A much needed revival.

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2014)

Ciaran: I went to my local cinema who had just received 3D and i watched what i though was going to be one of the better movies of the year. I don't know why i got myself hyped up so much because i just fell even further, so here is my review of Godzilla. Let's start with the acting with Johnson as our lead he really doesn't say much..at all, and when he does speak it is literally five words- now this didn't bother me too much just it did get annoying. Wantanabe provided a decent performance and he didn't say much either, heck pretty much nobody said much in this film, i think the only person who said anything more than five words was Cranston who was axed before the 30 minute mark. Now we move onto the CGI, and boy it was impressive, no flaws and actually quite convincing, except for maybe the flood scene, even so i am glad to see that the money went to the department that is needed the most in a film like this. Now onto the writing, what can you expect from a monster film, poor writing and not the greatest explanation for a story, the film itself was so predictable and so stereotypical it wasn't even funny, i just feel the movie could have been better if the writers (who also wrote Doom and The Expendables) could have put some more effort into their work. Now i come to the final and most important component, the action and it really did work, it was perfect, Godzilla's reveal- perfect, the fight scene in Hawaii- awesome and final battle in San Fransisco, well it was a little bit overdone but still i can bypass that and say with confidence that this remake was better than the 1998 version. I highly recommend you watch Godzilla as it is awesome, just not a great film therefore it receives a 6/10.
Jacob's Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Godzilla. I was not expecting anything brilliant but I did want to be thrilled, scared and pumped and it delivered in those areas with only a few areas to improve on for me to call it a great monster movie. The acting was great, especially Bryan Cranston but the human characters could have been developed slightly more. The lead was was not too generic but did not offer much. I thought Cranston was the lead but it turns out that he was a secondary character. The film is ludicrous but not in a Pacific Rim way where everything is childishly stupid but there are some reality bending moments that I was willing to forgive such as people surviving great falls. I feel that if the movie focused more on panic from the human characters (which we spend most of the movie with) then the fear could have been more effective. People panic for sure but in some situations people are doing business as usual. And yes, there are monsters in this movie. A big surprise was two giant rhino beetles and a fat man in a lizard costume. I was surprised at how little of the title character was in this movie, however his reveal, design, roar and monstrous presence make it worthwhile. These creatures are portrayed more as animals and give a few explanations for how they operate. The flying Clover-field monsters feed on radioactive material and just radiation. They even eat radioactive waste from unused nuclear bombs. This movie has an enormous scope and goes as far as making Godzilla an anti-hero which is cheesy and confusing since he kills millions with just one step. A great, fun, modern action monster movie 8/10.