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re: Anyone see Jojo Rabbit? (No spoilers)
Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:56 pm to funnystuff
Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:56 pm to funnystuff
I loved it.
An awkward, lonely boy is unable to participate in he Hitler Youth due to an accident with a grenade (don't worry, this is in the first five minutes, not a spoiler). His only friend is his imaginary friend, Adolph Hitler.
His mother then arranges for her son to work in the local Nazi offices, where Jojo is further indoctrinated and develops a friendship with Sam Rockwell, a Nazi officer. Unbeknownst to Jojo, his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in the house. How will Jojo and his imaginary friend react?
It's a great premise and underneath the humor, it's a genuinely dark film. It effortlessly shows how easy it is to radicalize even a good-hearted little kid into something as noxious as Nazism. Go see it.
An awkward, lonely boy is unable to participate in he Hitler Youth due to an accident with a grenade (don't worry, this is in the first five minutes, not a spoiler). His only friend is his imaginary friend, Adolph Hitler.
His mother then arranges for her son to work in the local Nazi offices, where Jojo is further indoctrinated and develops a friendship with Sam Rockwell, a Nazi officer. Unbeknownst to Jojo, his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in the house. How will Jojo and his imaginary friend react?
It's a great premise and underneath the humor, it's a genuinely dark film. It effortlessly shows how easy it is to radicalize even a good-hearted little kid into something as noxious as Nazism. Go see it.
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Posted on 2/10/20 at 2:38 pm to Baloo
"I thought you were crying." - Yorki
"Are you a tear drop specialist?" - Jojo
"No.." - Yorki
"Case closed." - Jojo
The interactions between Jojo and Yorki are the best parts.
"Are you a tear drop specialist?" - Jojo
"No.." - Yorki
"Case closed." - Jojo
The interactions between Jojo and Yorki are the best parts.
Posted on 2/10/20 at 2:50 pm to Baloo
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It's a great premise and underneath the humor, it's a genuinely dark film.
SPOILERS
The moment with Jojo and the girl when he confronts her with the knife after he sees his mom’s shoes is an absolutely heartbreaking scene. Probably the most emotional moment from any movie this year honestly.
It’s that reality that like you said runs underneath the lighter tone that makes it the whole story so incredible. Similar to Life is Beautiful in that way.
Like in the scene when the SS shows up and is inspecting the home. Stephen Merchant is hilarious and the scene plays funny, and yet the tension is palpable and most significantly the images in the book that he is laughing about are so jarringly vile that it reminds you of the reality that these kids were being indoctrinated to.
It’s a really difficult tone to pull off but Waititi does it perfectly.
Btw I was actually surprised during his acceptance speech last night. He seemed more off balance than I would have thought. Like he knew people expected him to be funny and he was trying but I think it surprised him how emotional he was and it all just seemed overwhelming to him. Was a genuine reaction of surprise and humility imo.
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