Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (18 May 2014)

This movie is not deserving of anything higher than being rated average. Yes it is an improvement over the last Godzilla but this movie was so disjointed.
Lack of strong acting (Bryan Cranston fans will be disappointed) and no character development.
Not much in terms of monster battles with too much focus on the human characters who are not developed at all during the movie.
Section below contains spoilers of the movie explaining specifics on what brings about the disappointment.
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Bryan Cranston's character dies shortly after the film starts. He is one of the reasons I was excited to see this movie and him not being in the rest of the film created the lack of a great actor in the leading role.
Every monster battle between Godzilla and the "Muto" leads to a quick glimpse and then back to soldiers running around or shots of military vehicles driving around.
Felt like a Jerry Bruckheimer Transformer movie with the main story ignored to instead focus on destruction, explosions and the irrelevant human characters.
The "Muto" are too similar to the aliens from Starship Troopers. Would rather have seen a classic Godzilla villain.
Ken Watanabe character is limited to scientific viewpoints of a 5th grader and stares in amazement throughout the whole movie.