The MUTO Movie, featuring Godzilla

Rating: 6/10 (2 June 2019)

I saw this movie opening night in 2014 and boy did I love it. Until I let it sit in and the more and more I think about it, it's kinda boring and underwhelming in some aspects.
The positives:
Gareth Edwards's direction is absolutely amazing. He shoots Godzilla low and from human perspective which gives Godzilla a grand scale. The last 10 minutes are also really good and some of the best in Godzilla history.
The negatives:
The human characters are really boring, besides Bryan Cranston. Everyone else just seems either bored or uninterested. It's like they were only there for their paycheck and could care less how they acted. And it's weird because the cast is full of really talented actors and actresses. While I praise Edwards for his direction, unfortunately, he doesn't know how to direct actors. The movie is also very dark but not like dark-toned but dark like where are the colors? You can't see the monsters fight at the end and you can barely see what the humans are doing at night.
Edwards is very ambitious for teasing Godzilla. He doesn't come onto screen until nearly an hour in. I like the teasing but what kills it, is that the human characters are boring and when Godzilla is not on the screen, they are and it can be tough to sit through. This isn't a traditional Godzilla movie. This one tries to be more grounded and focus more on the humans, which I'm all on board for, but the characters are just terrible. But at least you know their motives and stuff.
The movie also focuses more on the MUTOs than Godzilla. When you really look at it, it's more of the MUTO's movie than Godzilla's. It's not how much screen time Godzilla has is the problem, it's how it is used. They pretty much use all of it at the end and like I said, when Godzilla is not on the screen the boring human characters are. I don't have a problem with the movie being more character-based than action-packed but as I said, what kills the movie are the characters and since they have about 80% screen time, it can be rough.
To sum things up: Ambitious but at times boring. Not the worst Godzilla movie.