JOJO RABBIT Movie Reaction! | First Time Watching!! | Taika Waititi | Scarlett Johansson

[@catelisahill1283]

The way I saw it was that Sam Rockwell's character was rushing to Jojo's house with his mum's bike to make sure Jojo was OK, the telling him "stay inside, look after your sister" to try and stop him from finding her like that. Makes it all the more heartbreaking imo.

[@johnglue1744]

I did too but Taika said it wasn’t her bike 🤷‍♂️

[@aditisk99]

@@johnglue1744 That makes it even better.

[@brianng8350]

Since his character is in the government, he definitely knew what happened to the mom before most people. And he always has a soft spot for the mom and kid. Very subtle, but nicely played out.

[@nem447]

when I first heard this fan theory, I went back to look and they are two different bikes, more likely he saw her hanging in the square

[@paulkennedy8701]

@@nem447 I don't know why people think it's hers. Apart from anything else, the first thing he says is "My bicycle got a flat tyre. So I carried it." 24:06

[@tree6787]

The reveal of her shoes was so heartbreaking!🥺 the whole movie was brilliantly done.

[@matthewlee4697]

That scene was definitely heartbreaking and the movie is definitely brilliant I totally agree 👍

[@kingdarius513]

I skip it everytime

[@matthewlee4697]

@@kingdarius513 I totally understand

[@kingdarius513]

@@matthewlee4697 😭

[@matthewlee4697]

@@kingdarius513 😔 definitely a powerful scene

[@nikist18]

As a German I struggle with the "they weren't all Nazis" phrase. On one hand that is a comforting thought. I think most people living in Germany want to think of their relatives in exactly that way, being part of the other half. Against it, but just silent to avoid the danger. But the painful reality is, that a lot of people might not have been vivid supporters, but nearly everyone just accepted the new status quo. There was little push back after he gained absolute power. I think Nazi Germany is a great example that inaction equals support. That saying nothing isn't enough. There is a great quote written right after the war by a German pastor: "First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out- Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out- Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out- Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me."

[@ajchad4174]

Such a fantastic perspective. Everyone thinks they'd act differently if they were in a situation but in reality it takes effort within and outside oneself to combat injustice. I studied genocide at Uni. There's a book "Becoming Evil" by James Waller which argues against some prevailing theories that 1930s/1940s Germans were uniquely evil (thereby making them uniquely subspecable to committing genocide and making everyone feel good in thinking that they would never be part of such a horrible regime). His cornerstone argument is that with the right social, political and economic constructs the mentality to commit mass atrocities (or at a minimum ignore the mass atrocities happening around you) can be developed within any society. We also must be humbly vigilant to ensure we aren't part or ignorant of evil happening around us. It is one of the reasons why I love this movie. You see JoJo's indoctrination unravel through his relationship.with imaginary Hitler. It doesn't happen overnight but every time his interactions (with Inga or his mom or Captain K) runs against the narrative, his perception of Hitler changes a little more.

[@Ars0205]

The same situation is prevailing in today's India against muslim by the RSS, Nazi inspired organization.

[@veyev4320]

best one

[@shannonbutler-williams7261]

@@ajchad4174 Definitely. It's a mass version of the people that imagine ways they'd avoid a rape/kidnapping etc. "Passively allowing genocide could never happen to me because ______". Yet, even smaller studies like the Stanford Prisoner experiment, show we can be goaded to brutality terrifyingly easily.

[@jennifergawne3002]

Most of us would be happy to be bystanders and beneficiaries. It is not only a German thing. Germany and Ukraine (after the Maidan) are really the only nations that have come anywhere near facing the recent past

[@nuzaarfatima1326]

scarlet seeing those people hanging and saying "they did what they could" and then saying to jojo "(about herself) she's doing what she can" felt like a fore shadow to me tbh

[@tobiabend9411]

Wow really ? Amazing

[@aubryellaotero1064]

It definitely was foreshadowing

[@paulkennedy8701]

And at the end Jojo tells himself "Today, just do what you can."

[@M1cha3lP]

Here's my video summary of that very idea... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZaUloyiatmfeZI

[@osanneart9318]

A good plot twist is usually 20% sees it coming, and 80% thinks "I should've seen that coming" in hindsight.

