Captain K's case was especially tricky, because he was a Nazi officer that had been wounded in battle and ended up scarred and lost an eye, so the "racial purity" thing meant that he was no longer perfect and was removed from his command and assigned to that post with the children as a punishment despite being obviously very competent and still a great shot. In addition to that, he was secretly gay, which was another thing the Nazis did not accept, and that's partly why he sympathized with Jojo and Rosie and kept Elsa's secret and save Jojo at the end of the movie. I always wondered if the battle where he got wounded was a deliberate failure on his part to sort of sabotage the Nazis from within.
Captain K is actually regular Wehrmacht. His character really is a typical German who thought he was fighting for his country and then realized what the Nazis are about. He portrays a person who is beaten. When they burn the books he is drinking heavily. He is also gay but if it gets missed by the viewer they have the pink triangles on his and his lover's uniforms. The Nazis would put the pink triangle on gay concentration camp prisoners. At the end he plays the part of a Nazi by calling JoJo a dirty Jew to save JoJo's life. I wouldn't be surprised in the director's cut it was also the double intention for him to die because he lover died in the battle.
Jojo was 10 in 1944. Hitler & Nazis took control of Germany in 1932 Jojo knows nothing else - but what he sees and hears all his life, apart from what his parents & old sister taught him.
I SQUEALED today when I saw that you chose this epic movie to react to! Seattle is sending you both love today. Thanks for such a thoughtful and respectful reaction. All our love! 💕💜💕
@@MJoy4Fun , my mom grew up in England as a young girl getting bombed by the Germans in Hove, next to Brighton Beach. Her father was a Captain of a Mine Sweeping ship in the British Navy as well. This war was as real as it gets and I have heard that public Schools aren’t teaching it anymore in the U.S. It’s INSANE. This is why we are in the mess we are with the radical Christian right in the U.S. now…they don’t understand authoritarianism and fascism. Thanks again for your thoughtful reaction.
This is one of my favorite movies...so glad you reacted to it! I saw this before watching it with me wife. Then when I watched with her, I realized we were in trouble when she commented, early on in the film, that she thought Scarlet's shoes were cute. It had the appropriate effect on her, as it did me, at the reveal towards the end of the movie.
About the word "Aryan," it was used before the Nazis to talk about the ancient Indo-Iranians or their branch of the Indo-European language family. Which wasn't even that close to the Germanic branch. Plus it's pretty unlikely they were blond and blue-eyed, but Hitler didn't let little things like facts get in his way.
yeah he twisted history slightly, keeping enough element of truth in order to not be totally denied. Smart people with bad intentions are the scariest.
I love the back and forth between Nazis & Jews. Jojo: “Beethoven.” Elsa: “Einstein.” Jojo: “Bach.” Elsa: “Gershwin.” Jojo: “Brahms, Wagner, Mozart.” Elsa: “Musicians, is that all you have?” Jojo: “Rilke.” Elsa: “Of course your favorite, Rilke. Jewish Mother.” Jojo: “Dietrich, then.” Elsa: “Houdini.” Jojo: “No, that’s impossible.” Elsa: “Believe it brother, just ask Pissaro, Modigliani, Man Ray, Gertrude Stein, Mr. Moses and the king of them all, Jesus Christi. Amen. Pew, pew, pew!”
I don't know about best in the history of all film, but there were some definitely brilliant kids in this movie. I hope to see Roman in many more projects and the little guy who played Yorkie who made me laugh so much.
This movie is a perfect combo of comedy and sadness. It shows the war from a child’s view, they dont show the battlefields, excluding the ending, but you get the weight the war is having. From the hanging body to Captain K-who is gay and that was a no no, and Captain K clearly did not believe in the Nazi/Hitler views, but it was either train the kids or be killed. Great reaction by the way!
Thrilled for this reaction to this movie. I can't get enough of Taika Waititi! ❤️ You should check out the movie What We Do in the Shadows. Crazy, funny, vampire movie. Thanks so much for watching JoJo rabbit. Loved it.
My father was in Patton's 3rd Army (687th FAB)......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.....
