It was pretty good, but ...

Rating: 8/10 (18 May 2014)

... I would have loved to have seen more of the monsters fighting than anything else. Besides that, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It was very well cast. Bryan Cranston (most famous for Breaking Bad) put on a very good performance. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick Ass 1 & 2) did a pretty good job. Ken Watanabe (Batman Begins) is an incredible actor that never disappoints. Elizabeth Olsen (who went uncredited in Captain America: The Winter Soldier) literally takes over the screen as the main female character. You have for the most part a very good ensemble cast.
The CGI was pretty decent. It didn't completely saturate the entire flick, unless you are catching it in 3D. Nonetheless, it blended pretty well with the live action shots.
It is the action that I could have seen a lot more of than telling the story. A Godzilla fan would rather want to see the creature tearing apart towns and pouncing alien monsters. There was, to me, just not enough of it.
My rating is more of an 8 1/2 than an 8.