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The Hollow (2015)
Weak, main characters make you root for monster
It's a typical bad horror movie where monster chases protagonists. In this case three screechy sisters who basically screech the entire film. Even after being told the creature has great hearing and is drawn to sounds multiple times they keep yelling at each other, screeching needlessly, and pounding loudly on things. So dumb and annoying. One falls down and is too injured to walk normally within in the first 30 seconds of fleeing the creature. I eventually wanted it to catch them just to shut them up. There isn't much or any story beyond supernatural creature hunting the victims.
Monk: Mr. Monk and the Astronaut (2006)
Too unrealistic details detract from story at times
What I like about Monk is his humanity. The juxtaposition of his human frailties, shortcomings, and weakness with his strong talents in other ways and his resilience. This was explored in this show by his interaction with the astronaut who has an over abundance of self confidence to the point of arrogance that he plays against Monk to make him feel inferior. Some of the plot details here are stretched a bit far in terms of plausibility though. Most irritating to me though is the classroom speech scene. I have worked as a teacher and never would myself or any of the other teachers I worked with have allowed those students to behave like that without intervening in some way. We certainly would never leave students unattended with invited guest speakers so to think a teacher just let that go on was ridiculous to me. Nit picky maybe but this is Monk where the central character's obsession with details is both a strength and weakness. It makes the inconsistencies in characters actions, details and reality in the stories seem to stand out more harshly sometimes. Still loved Monk! :)