Imaginary Hitler is eating a Unicorn head and also constantly trying to make Jojo smoke cigarettes'. In reality Hitler was an anti-smoking vegetarian, which I'm sure Taika Waititi knew when he was making the imaginary figure that is not suppose to be the real Hitler, but just the figure of imagination of a 10-yo boy. Taika Waititi is part Jewish himself, just as Scarlett Johansson has a Danish father and an American mother of Polish-Jewish ancestry, so she has dual Danish-American citizenship. The Polish-Jewish side of her family really suffered horribly during the war, while the Danish Jews never even wore an identification mark (like the yellow star), unlike in the rest of occupied Europe, and eventually 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 to Sweden, were captured by the Germans and sent to the Theresienstadt Ghetto and concentration camp, but even then, representatives from the 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. In February 1944, now knowing that the war was practically lost, the German SS embarked on a propaganda "beautification" campaign to prepare the Theresienstadt ghetto for the visit from the Danish Red Cross and a delegation from the Danish government. Many "prominent" prisoners and all the Danish Jews were re-housed in private, superior quarters. The streets were renamed and cleaned; sham shops and a school were set up and the SS also encouraged the prisoners to perform an increasing number of cultural activities. Still, a total of 51 mainly elderly Danish Jews got sick and died of disease or old age at Theresienstadt, but non of them went to the extermination camps and so thankfully almost all of Denmark's Jewish population survived. So Scarlett Johansson have both a Danish Northern European and Polish-Jewish understanding of this part of history, that made this kind of role a perfect fit for her.
People always comments that Captain K brings Rosie's bike to Jojo's home when he arrives but just ignore them as it's a false fan theory. If they took 5 seconds to look at the bike they'd see it's not her bike and even the Director Taika Waititi stated it wasn't her bike as-well but it doesn't seem to stop people constantly posting it.
The fact that bike actually elicits that kind of reaction kind of establishes it as a de facto truth. And considering how central the bike is to K's entrance, it's hard to believe that Waititi didn't have that in mind. Having a different bike allows it open for interpretation, but the bike itself is very intentionally representative.
If its not true than they should edit the scene and make it true - it gives the whole scene and Ks Characters so much more depth. Its one of my fav hidden details about the movie - like once u realise it, it gives u the chills. Its ok, that Taika stated that the theory is wrong; has to be weird for a creative mind, when the audience comes up with an idea that is so much better than your original one.
It's so crazy to me that people think that'd be a plot point. Wouldn't Jojo wonder why Cptn K had his mum's bike? Wouldn't he ask where his mum was? It's clear from the dialogue that they haven't caught her. If they had, wouldn't Cptn K gently break the news instead of letting Jojo discover her in the square? Fan theories make no sense sometimes.
A film called 'Boy' is made by the same director and he is also in the movie. Set in New Zealand. Great funny and serious movie, i think you will love it.
Let me explain what you're watching. First, to understand this movie you need to know world history!! Prior to WW2 and during WW2 in Germany, the Nazi party created a German Youth Organization vaguely similar to the Western Boy Scouts. It was called the Hitler Youth. I say vaguely similar because the Hitler Youth program was intended to create young Germans who would become future tough soldiers. They would train in military tactics, camp in the forest, teach skills such as building bunkers, creating fighting positions, simulate battles, weapons training, physical toughness, aggressive fighting amongst each other (i.e. - boxing, wrestling, etc.). As mentioned, the intension was to change the children into loyal, fanatic Nazi future soldiers. They had a similar program for the female German youth population. Different things were taught to the females but the program, as with the males, was to create females who would serve the Nazi party. Again, the program was called the Hitler Youth. Thus movie is obviously a parity of this program. Please read, don't watch, but read about the Hitler Youth program. You can Google "Hitler Youth Program". It will explain everything.
I highly recommend watching Lonesome Dove (1989), with Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. It’s a mini series with 4 episodes. So basically one very long film. It is one of the most beautiful, funny, exciting, heartbreaking stories ever. It is a western and it’s based on the book Lonesome Dove which is also my favourite book.
