Didn't Like It

Rating: 3/10 (19 May 2014)

Well, the first hour or so was quite good, and seemed to hold my interests. This is largely due to Bryan Cranston's (Joe Brody) acting skills. But by the time Godzilla made his first appearance, and Joe Brody was killed off (both happening roughly an hour into the film), things went downhill fast. The CG effects were abysmal, and not done in a tasteful manner at all. ie: night-time scenes (to hide the lousy CG),and at times the monster's appearance/size was noticeably disproportionate from scene to scene. You'd think Hollywood would have gotten at least that much right. From the middle of the film onward, the acting was also terrible, as was the script. It didn't even seem like the same film by this point. Maybe the writers from the first half also met their demise and were replaced by half-wits? And Pearl Harbor as a back-drop?? Lol, c'mon...typical American/Hollywood bullshit, so no real surprise there. Way too many clichés, as the hero in these films always seems to be a cop or military guy, and his wife works as a nurse in some hospital. Highly predictable, as the two are separated during the chaos, but miraculously reunite among a crowd of tens of thousands towards the end. I thought only Roland Emerich was guilty of such cheese. Though I'm sure some were delighted by the film, I felt ripped off, even though it cost us nothing to see, thanks to freebee company passes ;)