The perfect film for those who don't want to see a Godzilla film

Rating: 1/10 (18 May 2014)

Let's just start by acknowledging this is not really a Godzilla movie, but an action film that follows the template of every 150 million dollar Hollywood CGI-enhanced action film. It feigns loyalty to its source material then completely rearranges the deck, so that Godzilla is no longer spawned by atomic radiation and the MUTO creatures, which so feed off nuclear energy, are acceptable to today's audiences. They are designed exactly like every other unidentifiable CGI crustacean dripping goo, from After Earth to Starship Troopers to Pacific Rim. The film wreaks of poor continuity, underdeveloped characters and nonsensical military operations, sometimes just for the sake of a camera perspective (like the superfluous air drop). So it is perfect for today's audiences who just want to witness disaster and death in 3D in a vacuum. 160 million dollars and 800 digital artists and here I am watching The Godzilla Power Hour...or maybe I'd rather be.