FROM WHAT I CAN REMEMBER, I was not fond of being part of a team on a school project. Even after school, with some of the jobs I had, I disliked having to do something as a team. It never failed in school, I would be on a team that had someone who was a bully or a “goof-off.” It was rare to be on a team where everyone was in synch, who shared in the work. I remember one project, where the four of us had to give a presentation on a cultural tradition of our choosing, using props and physical examples to show the classroom. One of the students on my team spent most of the time doodling on paper, never offering a suggestion or opinion. When it was our time to present to the students, he did one physical example and that was it: his entire contribution to our team effort. I did not think he deserved the grade the teacher gave us. I felt the same way after school, when I was teaching my fitness classes. Whenever there was a special occasion and our fitness director announced we would be holding team taught classes, I cringed. Everyone had a different style and personality, where they did not always mesh well together. Plus, I thought pairing someone with a big personality, which I had, with a quiet or more rigid instructor made things awkward in the class. I never wanted a situation where one instructor would outshine another.      ONE OF THE COMPANIES I WORKED for had a series of huge mailings, where samples and advertisements would be boxed and mailed to our customers. Many of the employees, no matter what type of position they had, were asked to participate in the process. It may have sounded like a request, but all the employees knew it was not one. I found myself stuck with an employee who I knew did recreational drugs on the job. We would sit together and try to create an assembly line where one person gathers the samples, and the other person places them in a certain order inside the shipping box. After a time, we would switch roles, so no one would get tired of doing the same thing over and over. Many times, they would stop to go outside for a smoke or inside would go to the kitchen to see if there was any food to eat, leaving me to do both parts of the job. I soon became irritated. What annoyed me further was the lack of respect; they never even apologized or made an excuse for being away, leaving me to do the work. Where everyone else finished earlier, we were the last ones to complete the task. I never wanted to work with them again. I hoped the two enemy titans in this action, sci-fi adventure had better luck than I did.      WHEN A THREAT TO MANKIND THAT could destroy the planet begins to form, Kong and Godzilla would have to find a way to work together if they wanted to overcome the evil force. They were not the type to trust each other. With Rebecca Hall (The Night House, The Prestige) as Ilene Andrews, Brian Tyree Henry (Bullet Train, Widows) as Bernie Hayes, Dan Stevens (Beauty and the Beast, The Guest) as Trapper, relative newcomer Kaylee Hottie as Jia and Alex Ferns (The Batman, Joyeux Noel) as Mikael; this latest in the monster universe world had a script that was nonsensical. There were so many different things taking place in the story that I was bored most of the time. The special effects were okay for the most part but did not make me go “wow.” I felt the writers were trying to cover too many bases, from a heartfelt family story line to a mystic wonder one to a good against evil one; this movie left me not carrying about the outcome.                    

1 ¾ stars