We watched this movie on Christmas Day (it was someone’s Christmas present).
This movie (in my opinion) more successfully conveys some concepts that are claimed to be core conservative Christian values than conservative Christianity does.
The movie is about a fake college set up by high school graduates who were rejected from all the real colleges they applied to. They create fake acceptance letters to satisfy their parents. They create a website, renovate a building and hire a Dean to make the fake college seem real to parents.
The fake college website says ‘acceptance is one click away’ and because that button actually works hundreds of other high school graduates show up to attend the fake college.
In a pivotal scene, the originator of the idea is about to tell them it’s fake and to all go home. He looks around at all their excited faces and realizes how much it means to each of them that somewhere was actually willing to accept them. And instead of telling them it’s all over he keeps the college going. Read the rest of this entry »
12-27-2007 |
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