[@happy2405]

30:07: It's not clearly stated but throughout the film it's implied that Captain K and Finkel are romantic partners. In this scene we see pink triangles on their uniforms which was used by the Nazi to identify gay men imprisoned in the concentration camps. I like to think this was their way of rebelling against Hitler's ideology and reclaiming their identity.

[@systemd2]

his character is so important for this film.

[@PurplePandemonium]

Many of the gay men in the camps were kept in them after the war by the allies and russians. Everyone else was freed and yet they were continued to be punished for being who they were.

[@bluwolf098]

I love his character because he has so much power and is highly regarded, yet also is very carefree and doesn't follow the rules. Parts of that character are what I have somewhat incorporated to myself, except for the Hitler stuff. Also as someone whos somewhat gay (bi, gay leaning), I fucking love the final uniforms.

[@MrFilbot]

I often jokingly refer to myself as a bad buy because although I have been bi I’m not that into guys. So I’m a bad buy. 😆

[@kfiraltberger552]

Loved Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson both representing a resistance to the Nazi Regime. How he looked after Jojo when Rosie died, and saved Elsa from the Gestapo. The movie is a tear draining, gut wrenching, extremely funny comedic work of art. Absolutly amazing.

[@ZackE2541]

I think the best part about the repeating "heil Hitler" joke is that it is both funny when we are first introduced to it because it points out the absurdity of everything happening. Where as it totally flips on its head when it is Elsa being the one introduced to the "hiel Hitler" bit, its no longer a joke its a very serious scary moment because this horrible tragedy really did happen and it wasn't a laughing matter. Every reaction I have seen to this movie has some laughs or thinks that its a bit tiresome the first 3 times the Gestapo do it, BUT every single time it gets to the one with Elsa it is always a dead silence and fearful reaction. I think the scene as a whole is masterfully done.

[@shainewhite2781]

It won Taika Waititi the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

[@brianng8350]

It should have been best picture too. But there were quite a few good movies that year. But it was one of my top 3 that year.

[@sahilbhagwat3254]

Sam Rockwells character really hit mein the guts with his final scene🌼

[@pineapplegirl8078]

Rockwell is one of my favorite character actors. His role in this movie was quite deep.

[@Redwoodtree34567]

@@pineapplegirl8078 my favourite of him is three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

[@NewYorkFloridaMan]

Slick wordplay, mein friend

[@sahilbhagwat3254]

@@NewYorkFloridaMan nice catch

[@brianng8350]

That was a beautiful arc to his character. Beautiful ending.

[@kartiksharma7674]

When Sam Rockwell visits Jojo, he came over to protect him in any way he could! He probably knew Jojo's mom had been arrested! He really protected Jojo's innocence & told him to stay at home, knowing what he might see at the town square! He hurried to Jojo's house and that is why he was out of breath so he used bicycle flat tyre as a reason. This makes Stephen Merchant's character even more chilling as he tried to act charming!

[@Andrew1990M]

Yes I always read that scene as, “the mother is dead already, the Gestappo is coming to investigate her home and Cpt K found out and came to protect Jojo.” He realises the mother was hiding a Jew in that moment and defends her for the mother, but can’t bring himself to tell Jojo what has happened.

[@kartiksharma7674]

Gestapo came in a car! Capt. K must have seen it outside Jojo's house & had to change his plan! He might be coming to take Jojo to safety but had to change to handing pamphlets to Jojo! The way Stephen Merchant stares down at Capt. K also shows his suspicion why he is coming home to hand pamphlets to a child!

[@beer.beef.barotta]

9:57 Another Trivia, there was this another reason too. When Taika, who is Maori/Jewish, was asked about why he chose to play the role of Adolf Hitler, he said "The answer's simple, what better 'fcuk you' to the guy?" 😂 🐐 I mean.... What a tribute 🙌🏼

[@Glisern]

He also said that he, as a "Polynesian jew", was perfect to play Hitler.

[@kevinprzy4539]

@@Glisern ?

