo is incapable of imagining how terrible hitler really is, so he becomes a jerk that spits in soup and kicks chairs like an angry child. I love this is represented in the color grading as well. The movie has a Wes Anderson feel because of the light and friendly colors, representing Jojo's innocence and naiveté.
@Parallax-3D3 күн бұрын
The colors get more drab and muted as time goes on as well.
@NPA10013 күн бұрын
The Tall SS guy is Stephen Merchant the co creator of The Office.... he also played Calibran the Albino Mutant in Logan
@3DJapan25 күн бұрын
Sam Rockwell was great in Moon.
@crankfastle813823 күн бұрын
An incredible 1 man show. A definite must see film.
@michaelrunnels766022 күн бұрын
I just watched your reaction to "The Princess Bride" and enjoyed your reaction immensley. A similar movie that was made 3 years before The Princess Bride was "The Never Ending Story". Like The Princess Bride, it's about a boy reading a fairy tale book and getting so caught up in it that it changes his life, much to the chagrin of his recently widowed father, who tries to keep him grounded in the real world. I think it is every bit as good as The Princess Bride because it has the same vibes and I recommend you watch and react to it. I guarantee you will LOVE it!
@VerowakReacts22 күн бұрын
That's a movie that I've heard about, and always thought it was Peter Pan (which I've also never seen). But with Peter Pan it's Neverland 😅
@michaelrunnels766020 күн бұрын
I just watched your reaction to "The Princess Bride" and thought you might like to know about another movie made in 1985 that has very similar vibes. The Never Ending Story is about a boy that reads a book that is "Not Safe" and it changes his whole outlook on life. His recently widowed father tries to keep him on the right track of reality after his mother died, but the bullies at school are very real and the calling of the book is very strong. The vibes of The Princess Bride and The Never Ending Story are very similar and I'm sure you would enjoy it immensley. It will leave you very uplifted.
@alternateuniverse42222 күн бұрын
This is such a brilliant movie. I think Taika was fantastic as the psycho because you're seeing him through the eyes of an extremely indoctrinated kid, but you also see it change as that indoctrination breaks down. He's less and less of a friend throughout the movie and then as he's gorging on unicorn while Jo Jo goes hungry, you see Jo Jo look at him with real contempt. Cried my eyes out for Rosie and Capt K.
@Niinsa6225 күн бұрын
Your comment at the end about how important it is to spread love, not negativity. It is, not least because how it affects yourself. You will be a happier person if you don't act so negatively. So, win win, both for yourself, and everyone around you.
@VerowakReacts25 күн бұрын
Yes! Life is so much better if you are more positive
@TheDaringPastry131322 күн бұрын
Jojo's mom said she never looked a tiger in the eye? That's not true for me, she looked the Nazi regime (tiger) in the eye trying to help people. Sam Rockwell movie list and The Way Way Back wasn't on the poll? For shame, lol. Such a star-studded cast and that's one of my favorite roles he has ever been in. It's a coming-of-age Comedy/Drama movie and needs so much more love. It probably still wouldn't win a poll, but man it's good.
@randywebb210024 күн бұрын
JoJo's struggle to balance loyalty and to do what he believes is right was really captivating. Verowak you are an absolute gem 💎 and have captivated me with another great reaction my queen
@IanJenn35609424 күн бұрын
In real life, Hitler was a vegetarian and very anti smoking. This goes to show just how much JoJo doesn't know about Hitler. Amazing detail!
@crankfastle813823 күн бұрын
But a huge fan of hard drugs.
@sodiumcrush24 күн бұрын
One of my favorite films. Absolutely love it. The cinematography yes. Every actor is at the top of their game in this. The kids are so amazing... The script is perfect. Still quote it to this day. (Especially the kids lol) The editing/pacing/choices/layers... Chef's kiss. So much heart. So much soul. So much truth. And every little detail, hilarious, dark, bittersweet. Even the use of Bowie's 'Heroes' at the triumphant end when they dance. It's a song that takes place by the Berlin Wall. The world can be an awful awful place... But we do what we can. :)
@NarnianRailway24 күн бұрын
Wonderful movie reaction and commentary. Your empathy for Rosie throughout the film shines.
