Jojo Rabbit
Jan. 27th, 2021 11:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iariaI liked it.
+ The movie was actually pretty funny. The humour worked for me perhaps especially because of how it was mixed in with tragedy and the darkness of the whole situation.
+ 'Adolf' amused me a lot in the beginning but I also loved that as Jojo changed so too did his imaginary 'Adolf' who became more menacing and harsh.
+ I was spoiled for Rosie's fate but when Jojo turned and saw her shoes it still hit emotionally. That scene was so sad. Jojo hugging her legs :( Also I loved the lead up to that with Jojo getting a small moment of little joy in following the butterfly and then the whiplash of him standing up right beside her shoes - ouch.
+ The saddest thing for me is that Rosie died not knowing about Jojo and Elsa's relationship. I'm sure her final moments were thinking about her kids and about her worry and fear for them surviving without her but since she didn't know they'd met and become friends there was also that added layer of uncertainty and fear about what could happen - would Jojo find Elsa and turn her in to her death, would Elsa be unfound but starve to death or try and run and be captured that way? If she'd known then she could have at least died comforted by the fact that they had each other.
+ I liked all three of the main characters - Jojo, Elsa, and Rosie - and really felt for all of them and the horrible positions they were placed in. I get why Jojo was the focus - he's the one who changes - but I would have loved more of Elsa and Rosie because they were both so great.
+ I really appreciated that the movie deviated from the strict Jojo POV focus to give us two scenes of Elsa and Rosie interacting. What we saw of their relationship was lovely.
+ The growing friendship between Jojo and Elsa was really well done. The letters from 'Nathan' were sweet. I like how they showed that at his core Jojo is a sweet kid with a lot of empathy. He aimed to hurt her but once he did he immediately wanted to fix it. I liked Jojo's book and Elsa messing with him over it. The scene where Elsa pretends to be his sister and both of their very obvious fear was well done. That said I could have done without Jojo's crush though I did like that he knew she saw him as a little brother.
+ I liked Rosie a lot. She was such a good mother and her relationship with Jojo was wonderful. I really felt for her with how difficult a position she was in, in seeing Jojo being brainwashed into such terrible views but being unable to effectively counteract them. I did like that in the end Rosie and her views and actions were a big part of what changed Jojo's mind even if she was never able to sit down and talk to him about them.
+ Yorkie was adorable and a delight, as was his and Jojo's friendship. They were so cute. I was deeply happy he survived.
+ I loved Yorkie's happiness at the end that Jojo and his Jewish girlfriend could now be free together. That together with his switch from demonising Jews to demonising the Russians and Americans in the exact same way really emphasised how shallow some of these kids' belief in the propaganda they're taught really is, or rather perhaps how easily moldable. I also like the contrast to Jojo who was a true believer and how his change of opinion was far more gradual and forced.
+ I liked Captain Klenzendorf. He was absolutely in a relationship with his second Finkel, yes? I liked his interactions with Jojo and him saving him at the end. I loved that his drawing of what uniform he was going wear during the invasion wasn't just a throw-away gag but that he actually wore it. He knew he was going to die so he just went for it and it was great.
+ I was left semi-uncertain if Klenzendorf was working with Rosie or not. On the side of 'yes' you have them talking at the pool, the fact that he showed up at the house immediately after the Gestapo (clearly having rushed there), and that he knew the truth about Elsa and covered for her. Also the talk about 'botched' missions that kept getting him demoted. But on the other hand the way he tells Jojo at the end that she was truly a good person felt like him commenting on himself in comparison - she was a good person, he wasn't. But perhaps that was because he was a part of the Nazis even if he was working as an internal saboteur, and his shame over that? Him showing up at the house could be put down to hearing about Rosie being executed and wanting to help Jojo. In the end I lean towards him working with Rosie.
+ I was curious about why no one seemed to know that Jojo's sister was dead but then no one seemed to care about a ten year old and/or two kids living alone after their mother died so I guess terrible bureaucracy and general lack of caring?