@@AngelGroves I’m actually more than half way through reading Buffalo girls. It’s so good. I love Larry McMurtry’s work! I plan to watch the movie as soon as I finish the book.
@@Ian-xd2in I love his work as well! I haven't read him in too long, though, and I'm going to have to rewatch Lonesome Dove. It's been 10 years since I've seen it (have it on DVD). But Buffalo Girls was one I watched before I even read the book (I still own my VHS copy)! I'm happy you're reading it now, and really happy for you to watch it! I don't think you'll be disappointed. :)
Captain K is definitely NOT an SS Officer. Captain K was regular army. Depending on the branch, the SS officers were different uniforms of varying colors. The most infamous uniform being black which was worn by the unit responsible for enforcing Hitler's racial policies. Whatever the color, the SS uniforms had the distinctive SS patch on the uniform lapels. The SS were among the worst villains of WWII.
Actually, u just have to look at the collar insignia and u can tell immidiatly. He has 2 Bars on both sides, that means hes from the Wehrmacht. He also has a silver stripe within each of the bars, what means that hes an officer (a normal soldier would have green stripes instead). The WaffenSS would have lightning-Runes on the right and rank-insignia on the left collar. No idea why ppl cant tell the difference within seconds, its so easy... u should know it from playing video games... Bars = Wehrmacht Lightnings = Waffen SS that easy.
You two are my favorites! This film breaks my heart more each time I see it and I was thrilled to see your reaction. I knew that Marion would connect knowing his love of history. The tricks of the enemy during WW II continue today but people do not seem to grasp the horror that continues. Hold tight to those you love. It’s going to be unbearable.
Loved your reaction! Since you liked this movie I think you would really also like the movie The Book Thief…it’s very much like this one…heartfelt, a child’s perspective and during the WW2.
The Book Thief is a great recommendation. I've read the book a couple of times and the film does as good a job as possible to capture the emotions and story telling
@@traceyreid4585 When I get to 'that' chapter I can only cope with a couple of paragraphs at a time and have to take regular breaks. It is so overpowering.
I would love to see a movie like this but with Winston Churchill instead of Hitler. Maybe the british boy would find an irish, indian or african girl as a friend.
It's only controversial to people who haven't watched it and don't understand the actual message behind the movie....."to show how ridiculous the Nazi ideology was"
In a word, this film is brilliant. It moves effortlessly between Python-esque silliness and Diary of Anne Frank dread.
One of my favourite films of the past 5 years - that shoe scene will live with me forever.
Captain K's case was especially tricky, because he was a Nazi officer that had been wounded in battle and ended up scarred and lost an eye, so the "racial purity" thing meant that he was no longer perfect and was removed from his command and assigned to that post with the children as a punishment despite being obviously very competent and still a great shot. In addition to that, he was secretly gay, which was another thing the Nazis did not accept, and that's partly why he sympathized with Jojo and Rosie and kept Elsa's secret and save Jojo at the end of the movie. I always wondered if the battle where he got wounded was a deliberate failure on his part to sort of sabotage the Nazis from within.
Captain K is actually regular Wehrmacht. His character really is a typical German who thought he was fighting for his country and then realized what the Nazis are about. He portrays a person who is beaten. When they burn the books he is drinking heavily. He is also gay but if it gets missed by the viewer they have the pink triangles on his and his lover's uniforms. The Nazis would put the pink triangle on gay concentration camp prisoners. At the end he plays the part of a Nazi by calling JoJo a dirty Jew to save JoJo's life. I wouldn't be surprised in the director's cut it was also the double intention for him to die because he lover died in the battle.
Jojo was 10 in 1944.
Hitler & Nazis took control of Germany in 1932
Jojo knows nothing else - but what he sees and hears all his life, apart from what his parents & old sister taught him.
