I want to save you from this film....

Rating: 2/10 (16 May 2014)

I am a big fan of this type of film, monsters fighting, big action sequences but wow did this film disappoint. I always take these movies for what there are and in the end they have to be fun if nothing else. Pacific Rim is a great example of how these films should be made, we know the acting and story is going to be weightless but action and comedy make it fun to watch.
Godzilla has taken the very popular of recent trend of being dark or "gritty" as people like to call it but that really struggles to work in a a film that is fundamentally about a giant lizard. The story line is one of the worse ever conceived with no explanation of any of the random things going on. Where have the MUTO's come from and what is there actual purpose? Does Godzilla just sit at the bottom of the ocean until humanity is at threat?
Bryan Cranston is a great actor no doubt and for his very brief stint in the film he does his best to add some suspense. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (who i like in Kick Ass) is a cardboard actor who isn't really given the script be anything else. Some of the lines in this film feel like a 3 year old has been let loose with a pencil.
The action (or lack of) is average. The fights between the monsters were not well choreographed, they were too slow and the camera was to far out. Godzilla is on screen for about 8 minutes of total and only 2 of them are him fighting. Hes more like the Michelin man that a sleek moving monster. He moves like an action figure with its joints glued. Maybe it would have been better for him to die at the end at least that way there can be no sequel!!
Lots of reviewers gave this film 8-10 stars and i'm starting to believe we may not have watched the same film, I went to see this film on those reviews and wanted to bring some balance.
On another note....the trailer for this film is completely misleading, Hollywood needs to take a long hard look at itself.
Conclusion:
Bad acting, worse story and serious lack of action or fun. Avoid like the plague although if i had the choice between the two id flip a coin!!