[@Unknown_crusader]

​@kevinprzy4539 concentrate on the jew part, Hitler would've hated it and that's perfect

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

The maori weren't good

[@jaydeepsen4769]

I've never seen Jaby clap after the movie since he's been putting out film reactions. Jojo Rabbit is one such film where you cannot resist but clapping in appreciation for this masterpiece

[@rakeshchangmai5453]

Only Taika Waititi could have pulled off showing a disturbing subject matter blended with his signature humour and satire and rightly so, he did it.

[@chickennoodlesoup3301]

He's really good at making "happy/sad" movies.

[@trixtor4372]

He’s so good at it bc he did the movie boy very funny but a sad story

[@SpySkater1]

This is my favorite Taika Waititi movie. It’s such a wonderful coming-of-age story. The way the story evolves over time, the way imaginary Hitler becomes more like real Hitler the more that Jojo moves away from that ideology. Scarlett Johansson’s performance is phenomenal and definitely worthy of her 1 of 2 Oscar noms that year. One of her best characters. I’d love to see her do more work with Taika, because she rarely gets to stretch her comedic muscle. Roman Griffin Davis and Thomasin McKenzie are incredible as Jojo and Elsa. I look forward to see where their careers go. Just so well done from start to finish. Never thought a pair of shoes would make me cry.

[@jaredwaters4633]

I agree. I think Thomasin McKenzie was absolutely brilliant.

[@clzs325]

Hitler was a brown-eyed vegetarian who was vehemently against smoking. The visible blue eyes at the beginning demonstrate in the first scene how little Johannes actually knows about his idol.

[@d.t.nelson8805]

Waititi's camera framing choices, including the mother's feet in multiple scenes throughout the movie, prepares the audience for that moment. Without all the previeous shots, the impact of that moment would be severely diminished. As it is the audience recognizes her before JoJo. It is a brilliant piece of filmmaking.

[@nem447]

War movies don't always need an R rating to get their point across. Being able to reach a wider and younger audience, this film shows kids how to think for themselves, and to not just assume that what you're told and what is going on around you is true or right.

[@spoiltdiva]

Absolutely that's why I took my 13 & 11 year olds to see this when it came out.

[@CluelessIndianGamer]

It mostly had to do with the source material!

[@nem447]

@@CluelessIndianGamer Not really, the book is very different from the movie. No comedy for starters and super serious. The boy is older, abuses the girl and keeps her prisoner. Only the bare bones of the original concept were used.

[@jaredwaters4633]

this movie is one of the best film in the last 10 years IMO. It's amazing. that shoe reveal is such a brutal gut punch. I think the entire film is great. Sam Rockwell is severely underrated.

[@Redwoodtree34567]

I really loved this film, I thought it had a fair chance in the oscar and I love the scene where Yorki says, "I am going home to my mother, I need a cuddle."

[@axlm.808]

This butterfly scene... It hits the guts every times Perfect setup/payoff

[@MsMelyjean]

Sam Rockwell's character, Captain K, always acknowledged the absurdity of the ideology he was hiding behind. Just listen to his first speech to the youth camp. It was very sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek.

[@jennifergawne3002]

He was army and so not necessarily a Nazi. In fact, he shows us he is not a Nazi

[@Keizi]

This movie probably has the fastest and best executed tonal switch I have ever seen. It is very difficult to watch something so fun and then have it make you sad during the course of a film but the fact that this movie manages to make you smile and within seconds completely change your emotion is so impressive. There are also plenty of clues such as, when Jaby questioned why Captain K showed up shortly after the Gestapo's, You can see captain K holding Rosie's bike which tells us that he (at the time) knew Jojo's mother was dead. Also Taika as Hitler many times purposefully does things like eat meat and offer cigarettes to Jojo although Hitler in reality was against both of those. He was a vegetarian and was against smoking. This was done purposefully just to show how corrupted minds were. Many didn't know about Hitler as much as they thought and there's a ton of subtle things throughout the film. Captain K having pink triangles on his uniform which was completely against Nazi ideologies, the film purposefully showing Rosie's feet without it being forced to psychologically have an image within our mind for when the reveal happens. This film is one of few I consider perfect in general. There isn't a thing I would add, or a thing I would take away. THIS OSCAR WAS DESERVED!! Loved this reaction. Great video overall and I cried with you Jaby!! 😭

[@Cs-cp6vo]

I never put it together that K was likely there

[@ochayethenoo]

That wasn't Rosie's bike that Captain K rode over though.

