Really great monster with really boring people and way too much time.

Rating: 5/10 (12 May 2014)

Eish - used in South Africa to express exasperation or disbelief – where does it all go fiber on us exactly? I can't finely pinpoint but somewhere in the rain (again) and behind the Vegas take down there is some sort of snore factor that takes precedent. I enjoy a destruction film but when a filmmaker becomes too preoccupied with the pretentious ideal that the film in question is somehow more than a destruction film, then there is so much human drama fodder to sift through in order to get to the good stuff. The flip side – the good stuff is truly awesome and relentless without skipping on annihilating as much as possible.
Maybe I just didn't care about the main characters and their lives? Maybe I just didn't care about anyone's existence if it meant that the destruction would have to cease? Maybe I am just annoyed that Juliette Binoche and Bryan Cranston seem to set the precedent of how great the performance in this movie is going to be but then it turns out that they're the best thing that isn't a special effect?
Did Aaron Taylor-Johnson worry about how hot he looked constantly? Yes. He was ripped. The end. Did Elizabeth Olsen get to flex anything other than her sob skills? No. She cried so much. She cried probably just as much as Ken Watanabe stares, into the distance, at screens, out windows, he stares so much.
But the title is Godzilla and as far as the title is concerned, the film delivers. Godzilla is definitely well worth it. The humongous, roaring, destructive anti-hero with rocky-leathery skin and the somehow illusive existence is fun to watch. The build up was well timed. And the action was nicely paced so the viewer could soak it all up.
The story - Basically there are two new mutant creatures out to destroy all in order to procreate and destroy even more. In steps Godzilla because why should something else destroy what he is not? What more does one need to know?
Oh, Godzilla is loud. 6.5/10