Waxed and Waned

Rating: 6/10 (17 May 2014)

The name Godzilla brings to mind the epic, and whilst the new Godzilla is epic, the movie certainly is not. The movie is alright don't get me wrong, but the monsters were the only thing that kept me in the cinema. The plot and vapid one dimensional characters had me bored out of my mind. Bryan Canston delivered a good performance in the first part of the film that I felt Taylor-Johnson was unable to match, this led to a decline in my interest in his characters story. In my opinion Ford's wife and child were unnecessary and clichéd they had little to no use and only served to waste screen time, whilst Wantanabe's character Dr Serizawa was grievously underutilized. Godzilla however was brilliant to watch on a scope like nothing we've seen before and truly an awesome sight. I loved every second he was on the screen. I feel this movie has been let down by poor writing, sacrificing a good plot and distracting us with a lot of bone rattling sound and god like destruction. I feel as though I was treated a bit like an idiot with little of my questions answered and instead glossed over with quick answers/excuses that made little to no sense. The film is worth watching at the cinema though as what little makes it good will be lost when it is transferred to the small screen.