Boring, no fun and quite awful

Rating: 3/10 (17 May 2014)

I wanted to walk out of this film. It was so serious and boring. Almost sleep inducing. Sure the monster effects are superb but that doesn't make a film in my opinion. More like a demonstration of a graphics card. I would say the 90s film was far more entertaining, at least they got some comedy moments in there from Matthew Broderick and Jean Reno.
Godzilla's size seems to change during this film as well and many things seem weird, stupid and unnecessary. Why look for a monster in a nuclear waste storage building when you can see from the outside that half of a mountain is missing? Does every monster fight have to be at night? Why mess about shipping nuclear warheads across the country when you can launch nuclear missiles with the push of a button sitting in a nice comfy bunker?
The characters in this film were completely forgettable, very superficial and extremely stereo typical. It takes all the Roland Emmerich stuff basically but removes the fun and it doesn't seem to keep you interested even remotely. The main character made me think of Lois Lane in Man of Steel (another weak WB / Legendary film I think). He managed to transport himself to wherever the action is and of course his dad is the conspiracy theory nut who had figured it all out before anyone else. All very convenient. Why not spread his tasks across different characters? This is what the 90s movie did right I think.
Weak story line but someone who I was with did point out that many elements are true to the original Godzilla stories as crazy as they were.
This film wasn't worth my time for the trip to the cinema and I am disappointed I got excited about on the basis of very favourable early reviews. I am quite suspicious of those to be honest.