@johnniekight187925 күн бұрын
The Beatles also did "She Loves You" in German. They were famous in Germany before England.
@VerowakReacts25 күн бұрын
I never knew, that's so neat!
@MarcosElMalo225 күн бұрын
Didn’t they fire Pete Best after Germany and hire Ringo Starr? Poor Pete, but it’s hard to imagine them without Ringo.
@crankfastle813823 күн бұрын
@@MarcosElMalo2Pete sold an album of his own music. The album title was "Best of the Beatles". Legend. Also, Ringo is a great drummer and aired as an inspiration to many great drummers that followed. He was great for them.
@dusterowner99789 күн бұрын
tall guy was a tooth fairy in the movie Tooth Fairy ! The Death scene was a tear jerker for me too
@vovindequasahi4 күн бұрын
NO STABBING! Such a great movie. JoJo is absolutely adorable. Some stuff in this movie is wrong through. The scene where Hitler stands up for the rabbit is actually something he'd likely do, because Hitler LOVED animals. He was a vegetarian as well. He didn't smoke and only occasionally drank alcohol. I absolutely adore when Captain K comes to their rescue as the gestapo come into the apartment!! I tear up everytime knowing how he is always there protecting JoJo, even if JoJo is too young to understand!
@Parallax-3D3 күн бұрын
The fact that JoJo doesn’t know that Hitler doesn’t smoke and is vegetarian just shows how little he knows about his “idol.”
@OldMan_PJ24 күн бұрын
Saw it in theaters and loved it. Originally I wasn't going to see it since the title doesn't really sell the film but after reading the synopsis figured it was worth a go. Another interesting movie in a similar vain is Death of Stalin, although it doesn't involve kids.
@drbongorama11 күн бұрын
It's a hell of a movie, it's so well co strutted and took a while to get made. "Boy" is a serious movie, but it does have humour, but in that it's not the same as here, it's far more naturalistic, in that it comes from day to day observation.
@ardvark869925 күн бұрын
One of my highschool buddys, his father was in the Hitler youth. Said they had him hauling ammo to AA guns when he was 11.
@davidmichaelson109225 күн бұрын
I love your "Fahrenheit 451" reference. Not such a well known book anymore.
@MarcosElMalo225 күн бұрын
This was an enjoyable and touching reaction. Moon is pretty good. Trivia: it’s directed by David Bowie’s son. Back when I was on Twitter, I had some interactions with him, talking about film. He was a nice guy, unpretentious and approachable.
@Heisenberg-Blue23 күн бұрын
In Germany, they say "Gesundheit"when someone sneezes. You wish health, so to speak.
@crankfastle813823 күн бұрын
It's pretty universal, I believe. Same in Hebrew.
@CaesarSneezy23 күн бұрын
A quarter through a movie about WW2 in Germany: "There's some definite dark aspects to this that I was not expecting."
@VerowakReacts23 күн бұрын
Because it's a Taika Waititi film, not because it's a movie about WW2 in Germany 🙂
@michaelvincent428023 күн бұрын
Discovering this film is a treasure. Johanson is the best mom. The details hidden well behind the laughter are sadly true. You see so much of it creeping in todays society.
@TheeGoatPig25 күн бұрын
This movie is so brilliant, and there are so many things I want to say about it, but I don't want to cry any more than I already have. I don't even know how many tissues I just went through watching you watching this. And I have to go to the store, so...
@gravedigger841424 күн бұрын
This movie is just so beautiful! Spot on. Love it so much. Greetings from Germany. 😇
@okabayashijoe25 күн бұрын
Glad to watch your reaction to this one. I enjoy your rating estimates at the end.
@happygolucky118425 күн бұрын
Yes, you definitely need to see Moon -- tour de force by SRockwell.
@aafkpu4 сағат бұрын
I had finally sat down and watched this when i got covid back in 20, i had to pause themovie and take a brake during that one scene
@Br0nto5aurus20 күн бұрын
The really tall guy is Stephen Merchant, a very famous video game voice actor. He was the voice of Wheatley in Portal 2.