[@paulkennedy8701]

@@Keizi It is very clearly not her bike. It doesn't have the very obvious basket on the front. And it is a boy's bike, not a girl's one. (And why bring it in if he doesn't want the Gestapo to know it's hers. Because they could readily see it's not a girl's bike. And when they all leave together afterwards he would have to take it away again to maintain the pretence.)

[@tree6787]

I love Scarlett Johansson in this role!

[@agffans5725]

Taika Waititi is part Jewish himself, just as Scarlett Johansson has a Danish father and Jewish-American mother of Polish ancestry, so she has dual Danish-American citizenship and she travel using her Danish passport. The Jewish-Polish side of her family really suffered during the war, while as you perhaps know ?, the Danish Jews never wore an identification mark (like the yellow star) and the Danes also saved all their Jews from the nazi extermination camps, though at the end 464 Jews, who did not manage to escape in time, were captured by the Germans and sent to the Theresienstadt Ghetto and concentration camp, but even then, representatives from the Danish Red Cross and Danish government managed to persuade the Germans to accept packages of food and medicine to be sent to all the Danish prisoners, also persuading the Germans not to deport any Danish Jews to extermination camps. So she knows everything about the war and this subject. The scenes of imaginary Hitler offering Jojo cigarettes and the one of him eating the meat shaped like a unicorn head are to show just how little Jojo and most other kids at the time actually knew about Hitler and the war. If Jojo had actually been educated with facts rather than nazi propaganda he would've known that Hitler was an anti-smoking vegetarian.

[@jennifergawne3002]

Taika is a Polynesian Jew -- his father is Maori and his mother is Jewish (Russian origins). As Jewishness is matrilineal both Scarlett and Taika are Jewish

[@agffans5725]

@@jennifergawne3002 .. I know from Scarlett, that she follow both some Jewish as well as non-Jewish Danish Christmas traditions. I suspect that it's a bit the same with Taika, regarding his roots and traditions, though I do not know if he feel religious at all.

[@louhillen8254]

Saw it at the cinema - the shoes scene BROKE ME. The film is a masterpiece & Taiki is a genius.

[@Miroslava_Ivanova]

This movie is such a masterpiece, I have endless love for it! It lures you in with the comedy and then crushes your soul, but by the end it somehow puts you back together! I was able to see it in the cinema when it came out and was absolutely not prepared for it at all! Every time I see a blue butterfly now I feel emotional as I remember that scene! And my favourite piece of trivia for this movie: Taika Waititi did no research about Hitler, saying that he is a "f*cking c*nt".

[@jaswindersinghnarula4379]

I saw it a month ago and it is one of the best movie I have seen in a long time. Funny, tragic, thought provoking and so much more. Thumbs up to Taika Waititi!

[@deedeek75]

This is Taika Waititi at his best. I love this movie, it's funny and heartbreaking.

[@maggieshevelew7579]

I love this film. Taika had such a fine line to walk here, and he did it beautifully. Simply brilliant.

[@markpekrul4393]

This is simply a brilliant film. The way it moves effortlessly back and forth between Python-esque silliness and Diary of Anne Frank dread is amazing. Truly one of the best films I've seen.

[@dummytest8325]

The emotional scens where very heart wrentching

[@ritankarsasmal380]

This movie is a masterpiece IMO. Cried every time i watched!

[@kabeerjaswal3571]

My elder sister made me watch JOJO RABBIT, and I absolutely loved it, I cried when I saw the scene Scarlett Johansson hanging scene, the scene had an extra impact because just looking at her shoes we all knew it was her, also it resembled the scene where she was dancing and telling JOJO dancing was an expression of freedom and now she herself was actually free, absolutely amazing movie💗🙌🏻

[@kartiksharma7674]

A newsreader to a film historian: is it still too early to make fun of Hitler? Film historian: Chaplin was making fun of Hitler even while he was alive!

