the arrogance of man is thinking this is a good film...

Rating: 5/10 (16 May 2014)

Wow... Where to begin...
Firstly I loved Gareth Edwards first film Monsters, it had a subtle charm to it... I was interested in seeing what he was capable of doing with a bigger budget. The trailers for Godzilla were captivating and suitably enigmatic.
OK.. Godzilla...
Firstly the script is really really bad with clunky dialogue and bad actors. The bloke from breaking bad, who in the trailers was focused on as the main protagonist..*spoiler alert...dies very early on in the film. I was sat there thinking wtf? It caught me totally off guard. The Japanese guy ken wanatabe or whatever his name is spent the entire film looking miserable and constipated..maybe he was! He was just miserable and confused, very poor direction. His assistant, some actress, wouldn't have got an acting job in a British panto never mind a tentpole summer film. She was so mellow dramatic and awkward. The kick ass guy was OK, better than Taylor kitsch anyway. His wife was awful, out of her depth..she also looked at the camera a couple of times. This is quite worrying as the pair are soon to play sister and brother in avengers 2.
The film jumps around a lot, hundreds of miles of land and ocean are covered in minutes. As stated in other reviews, the film is a very slow burner. You only really see Godzilla later in the film. The monsters and the fights are done far better in pacific rim. I know pacific rim had some awful dialogue, but it also had humour and the fights were engaging. Poor Godzilla with his elephant feet, really I wasn't bothered or pulled into the fight sequences. The film ended abruptly. I was laughing, the cinema audience stood up and looked puzzled at each other.
The 5 points I gave this film, its only saving grace, were for the sets and effects which I thought were excellent. I liked some of Gareth Edwards shots and the way he at least holds the camera steady, but the film isn't good. Some people hated Roland Emmerichs Godzilla, I haven't watched it for years, this film is almost as bad. Sorry, if your a fanboy, you may enjoy it, but anyone else... Its just meh..an OK'ish film.