@Parallax-3D3 күн бұрын
He co-created “The Office” with Rickey Gervais.
@goodshipkaraboudjan23 күн бұрын
This and The Death Of Stalin are the best movies of the last decade, dark but funny and doesn't down play historical event. Still get a lot of good laughs.
@kevinbrown730621 күн бұрын
The detail of Captain K's last scene is absolutely perfect. If you watch him, he's desperately trying to think of a way to protect Jojo, making sure Jojo is looking away from the back of the courtyard so he isn't scared and watching the guards for a chance to escape but not seeing one. But then he mentions how creative Jojo's book was and notes that "you look good". That's the moment he realizes he can protect Jojo just the way Jojo helped protect Inga when the Gestapo came. He leaned into appearances and the authorities (russian soldiers this time) saw exactly what they expected. His smile as they drag him off is even more haunting knowing Freddie is now missing from the scene, so he probably had just seen his lover die and knew what was coming.
@leftundersun7 күн бұрын
15:24 BEST SCENE EVER OMG I LOVE IT SO MUCH
@stephenmitchell61725 күн бұрын
The really tall guy is Stephen Merchant of the original Office fame. He's the best.
@stephenmitchell61724 күн бұрын
He was also the voice of Wheatley in portal 2.
@cjmacq-vg8um24 күн бұрын
whatever you do don't put too much faith in "rotten tomatoes." too many people have horrible taste in the "arts." just look at the crap that passes as good music nowadays. also, older and b&w films are often downgraded. in this case they got it right. this view of nazism and the hitler cult seen through the eyes of a child was incredibly successful. especially in mixing fantasy and humor with the real horror that resulted from that madness. 2 other EXCELLENT films that succeed in this is "life is beautiful" (italian, 1997) and "i served the king of england" (czech, 2006). i highly recommend both films. thanks for the video.
@TheNeonRabbit22 күн бұрын
24:54 Stephen Merchant, the actor who played the head Gestapo officer is 6' 7".
@samjohns660224 күн бұрын
This was probably my favorite movie since Scott Pilgrim vs the World. You should watch Watiti's Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
@nerikyanrando14 күн бұрын
have you seen Boy by Taika Waititi? it still has comedy, but out of his films that one might have the most 'serious' tone of them? I think his character in that one is realistic and not exaggerated (compared to vampires or imaginary hitler etc)
@VerowakReacts14 күн бұрын
I haven't seen Boy, no. If I ever watch another one of his films, it might have to be that one
@auntvesuvi387225 күн бұрын
Thanks, Verowak! 🐰 I adore Taika Waititi's writing/directing/acting. 🔸 Another comedy mixed with tragedy you might want to get around to is LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1997). It also has some romance but the serious stuff cuts to the core, so prepare to be jarred. As with the above film, it is co-written and directed by *and* starring the same person. In this case, Roberto Benigni. He won an Academy Award for Best Acting in it. In the same ceremony, the movie got nominations for Best Editing, Best Score, Best Screenplay, Best Directing, Best International Feature, Best Director and Best Picture.
@MadcapMatt25 күн бұрын
I want to see the actors who play JoJo and Yorki play younger versions of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
@magicbrownie135724 күн бұрын
I love Sam Rockwell in everything I've seen him in, especially Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, for which he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
@VerowakReacts24 күн бұрын
I'm definitely going to have to check that one out
@3DJapan25 күн бұрын
The Beatles actuality sung in German. They learned the lyrics phonetically because they were told their music wouldn't sell in Germany if it was in English.
@nathanwinkelman124824 күн бұрын
Two people from New Zealand in this film. I'm from there, too.
@VerowakReacts24 күн бұрын
New Zealand seems like such a lovely place!
@ashenfang25 күн бұрын
Love the movie, it invokes so much. I saw Moon was #2 on the poll, hopefully you get to it, great film as well. Also, the tall SS officer you recognize is Stephen Merchant, also great in his own right
@balansboy20 күн бұрын
Incredible movie. I didn't watch it for the longest time because I couldn't imagine laughing at Hitler. But when I did watch, I was amazed. The satire is on point and then the emotional turn when Jojo's mother is killed.
