Review of Godzilla (2014) by Billyliar87 — 17 May 2014

I was hoping for a better film, but was unfortunately left underwhelmed. The effects were beautiful, as well as cinematography. The idea of a modern take on Godzilla was also fleshed out (albeit to the extreme of over-exposition). Lastly, the fight scenes between the monsters were brief moments of splendor.

Alas, the lack of an inspired screenplay wiped all of these pros clean off the table and left this as a mediocre monster flick with severely underdeveloped characters. The talent was there! Yet, the main character (Johnson) had "motivation" that felt forced and his character's arc was practically non-existent! Bryan Cranston was sadly underused and could have been more interesting given more screen time. Ken Watanabe and his team served absolutely no purpose to the plot, as he just follows the monster around with his mouth open in awe of the creature the whole time. The more I think about what the characters were "doing" the more angry I get and the less I like the movie because I feel like every human character wasted my time. The film also took itself way too seriously, and lacked any sense of humor or fun. (see Pacific Rim) The intention was well put in this reboot... but in the end, the script was not there. I really really wanted to like this movie, but was left sadly disappointed. Sad times.