I thought new movies should not repeat cliché from other movies!!

Rating: 3/10 (15 May 2014)

***a lot of spoilers**
let me start by saying this movie was visually perfect. a big thumbs up for the people behind the visual effect,cinematography, sound editing, mixing..etc. BUT !!! i really hope the writers paid as much attention as well !!!
the story line is ridicules !! full of cliché. and i will list some of them.
we follow this family in their journey to feel compassionate with them!! but usually the family we follow has a significant role on the movie's plot direction!! the whole Brody family had no big role at all. "Joe Brody" played by Bryan Cranston, lost his wife because of this sudden unexplained earthquake that triggered the nuclear plant. he felt responsible so he took it upon himself to figure the reason out (until now we are OK). 15 years later... he is still trying to figure out!!!!!! and it doesn't feel like 15 years. he is still obsessed like it happened yesterday, yet has little new clues!! (not worth 15 years). so he tried to trustpass to his old house and so he got caught by the police, so his son had to fly from America to Japan to bale him out!! (no idea why cant anyone else do it). when his son arrived to his apartment he saw that his father is still obsessed from the "newspapers and photos hanged all over the apartment's walls"!! (why does every obsessed guy in movies does the same thing!!! whilst in real life no one really does it!! ). they both tried to go back to the house to get this very important data (which were not important at all) and so things got complicated and the father lost his life because of this (for nothing). the Japanese doctor had all the answers and was the main source of information, so i still don't get the role of Joe!!!
i then had hope that at least the son "Ford Brody" will have the important role because he feels bad for not believing in his father, but no !! he did nothing worth saying as well!! at the end, the whole city got destroyed, thousand of people died and Godzilla saved the day!!!!
there are so many other clichés that i totally get in older movies but i cant pass them for newer ones!! writers out there ... be more creative... a little bit more. like for example, when a kid entered the train without his parents and Ford Brody took him and promised to get him back !! (not necessary nor heartwarming). or when the entire army were firing "tiny bullets" on the monsters!!! (you expect more logic). or when they went back to the house after 15 years and saw the happy birthday sign hanged up (really!)...
I personally liked the cast acting except for Aaron Taylor-Johnson in his portraying of Ford Brody. I thought his acting was fake and the least convincing. (i mean its a monster, you should be really scared)
again, the only reason I'm very disappointed on this movie is that it is a 2014 movie. and i think that new and especially big budget movies should know better by now. our standard is higher now. in 10 years when we see this movie we will laugh at the visual effects (like we do when we see old movies now) and only the story line will remain.