@normasmith-up7ku23 күн бұрын
Sam Rockwell is so good in Mr. Right. Underrated but good 👍 worth a vote
@agffans572524 күн бұрын
Imaginary Hitler is eating a Unicorn head and also constantly trying to make Jojo smoke cigarettes'. In reality he was an anti-smoking vegetarian, which I'm sure Taika Waititi knew when he was making the imaginary figure that is just the figure of imagination of a 10-yo boy.
@dupersuper193825 күн бұрын
"That guy" is Stephen Merchant, and yes: he's very tall.
@chriskelly348119 күн бұрын
"I love you too." "...As a younger brothe..." "...As a younger brother." 😂🤷♂️ Hey tiger. You miss 100% of the chances that you don't take. 😜
@BenHatira21 күн бұрын
Honestly Sam is my favourite human being... i mean his opinion about "being a father" is just the same like i think about it ! Love and no hate everyone !
@kimkruse737021 күн бұрын
Yorki Is the Best .
@magicbrownie135724 күн бұрын
One of the bravest and funniest films I've ever seen.
@3DJapan25 күн бұрын
Yes, Stephen Merchant is tall, he's 6'7".
@dcemerald7024 күн бұрын
What I think is amazing about this film is how it explores the dogmatism of the Germans that chose become nazis out of blind loyalty. And JoJo, being a young kid was easily influenced, goes through the journey of realizing the flaw in that dogmatism and how his mother was raising him not only to do what was right, but to learn to do it for when she’s no longer with him. I also love how you watch the connection between him and Elsa and how they grow from being two estranged children with different cultural backgrounds to not only friends but to a brother-sister relationship. It’s also heavily implied that Captain K is gay and his second in command Freddy is his partner; under the Nazi regime, homosexual men were forced to wear a pink triangle badge in concentration camps as a form of identification. This was a part of the persecution and discrimination against LGBTQ individuals during the Holocaust. 🐇
@TrevorJamesMcNeil23 күн бұрын
Actually, they couldn't do the "Heil Hitler" just once. According to German law at the time "Heil Hitler" officially replaced "hello" and people went to prison for not using it.
@Parallax-3D3 күн бұрын
But they DID do it just once when the Gestapo left. The entire point of the scene was to show how silly it was, and then to make it uncomfortable when Elsa is forced to do it too.
@mikebrown779925 күн бұрын
Hello Miss Verowak, great to see you!😊 It seems like a long time since your last reaction, but has only been a week. I'm sure that is due to your lovely personality and reacting style.😉 Taika Waitaki does a good job balancing comedy and serious war drama here. I saw "Moon" (2009) came is second place for your Sam Rockwell poll. That is another excellent film with a quite small main cast. Great reactions to this very well made film, Vero!!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Taika Waitaki purposely did not study any of Hitler on film, as to not legitimize the performance.
@VerowakReacts25 күн бұрын
Hey Mike!! Hopefully I can increase the amount of reactions soon!! Moon is most likely my next Sam Rockwell movie:D
@kupoflupo334624 күн бұрын
Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri is an amazing movies and a reccomended watch, even if it did not win the poll (most of the movies on that list are awesome tho)
@TukaihaHithlec19 күн бұрын
It’s no coincidence that Chernobyl and Jojo Rabbit, criticisms of cruel administrations that were falsely idolized despite their lies and dangers, were both made during that presidency.
@cunningstunt6914 күн бұрын
Hitler’s administration and the USSR can in no way be compared to Trump considering he’s not a communist or a fascist dictator. I’m not a fan of the right or the left because they’re both full of it completely but if you’re saying Trump had a “Cruel Administration” then the current administration would have to be one and the Obama administration and Bush administration. Of course none of them are cruel but ppl will continually act like we live in one even though places like North Korea exist. The real truth is that ppl who live in the west especially the US are extremely lucky and have rights that we take for granted that a lot of other countries could only dream of.
