The King of the Monsters is Back!!

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2014)

After 2 years of waiting and a huge amount of trailers and commercials, Godzilla 2014 is finally here, but is it worth seeing? I'm very happy to say that this movie more than delivers as a Godzilla movie and it is a great movie in general.
Let me get this out of the way, this movie looks gorgeous. Gareth Edwards really nailed the visual spectacles and managed to show Godzilla in a way audiences have never seen before, providing plenty of amazing scenes of scenery, destruction, and monster action to keep you satisfied. Godzilla and the MUTO monsters look amazing and steal the show in every scene they're in, and the destruction level is cranked up to the max as one would want from a Godzilla movie.
Unlike a lot of Godzilla movies, this one actually gives you human characters you care about. Brian Cranston gives a great performance in his role, but he isn't in the movie as much as you might expect, which could be a little disappointing, but Aron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen also give good performances and do a good job at carrying the human element of the film. Most of the supporting cast do a good job as well, but some of them are almost wasted and don't have much to do, but this is only a minor flaw in the film.
Of course the main reason people would see this movie is because of the big G himself. Godzilla was handled with great taste. He has all of his trademarks, from his atomic breath to his incredible toughness to handle anything, and his roar sounds amazing, especially in the theater with surround sound. This might possibly be the best he's ever looked and sounded. The MUTO monsters are also cool looking and provide good monster villains and great opponents for Godzilla.
With this movie, it seems like they did it in the style of the first Godzilla film with a slow build up to Godzilla's reveal, which is done well and has a great pay off, I never felt cheated, but I feel at some points they cut away from the monster action too soon when it could have gone longer, but this is only applying to 2 or 3 moments in the film and again is only a minor flaw. Don't worry. Godzilla and the MUTOs have a pretty good amount of screen time, which is enough to satisfy audiences.
Godzilla 2014 is one heck of a ride and a much welcome return to the King of the Monsters. It's a great movie in general. Whether you're a fan of Godzilla or not, go see it. You will enjoy it.