[@daryl772003]

After Scarlett's character dies it turned into an actual war movie and I didn't expect that

[@Axel_Mallory]

Been so long since I've seen this movie, still love it.

[@BlackfiguresSAD]

Love the chat about the book burnings. Film opens with the youth worshipping their idol Hitler accompanied by a Beatles soundtrack. 20 years later the American youth were burning their Beatle albums and memorabilia because of the threat they were to America. Or so they were told by their leaders.

[@nuzaarfatima1326]

JOJO RABBIT OMG I LOVE THIS MOVIE IVE WATCHED IT SL MANY TIMES!!! gosh what a pleasant surprise that y'all are reacting to it

[@michaelvincent4280]

Best 'real' performance I have seen Scarlette preform. Just natural. Should have been noticed by the Academy.

[@janb92]

This movie hit me like a ton of bricks. This was my first full blown Taika experience and I will never forget it.

[@jennifergawne3002]

I highly recommend Hunt for the Wilderpeople and (if you can handle scary) What We Do in the Shadows

[@barefootanimist]

The Gestapo entered the family home to find proof of his mother's collaboration with the resistance. That's why the Captain went over to help Jojo. I suspect she'd already been imprisoned or hung.

[@serahnkahukura8433]

Loved your reaction and that you picked up on a few things that most people seem to miss on first watch. Thomasin McKenzie's performance is so under appreciated. It's a more subtle role than the others, but you see her struggle to keep living while not being able to live, esp in the scene where she's staring at the knife while music plays downstairs. I love that she wasn't portrayed as a scared, weak victim that hero-worships the gentiles keeping her hidden, but someone with complex and sometimes conflicting feelings towards Jojo.

[@ajchad4174]

YEEEEEES! This is one of my top 5 films and I'm so glad to see some of my fave reactors watch it. Kinda glad you fell asleep the first time Jabe!

[@rayhutchinson640]

This is one those rare classics that really make me appreciate reactors. I mean, I know I'm going to re-watch this a lot anyways, but finding a thumbnail in my KZbin feed showing a favorite reactor watching it really does excite me the same way as having a close friend reveal that they're planning to watch it for their first time!

[@Elnuwanda]

That year, it was a great injustice at the "Oscars". This and "Uncut Gems" for me, were the two best movies. And Scarlett Johansson deserved to win both of her nominations.

[@koppsal]

Never cried and laughed so much to the same movie. I love it

[@JordiVanderwaal]

This is such an amazing movie. I haven't rewatched in a long time and I just watch reactions to it because I just don't feel like crying as much as I did when I watched the movie itself. It has a lot of heart. And the humour just hits right as well.

[@kevinmatthew1050]

An absolute masterpiece of a movie. Cast was incredible. It was both funny and heartbreaking.

[@TheClareBurgess]

I would recommend Italian movie 'Life Is Beautiful' because it also deals with comedy and pretense within the horror of WW2. I don't want to spoil anything beyond that but it is a high class story.

[@BestFriendsWhoLiveTogether]

What I find most heartbreaking is that we see the older boys mocking Jojo for not getting into the army as they drive past in the truck, and at the end, we see them coming home, broken from the horrors of war, injured and suffering. To be a soldier, to serve your country, was glorified not just in Germany. In my own country, Britain, boys as young as 16 would lie about their age, pretend to be 18, to go to war, and a lot of them would never come back.

[@Mertaranta]

The soldiers who executed Captain K were Soviet. The uniforms are different from the US ones. Some people thought they were American and held it against the movie. *cough* Grace Randolph *cough*

[@davidbroz6755]

Very realistic. Statistics say that a third of German prisoners of war in Soviet camps did not survive. Russian soldiers were not interested in any Geneva Conventions

[@jamesdoucette55]

well the interesting thing is, historically, it isnt too far off. the children worked a lot more, of course, than is dipicted. It was much like going to a very hyped up version of the boy scouts, at least according to what we know of the propaganda of the time. So yah its actually solidly based, believe it or not.

[@riolkin]

This movie had my emotions all over the damn place. I would get tears from laughing the first half right up until that scene where my soul died a little. And while trying to recover from those tears, Yorkie shows up to give me more tears from laughing, and Captain K ends it off with some more heartbreak. And while I'm in this weird bubble of happiness and heartbreak, then comes the Rilke quote. "Beauty and terror" indeed.

