The awesomeness is strong with this one.

Rating: 8/10 (20 May 2014)

I have been anticipating Godzilla since the beginning of the year. The trailers just looked so awesome! So today I saw it. Here's what I thought of it. You already know what the plot of this movie is. A giant monster comes to the city and wrecks stuff. And in this adaptation we have Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Elizabeth Olsen. In this movie, Bryan Cranston plays an engineer who has suspicions that the government is hiding stuff. What will he discover? If you're guess is Godzilla, then you are correct! Honestly, I found the story in this movie to be kind of forgettable. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was fine, especially with this source material, but nothing really stood out. Within the story, I mean. With everything else that's a completely different ball park. Let's start with the performances. First off, Bryan Cranston was awesome. You all knew he would be awesome. Even the people that thought the trailer looked stupid probably thought he was going to be awesome. And he is. However, he isn't in the movie very much. It kind of feels like he's shoehorned into the movie so that they could get more people into the theater, but I didn't really mind that much. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the absolute main character in this film (besides Godzilla, of course). He does a pretty good job in this movie. Some people might think his delivery is a little emotionless and dry, but I thought it suited his character well. He's a military soldier who had to fight in some pretty tough wars. He's not going to be all drama filled. The cinematography is impeccable. Everything was shot so well it feels like you're actually there. And that helps the fantastic special effects. Godzilla and the other monsters in this movie just look so awesome. One of the things that I like this movie is that it focuses one the humans. It is about Godzilla, yes, but it follows the journey of the humans. It's like The Walking Dead. Zombies are in the movie, but it's not about the zombies. It's about the people in the show (and no I've never seen The Walking Dead but I really do want to). While this is a good thing, I wish Godzilla was in the movie more. When you seem him he's cool, but I want to see his coolness more. That's my one true negative to this movie. The first two-thirds or so of this movie is build up. It's a little slow, but it's necessary and it works in this movie's favor. And then, when that last third hits, HOLY FREAKING COW! This movie becomes so awesome! It's intense, it's exciting, its action packed, it makes nerds across the world have an orgasm! Who on earth could not think the end of this movie is awesome!?!? The fight scene at the end of this movie that will make so many jaws just drop right to the floor. And mine did a good deal of that fight. Overall, this was a great movie. While I found the story to be forgettable and the lack of Godzilla to be problems, I enjoyed the movie a lot. If you want some intense monster fight scenes, then you need to see this movie. If you couldn't watch the beginning because you thought it was too slow, just wait. I thought this movie was awesome and I can't wait so see it again.