Too much trite storyline, not enough stomping

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2014)

While I like the new design and the fantastic CG, this Godzilla movie is kind of like the Lorax... the name of the movie has little content of the main character; The Lorax was only in "The Lorax" for about 8 minutes of the movie, unfortunately that's about all the screen time Big G gets, the rest is uninteresting unpolished plot that makes you wish they would just "get on with it" as Monty Python said. Godzilla movies are kind of like porn, nobody watches it for the storyline they watch it for the action, so talk less and pound more.
Also, critics and many reviewers are laying into this movie saying the storyline was bad or that the acting was sub par... it's Godzilla, do you expect Meryl Streep to make a 3 minute cameo and rack up yet another Oscar ? This is a popcorn movie, it's meant to sell tickets and to show the Japanese how to make a movie that doesn't involve someone wearing a $2M suit for some weird on screen cos-play action. You dump a $160M in and hope you make twice that back, who cares if every Big G fan walks out feeling like a comic con fan who doesn't get the autograph he stood in line for.
If there is a sequel to this movie, make it more like Pacific Rim with tons of action and very little story or dialog. I mean really, how much story do you need? 50 story lizard has a beef with mankind and his only means of dealing with his aggression is to stomp the **** out of everything that the minuscule little primates built. 120 minutes of Godzilla goodness, 3 minutes of dialog. Someone go make that movie, I'll wait.