[@bijoybiswas1932]

My favorite movie of 2019 and just one of the very best I've ever seen.

[@brianng8350]

One of my favorite movies from 2019. It was between this and Knives Out. Both movies were smart, funny, great emotions and good ensemble cast.

[@aubryellaotero1064]

This movie is literally TOO GOOD. One of my all time favs

[@edwardfischer3944]

And I noticed how both of you smart guys fell silent and got misty eyed when Jojo found his Mother hanging from that gallows.

[@josephkruse3402]

That's not where he got the mustache. That was style of mustache that came about in WW1 because it allowed a gas mask to seal around your face. He wore it to remind everyone that he was a vet.

[@spoiltdiva]

If you really listen and watch Captain K from the beginning he's not into the ideology (see the book burning) he's a career soldier which is why he chooses to go out on his own terms pink triangles and all. I also found the generally hilarious Stephen Merchant menacing as hell. I love this film and thoroughly enjoyed your reaction 🤩

[@nuzaarfatima1326]

i feel like captain k came in his home that day because Rosie was caught that day (we never see her after that either) and he knew jojo could be in danger and some people believe that he actually brought back Rosie's bike and not his own

[@eddietucker7005]

What an aware reaction to this film. This was absolutely amazing. I know this reaction was about a year ago, but I still hope you get the message. I want to see more from you. Thanks!

[@THEMANUC]

This was a damn fun watch! This is one of my all time favorite movies and I'm really glad you 2 enjoyed it. Great reaction and discussion fellas. Bravo!

[@dianemariehawkins998]

Love the hearty love, identifying with Jojo, acknowledging the depth of Jojo mum and giving the emotional depth that Taika offers. One of the best responses.

[@michaelvincent8208]

Johanson was marvelous in this. A real person, a real character portrayed without effort. Oscar worthy. (of course, we know that didn't happen)

[@ramengirll]

I was just complaining in the live yesterday that we haven't seen a Jaby and Syntell collab in a long time and here we are! Gonna enjoy this one 😊👍

[@Cinemystery_]

I love Scarlett Johansson’s performance in this movie✨

[@jamesglover4677]

Great episode once again. One request; MORE SYNTELL !!!! Two funny, loving humans....... Can't pass that up !

[@mythdusterds]

I love the honest reaction. I like the mix of serious drama with comedy in this film.

[@FundamentallyLazy]

A very impactful film and the conversation was insightful as well. Thank you guys

[@benjauron5873]

The advantage of stick grenades is that they don't roll when they land, so they're better against enemies in the open. The advantage of ball grenades is that they're smaller so they're better at throwing through apertures of pillboxes and doorways of rooms.

[@corvus1374]

The clones are played by the twin brothers of Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo). Captain K came to Jojo's house because he knew that his mom had been killed, and he was bringing her bicycle back. He was checking up on him, and he told him to stay home.

[@paulkennedy8701]

That's not her bicycle. Apart from the fact that it's a boy's bike and also doesn't have a basket, he tells the Gestapo he had to carry his bike.

[@batkat0]

​@@paulkennedy8701 him not telling the gestapo the truth isn't really evidence. He shows up to watch out for JoJo, if it were here bike then the last thing he'd want to do was arouse an suspicion that he was friendly with the family

[@paulkennedy8701]

@@batkat0 What "evidence" do you need? He's carrying it and he says it's bike. It's a boy's bike, not a girl's bike. We've seen Rosie's bike, and this isn't it. If it _were_ her bike and he didn't want to appear "friendly" he would leave it outside, where the Gestapo couldn't see it. If it were her bike and he accidentally let them see it he wouldn't have lied to them and claimed it was his. That would have been an obvious lie, and he would have been in real trouble. He would have said he found it abandoned, recognised it and returned it.

[@Savor1979]

You should see directors Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement vampire mockumentaries called “What We Do in the Shadows”

[@Bbysass]

Asking if there were any book burnings lately. Unfortunately there was one in Tennessee back at the beginning of the year, that was put on by a church. It made national news

[@utkarshgupta1774]

Been waiting so long for this omg thankyou ❤️

[@SyedShahriarRahmanSayeef]

12:15 Agreed Syntell, Robin Williams would have nailed this role. RIP Robin.

