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Overrated movie full of old ideas.

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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I went into this movie expecting to like it as literally every critic I care about had a positive opinion of Jojo Rabbit.

Ok, I smiled a few times, especially at Norman Rockwell and Waititi Hitler's antics, but everything else was something I had seen in others movies; The Tin Drum (outcast boy growing up in Nazi Germany), Hitlerjunge Salomon (Imaginary friend Hitler), Swing Kids (kids dancing in Nazi Germany) , Monsieur Batignole (One of the better movies where someone reluctantly hide Jews), Slaughterhouse-Five (The Super Nazi uniform) and even Iron Sky (Rebel Wilson seemed straight out of that movie).

There was nothing fresh about this. Yes, Nazis were bad and racism is stupid, but what else do you have to offer?

At best, this made me want to re-watch Moonrise Kingdom, which is 20 times better and without nazis.

[–] TearofLys (2510) 5 years ago

Agree. I think the movie was hyped because it was by Taika Waititi, and it just wasn't that good. I didn't find the humor risque (or terribly funny for that matter). What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople were great movies. This movie wasn't, and the only reason it made money was because Waititi directed it and Scarlett Johannsen starred in it.