gojira! the king of monsters is back

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2014)

just finished watching the movie and i have to say, i honestly expected much more but...this was still a pretty awesome movie. so first off the good. 1. Godzilla looks awesome the MOTO's were really cool looking although they have nothing to do with the original MOTO's these were original monsters. 2. the CGI was just amazing in every sense of the word. 3. the origin story was well thought out and leaves open the possibility of other future monsters. essentially the moto's are gargantuan prehistoric monsters that feed off primordial earths radioactivity and as the radioactivity died out they went underground and to the deep of the oceans to feed off the radioactivity in the subsurface. 4. the story for the most part was pretty serious focusing on the human side amidst the chaos. 5. the fight scenes were really cool and well, they basically flatten everything in sight. now the bad... 1. although serious the story was rather bland with very uninteresting characters. also the use of children to bring drama to the story was a little too obvious.i mean seriously you get to see the innocent faces of children in danger like 6 times throughout the movie. 2. cheese factor...the ending was extremely cheesy but i think it was meant as an homage to the original movies. the children again, just over the top. we get it they're in danger. Kevin Watanabe although an amazing actor in his own right was just bland and one dimensional. he basically played the nervous worried scientist that somehow knows what Godzilla wants and knows how to stop the monster invasion by simply letting them fight it out...seriously his most memorable line is "let them fight". which sounds cool until you actually watch him say it. 4. fight scenes although spectacular could have been much better if we actually saw them fight. we know they fight because we see it through windows and television sets and the eyes of the people who are far enough away so as to not get hurt. we only really see the last 15 minutes of the last fight. 5. the sound editing was weird. moments when it feels like you need dramatic music or sounds are mute for some reason. i'm assuming the director felt that the silence was more dramatic then adding an actual dramatic musical tone. 6. Bryan Cranston's role, the best one by the way, was cut way to short to the point of false advertising. they basically advertised a much bigger role for Cranston's character and he was really only in the movie like 15 minutes. the best acted 15 minutes of the movie.
so with all this it sound like the movie was bad...but it really wasn't. all in all it was still a really good movie. it just felt like they wanted to go into a more serious direction while bringing on the cheese in order to give an homage to the original films. essentially this felt like an introductory movie and thanks to the origin story, they leave the door open for more monsters (maybe some of the original monsters), which i'm fine with because i can see this becoming a very successful franchise. i say watch it for yourself, most people will love this movie. and i have renewed my Godzilla fandom. i'm happy i saw this movie, it was entertaining and fun to watch and i cant wait for the sequel. ooh yes one more thing Godzillas atomic breath was so freaking cool.