Godzilla (2014)

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2014)

There hasn't been a good Godzilla movie for far too long. The whole 'monster movie' has actually been pretty dormant recently, with only a few movies like Pacific Rim to give the genre some life.
Now Godzilla is back; with solid action and CGI as well as a competent cast. The action is very well paced, and the monster itself moves in a realistic way; it feels like Godzilla is truly powerful as well as massive - reportedly the biggest it has ever been. The animation rarely calls itself into question too, and the massive amount of CGI used doesn't detract from the movie at all. The impact in the battles is so believable it made me flinch, if you're thinking of seeing Godzilla it has to be in 3D! Bryan Cranston does a great job in his role, as one expects, and the rest of the cast are okay too... most of the cast, anyway.
The human protagonist for much of the movie is Ford Brody, Bryan Cranston's character's son. Played by Aaron Taylor-Johnston, and I have to admit that this character wasn't up to scratch. I never got a connection from Taylor-Johnston at all, I genuinely didn't believe a word he said and I didn't buy into his motivations at all. I'm not a Taylor-Johnson fan, and the fact that he has been cast as Quicksilver of the Marvel Universe makes me nervous.
Godzilla is an overall good movie, dotted with some noticeable flaws. The two hour run-time contains loads of surprises that the trailers didn't give away too, which is nice. If you've read this far into my review then you must be interested - go see it, you'll regret missing it.