I SQUEALED today when I saw that you chose this epic movie to react to! Seattle is sending you both love today. Thanks for such a thoughtful and respectful reaction. All our love! 💕💜💕
Thank you ☺️
@@MJoy4Fun , my mom grew up in England as a young girl getting bombed by the Germans in Hove, next to Brighton Beach. Her father was a Captain of a Mine Sweeping ship in the British Navy as well. This war was as real as it gets and I have heard that public Schools aren’t teaching it anymore in the U.S. It’s INSANE. This is why we are in the mess we are with the radical Christian right in the U.S. now…they don’t understand authoritarianism and fascism. Thanks again for your thoughtful reaction.
this movie always makes me cry and laugh my ass off at the same time 🥲
This is one of my favorite movies...so glad you reacted to it! I saw this before watching it with me wife. Then when I watched with her, I realized we were in trouble when she commented, early on in the film, that she thought Scarlet's shoes were cute. It had the appropriate effect on her, as it did me, at the reveal towards the end of the movie.
About the word "Aryan," it was used before the Nazis to talk about the ancient Indo-Iranians or their branch of the Indo-European language family. Which wasn't even that close to the Germanic branch. Plus it's pretty unlikely they were blond and blue-eyed, but Hitler didn't let little things like facts get in his way.
yeah he twisted history slightly, keeping enough element of truth in order to not be totally denied. Smart people with bad intentions are the scariest.
I love the back and forth between Nazis & Jews.
Jojo: “Beethoven.”
Elsa: “Einstein.”
Jojo: “Bach.”
Elsa: “Gershwin.”
Jojo: “Brahms, Wagner, Mozart.”
Elsa: “Musicians, is that all you have?”
Jojo: “Rilke.”
Elsa: “Of course your favorite, Rilke. Jewish Mother.”
Jojo: “Dietrich, then.”
Elsa: “Houdini.”
Jojo: “No, that’s impossible.”
Elsa: “Believe it brother, just ask Pissaro, Modigliani, Man Ray, Gertrude Stein, Mr. Moses and the king of them all, Jesus Christi. Amen. Pew, pew, pew!”
hahaha yeaa
One of the greatest films of the past 10 years. Should have won the Oscar. Best child acting in the history of film.
I don't know about best in the history of all film, but there were some definitely brilliant kids in this movie. I hope to see Roman in many more projects and the little guy who played Yorkie who made me laugh so much.
If you guys didn't already know the guy playing Hitler also made the movie. He's also the funny rock guy from Thor which he also made 👍🏽
This movie is a perfect combo of comedy and sadness. It shows the war from a child’s view, they dont show the battlefields, excluding the ending, but you get the weight the war is having. From the hanging body to Captain K-who is gay and that was a no no, and Captain K clearly did not believe in the Nazi/Hitler views, but it was either train the kids or be killed. Great reaction by the way!
Thrilled for this reaction to this movie. I can't get enough of Taika Waititi! ❤️ You should check out the movie What We Do in the Shadows. Crazy, funny, vampire movie. Thanks so much for watching JoJo rabbit. Loved it.
What We do in the Shadows is one of the funniest movies ever made. Also, for more quality Taika: Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
I also strongly recommend What We Do in the Shadows - one of the best dark comedies ever made.
Great reaction and discussion, guys!!! I enjoy this movie as well; laughs and tears.
We truly enjoyed it. 💚
12:52
"VAT ARE YOU BURNING?!"
I LOVE THAT PART 😂😂😂
I think I've watched over twenty reactions to the brilliant JOJO RABBIT. I've enjoyed you're the most.
Great reaction and fantastic comments at the end, this is one of my favourite movies. Much love from 🇬🇧
Scarlett Johansson was great I’m this.
May be her best role.
My father was in Patton's 3rd Army (687th FAB)......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.....
Imaginary Hitler is eating a Unicorn head and also constantly trying to make Jojo smoke cigarettes'. In reality Hitler was an anti-smoking vegetarian, which I'm sure Taika Waititi knew when he was making the imaginary figure that is not suppose to be the real Hitler, but just the figure of imagination of a 10-yo boy. Taika Waititi is part Jewish himself, just as Scarlett Johansson has a Danish father and an American mother of Polish-Jewish ancestry, so she has dual Danish-American citizenship. The Polish-Jewish side of her family really suffered horribly during the war, while the Danish Jews never even wore an identification mark (like the yellow star), unlike in the rest of occupied Europe, and eventually 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 to Sweden, were captured by the Germans and sent to the Theresienstadt Ghetto and concentration camp, but even then, representatives from the 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.