@firedoc523 күн бұрын
With having a deep appreciation for history, I had some serious reservations at first because some things you just can't make humorous. But this was brilliant at portraying how the Nazi regime and its indoctrination through propaganda was done, but also showing how absurd and unbelievably ridiculous some of it may seem now. The casting was perfect, especially with Scarlet and Sam. Thomasin McKenzie was nothing short of amazing as a Jewish girl, and the young Roman (?) as a member of the Hitler Youth, both had great chemistry together. This is one of the movies I would like to be seen in age-appropriate history classes like "Shindler's List". History must be taught to every generation regardless of how dark it is.
@aboynam3dblu323 күн бұрын
I’m sure a hundred other “um, akshually” guys may have chimed in already, but, in case it’s helpful, collecting the metal was not for money: it was for the resource itself. At this point in the war effort both sides were rationing and scrapping for metal to try to keep up with arms production.
@MolnarG00725 күн бұрын
I also think Mojo Jojo from the Powerpuff girls.
@hanng124225 күн бұрын
For more Thomasin McKenzie, check out "Last Night in SoHo."
@user-mr6qu8jr3i25 күн бұрын
Loved her in Leave No Trace
@scottclark699222 күн бұрын
Boy , you have to watch it. Taika his first film I think.
@MrKINSM24 күн бұрын
@Verowak, you left my favorite Rockwell flick off your poll. 'The Way, Way Back from 2013. A coming of age flick that really hits home for people who felt lost at that age. It was a Sundance Film, created on a shoestring budget of only 5M$. It made over 4x that at the box office even though it maxed out its release in about 1,000 American theaters (out of nearly 4,000 at the time).
@MrKINSM24 күн бұрын
Lawn Dogs is another good film of his that no one has seen.
@brooke920324 күн бұрын
He's also great in Mr right!
@Dark__Thoughts17 күн бұрын
9:04 ... 👠👠 31:35 With the pink triangle. The Nazis used it to mark and shame the LGBT prisoners in the camps, similar to the yellow star of David for the Jews. 33:16 *was... :S I love this movie so much, despite the kid actors which is in most cases always a downside to a movie, but they were all amazing in this. The movie lulls you in with the humor, and then it stabs you right into the heart. I loved Rosie so much man, so when the shoes came into the frame I was so shocked that I did those stereotypical hands in front of the mouth gasps, followed by an immediate dam breakage. :(
@VerowakReacts17 күн бұрын
Kid actors are always a gamble, but this movie was great with them!
@captainofdunedain399324 күн бұрын
Hello Vero. Always amazing to seeing you.
@graemecross318224 күн бұрын
If u like tiaka waititi i would recommend the movie " what we do in the shadows"
@Elephas2225 күн бұрын
yoooo i loved this film was such a surprise
@VerowakReacts25 күн бұрын
And what a surprise to see you here!!! I hope you're doing well!!!!
@kschneyer24 күн бұрын
A lovely reaction! Thank you. In thinking about the whole Hitler-as-cute-imaginary-friend trope, it's important to remember that Jojo, if he was 10 in 1944, was born *after* Hitler became Chancellor and, indeed, after he was given supreme powers. During Jojo's entire life there has been nonstop propaganda lionizing Hitler. (Yes, his parents might try to counteract it, but that would be dangerous for them, given the risk that others would find out.) So of course he imagines AH as a real hero, and the kind of hero he, a 10-year-old kid, would want as an imaginary friend. So the comedic touches added by Watiti to the role are, in my view, appropriate as a way of showing us what Jojo's imagination is like.
@sithlordkaeyl2124 күн бұрын
‘Moon’ is so, so good, and I can’t wait to see what you think about it. More channels should react to it, but unfortunately, it doesn’t get the attention it deserves.
@NZBigfoot20 күн бұрын
Its kinda hard to get away from Taikas comedy, all his films have a layer of it running through it (as it is in life), and its very NZ in how its delivered which can be a little dry... His films are best described as Happy Sad films, its comedy but it walks hand in hand with pathos and for me personally it gives a more natural feel to it. 'Boy' is probably his most 'serious' film... but its still replete with humor, although alot of non-NZers seem to consider it boring (the NZ references and humor get lost, especially given its based in 80's NZ). Its only his most recent Love and Thunder that went off the rails... all his other films are for me, great, although that might me being biased as a NZer.