[@Mistah47]

7:42 The handle for German grenades was made so the user can throw it further with greater accuracy. The reason they don’t make them today is that they take up more space to store them or carry them, and they’re heavier than modern grenades.

[@jeng9927]

On the book topic… books are being banned in public schools and libraries at a growing rate and have been for years. The most recent book burning that I could find was in Tennessee, in Feb 2022.

[@weirddebbiem1619]

"No stabbing" Too funny 😂😂😂

[@katschaccc]

I didn't see the butterfly scene coming and it hit me so hard and was a sobbing mess throughout the rest of the movie. It is a great movie that is my opinion as a German.

[@yashmaheshwari1727]

Man this movie! I saw three times in the theatre! Can't tell you how many people I have forced to watch it. It's rated 7.9 on IMDB ... I can't think of one flaw to rate it anything less than a 10.

[@justmeeagainn]

Captain K. and Finkel have sewn pink triangles onto their uniforms for the final battle.

[@TheJStocco]

The mom's shoes scene reminded me of the red dress in Schindler's List.

[@ghostlee6434]

A lot of this was told in comedy form but the child soldier is something that was true. Hitler told people to recruit the children when they're young because they're easier to mold and make your message stick. And child soldiers were used at the end of the war when the allies made it to Germany.

[@rodderdamn4610]

Great analysis. The tonal shifts, the Wes Anderson comparisons. Great job. Confirming my thoughts as well. Lol

[@M1cha3lP]

40:10 There was also another matching shoes-at-eyeline shot (14:07) at the pool to help the audience bury that image of Jojo and his mother's shoes deep into their subconscious.

[@tree6787]

I love this movie! It was so well done!

[@Defektyd]

Jojo rabbit truly is a magnificent movie everybody needs to see at least. Just to witness and feel what it was like for everybody in the war.

[@contrarian322]

This deserved the Oscar

[@Steelburgh]

"Yeah that sounds like modern day America now!" Oh that one hurt a little, I can't lie. Too close to home man.

[@BudhagRizzo]

That scene with the shoes always gets me.

[@ethanstyant9704]

Taika explains that when he was writing he intentionally portrayed Nazis as comical because he saw previous anti Nazi films portraying them as cruel and ruthless but was actually well received from neo Nazis because it made the Nazis look "cool". By having them be comical it shows them as incompetent and stupid which are not cool

[@normancharlesworth1289]

Amazing film.And Sam Rockwell always , well,rocks! Love everything he is in. Awesome cast.So well done.

[@necromancerwu]

If you liked this movie, I recommend another one similar. It is an Italian movie in the 90s, called Life is Beautiful. It has English dub.

[@vaibhavsingh4400]

DAMN now I am just gonna watch it again for the 7th time..😃 I just love this movie.

[@cassandrathomas6015]

Captain Klenzendorf and Freddie Finkle’s self-made uniforms actually feature upside down pink triangles which was the symbol used to identify gay people at concentration camps, just like how the star of David was used to identify Jewish people.

[@WednesdaysDragon]

2 thumbs way up! Thanks guys! Just a blast watching this great film with you both! Be well KZbinrs!

[@craigplatel813]

In 1974 Ira Levin wrote a book called the Boys From Brazil. About clones of Hitler, It was also made into a 1978 movie. There were also conspiracy theories about it at the time. So the clones scene is probably a homage to that.

[@redheadgeek9225]

You said that Waititi's only movie without kids was "Ragnarok". What about the short film, long film, and TV series, "What We Do in the Shadows"? I don't remember any vampire kids. Waititi has a lot of great works with kids involved, but a LOT of work without kids, so it really confused me when you said that.

[@CinePals]

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[@BaldwinIV_of_Jerusalem]

I might be late on this but I just now realized why they danced at the end, because Jojo's mom said that dancing are for the people who are free.

[@ReklawLah]

I've noticed a pattern. Guy on the right laughs, guy on the left hears guy on the right laughing, guy on the left laughs.