I'll admit, I found this one to be rather hard to watch half of the time. Granted, the film was clearly biased against the evangelicals and camp runners so the craziness was to be expected, but I suppose that actually seeing things being said that otherwise would seem like over-the-top exaggerations of evangelicals (like the denouncing of Harry Potter as satanical, or the smashing of the government-labeled cups and the G.W.B. cutout scene) makes still makes it rather strange to see, especially considering that the majority of Christians are far less extremist. The creepy music during the scenes where they were "speaking in tongues" and the shots of the children crying and screaming didn't help things one bit.
On the other hand, I did enjoy the portrayal of the children in the movie. They were all really nice kids, and as many people noted in class, they did have an admirable dedication to their religion while still managing to act like normal kids. I also loved the scenes that they had together, like when they were all telling ghost stories or talking at the table together, going bowling, and especially when they were all looking at the spiders. If I had to guess why those scenes were included (aside from just featuring kids being cute), it would be to make the "indoctrination" all the sadder. By the end, I pretty much had the same reaction as Mr. Papantonio.
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