In February 1944, now knowing that the war was practically lost, the German SS embarked on a propaganda "beautification" campaign to prepare the Theresienstadt ghetto for the visit from the Danish Red Cross and a delegation from the Danish government. Many "prominent" prisoners and all the Danish Jews were re-housed in private, superior quarters. The streets were renamed and cleaned; sham shops and a school were set up and the SS also encouraged the prisoners to perform an increasing number of cultural activities. Still, a total of 51 mainly elderly Danish Jews got sick and died of disease or old age at Theresienstadt, but non of them went to the extermination camps and so thankfully almost all of Denmark's Jewish population survived. So Scarlett Johansson have both a Danish Northern European and Polish-Jewish understanding of this part of history, that made this kind of role a perfect fit for her.
Man, you two are real smart people. A pleasure to watch.
People always comments that Captain K brings Rosie's bike to Jojo's home when he arrives but just ignore them as it's a false fan theory.
If they took 5 seconds to look at the bike they'd see it's not her bike and even the Director Taika Waititi stated it wasn't her bike as-well but it doesn't seem to stop people constantly posting it.
The fact that bike actually elicits that kind of reaction kind of establishes it as a de facto truth. And considering how central the bike is to K's entrance, it's hard to believe that Waititi didn't have that in mind. Having a different bike allows it open for interpretation, but the bike itself is very intentionally representative.
If its not true than they should edit the scene and make it true - it gives the whole scene and Ks Characters so much more depth. Its one of my fav hidden details about the movie - like once u realise it, it gives u the chills.
Its ok, that Taika stated that the theory is wrong; has to be weird for a creative mind, when the audience comes up with an idea that is so much better than your original one.
It's so crazy to me that people think that'd be a plot point. Wouldn't Jojo wonder why Cptn K had his mum's bike? Wouldn't he ask where his mum was? It's clear from the dialogue that they haven't caught her. If they had, wouldn't Cptn K gently break the news instead of letting Jojo discover her in the square? Fan theories make no sense sometimes.
I’m amazed at how few reactors have any awareness of the hitler youth.
A film called 'Boy' is made by the same director and he is also in the movie. Set in New Zealand. Great funny and serious movie, i think you will love it.
Let me explain what you're watching. First, to understand this movie you need to know world history!! Prior to WW2 and during WW2 in Germany, the Nazi party created a German Youth Organization vaguely similar to the Western Boy Scouts. It was called the Hitler Youth. I say vaguely similar because the Hitler Youth program was intended to create young Germans who would become future tough soldiers. They would train in military tactics, camp in the forest, teach skills such as building bunkers, creating fighting positions, simulate battles, weapons training, physical toughness, aggressive fighting amongst each other (i.e. - boxing, wrestling, etc.). As mentioned, the intension was to change the children into loyal, fanatic Nazi future soldiers. They had a similar program for the female German youth population. Different things were taught to the females but the program, as with the males, was to create females who would serve the Nazi party. Again, the program was called the Hitler Youth. Thus movie is obviously a parity of this program. Please read, don't watch, but read about the Hitler Youth program. You can Google "Hitler Youth Program". It will explain everything.
"The Producers" (1967) is a good comedy movie.
Great reaction. I love this intelligent movie.
Great reaction and you make a lovely couple.
I highly recommend watching Lonesome Dove (1989), with Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones.
It’s a mini series with 4 episodes. So basically one very long film.
It is one of the most beautiful, funny, exciting, heartbreaking stories ever.
It is a western and it’s based on the book Lonesome Dove which is also my favourite book.
Buffalo Girls is also great!
@@AngelGroves I’m actually more than half way through reading Buffalo girls. It’s so good. I love Larry McMurtry’s work! I plan to watch the movie as soon as I finish the book.