+ The movie was actually pretty funny. The humour worked for me perhaps especially because of how it was mixed in with tragedy and the darkness of the whole situation.
+ 'Adolf' amused me a lot in the beginning but I also loved that as Jojo changed so too did his imaginary 'Adolf' who became more menacing and harsh.
+ I was spoiled for Rosie's fate but when Jojo turned and saw her shoes it still hit emotionally. That scene was so sad. Jojo hugging her legs :( Also I loved the lead up to that with Jojo getting a small moment of little joy in following the butterfly and then the whiplash of him standing up right beside her shoes - ouch.
+ The saddest thing for me is that Rosie died not knowing about Jojo and Elsa's relationship. I'm sure her final moments were thinking about her kids and about her worry and fear for them surviving without her but since she didn't know they'd met and become friends there was also that added layer of uncertainty and fear about what could happen - would Jojo find Elsa and turn her in to her death, would Elsa be unfound but starve to death or try and run and be captured that way? If she'd known then she could have at least died comforted by the fact that they had each other.
+ I liked all three of the main characters - Jojo, Elsa, and Rosie - and really felt for all of them and the horrible positions they were placed in. I get why Jojo was the focus - he's the one who changes - but I would have loved more of Elsa and Rosie because they were both so great.
+ I really appreciated that the movie deviated from the strict Jojo POV focus to give us two scenes of Elsa and Rosie interacting. What we saw of their relationship was lovely.
+ The growing friendship between Jojo and Elsa was really well done. The letters from 'Nathan' were sweet. I like how they showed that at his core Jojo is a sweet kid with a lot of empathy. He aimed to hurt her but once he did he immediately wanted to fix it. I liked Jojo's book and Elsa messing with him over it. The scene where Elsa pretends to be his sister and both of their very obvious fear was well done. That said I could have done without Jojo's crush though I did like that he knew she saw him as a little brother.
+ I liked Rosie a lot. She was such a good mother and her relationship with Jojo was wonderful. I really felt for her with how difficult a position she was in, in seeing Jojo being brainwashed into such terrible views but being unable to effectively counteract them. I did like that in the end Rosie and her views and actions were a big part of what changed Jojo's mind even if she was never able to sit down and talk to him about them.
+ Yorkie was adorable and a delight, as was his and Jojo's friendship. They were so cute. I was deeply happy he survived.
+ I loved Yorkie's happiness at the end that Jojo and his Jewish girlfriend could now be free together. That together with his switch from demonising Jews to demonising the Russians and Americans in the exact same way really emphasised how shallow some of these kids' belief in the propaganda they're taught really is, or rather perhaps how easily moldable. I also like the contrast to Jojo who was a true believer and how his change of opinion was far more gradual and forced.
+ I liked Captain Klenzendorf. He was absolutely in a relationship with his second Finkel, yes? I liked his interactions with Jojo and him saving him at the end. I loved that his drawing of what uniform he was going wear during the invasion wasn't just a throw-away gag but that he actually wore it. He knew he was going to die so he just went for it and it was great.
+ I was left semi-uncertain if Klenzendorf was working with Rosie or not. On the side of 'yes' you have them talking at the pool, the fact that he showed up at the house immediately after the Gestapo (clearly having rushed there), and that he knew the truth about Elsa and covered for her. Also the talk about 'botched' missions that kept getting him demoted. But on the other hand the way he tells Jojo at the end that she was truly a good person felt like him commenting on himself in comparison - she was a good person, he wasn't. But perhaps that was because he was a part of the Nazis even if he was working as an internal saboteur, and his shame over that? Him showing up at the house could be put down to hearing about Rosie being executed and wanting to help Jojo. In the end I lean towards him working with Rosie.
+ I was curious about why no one seemed to know that Jojo's sister was dead but then no one seemed to care about a ten year old and/or two kids living alone after their mother died so I guess terrible bureaucracy and general lack of caring?