@@Ian-xd2in I love his work as well! I haven't read him in too long, though, and I'm going to have to rewatch Lonesome Dove. It's been 10 years since I've seen it (have it on DVD). But Buffalo Girls was one I watched before I even read the book (I still own my VHS copy)! I'm happy you're reading it now, and really happy for you to watch it! I don't think you'll be disappointed. :)
Captain k is a real.hero..
Captain K is definitely NOT an SS Officer. Captain K was regular army. Depending on the branch, the SS officers were different uniforms of varying colors. The most infamous uniform being black which was worn by the unit responsible for enforcing Hitler's racial policies. Whatever the color, the SS uniforms had the distinctive SS patch on the uniform lapels. The SS were among the worst villains of WWII.
Actually, u just have to look at the collar insignia and u can tell immidiatly. He has 2 Bars on both sides, that means hes from the Wehrmacht.
He also has a silver stripe within each of the bars, what means that hes an officer (a normal soldier would have green stripes instead).
The WaffenSS would have lightning-Runes on the right and rank-insignia on the left collar. No idea why ppl cant tell the difference within seconds, its so easy... u should know it from playing video games...
Bars = Wehrmacht
Lightnings = Waffen SS
that easy.
@@SovermanandVioboy "u should know it from playing video games"
Really? Has everyone played a game with WWII German soldiers? I haven't.
You two are my favorites! This film breaks my heart more each time I see it and I was thrilled to see your reaction. I knew that Marion would connect knowing his love of history. The tricks of the enemy during WW II continue today but people do not seem to grasp the horror that continues. Hold tight to those you love. It’s going to be unbearable.
Amazing! loved the reaction.
GREAT reaction from yas😢😂
Thank you...we are glad you enjoyed it 💚
Loved your reaction! Since you liked this movie I think you would really also like the movie The Book Thief…it’s very much like this one…heartfelt, a child’s perspective and during the WW2.
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'The Book Thief' is another look at the Hitler youth era. More of a drama and not as good as the book it is based on but still worth a look.
Okay. we will check it out soon
The Book Thief is a great recommendation. I've read the book a couple of times and the film does as good a job as possible to capture the emotions and story telling
@@traceyreid4585 When I get to 'that' chapter I can only cope with a couple of paragraphs at a time and have to take regular breaks. It is so overpowering.
Y'all are so wholesome
Loved it! Hope you guys go further back in time and watch a movie set in war time but not really a war movie called THE DUELLISTS.
Nah - Captain K is regular army
Ah yeah! Great great great movie. So glad you guys saw this one.
Did you not know those times had youth camps? I thought it was basic knowledge
Calm down
best movie on this topic so many tears
They appeared out of their depth 😂🤣😂
I love you guys thank you for another good video and input I like hearing your guys take on things
Love your reaction
Great movie
It’s based on the book Caging Skies
Recommendation for you to react: Hollow Man (2000), great movie.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊
Good movie 👊🏼
captain k has a pink triangle on his uniform :(
36:45 Technically the Nazis would have called you an "aryan" as you as a Romanian (Romance language group) have Indo-European roots.
GAMEOVER
My buddy at church was forced into the Hitler Youth. If you were a German you joined or were sent to a camp.
0:22 yes, a nice little story😏
Yet another entertaining review another one please
Realy like this movie
omg why didn't you cry your eyes out when you saw the mom. i'm serious, are you crazy monsters?
I would love to see a movie like this but with Winston Churchill instead of Hitler. Maybe the british boy would find an irish, indian or african girl as a friend.
♥
One of the funniest and controversial movies ever made.
It's only controversial to people who haven't watched it and don't understand the actual message behind the movie....."to show how ridiculous the Nazi ideology was"
Don’t worry guys we’re not going to give you Nazi propaganda a good movie though will give you :)
Watch, "Broken Trails", based on a true events.
Er...what the fu......
What's wrong?
Ah! I get it now. You have a paid service and that's why you butchered this summary. Genuine reactors are hard to find now
What do you mean by paid service?
Captain k he not ss