Trailers is a 9, movie is a 4

Rating: 4/10 (19 May 2014)

If you can look past: 1. being constantly aware of actors acting 2. underdeveloped and rushed story 3. half-baked characters with whom you don't sympathize or care about 4. science fiction, the precepts of which are not explained 5. extremely cheesy one-liners that make you feel cheap and conversations/interpersonal dynamics that are void of any meaning 6. being able to see 15 minutes into the film all the time 7. moments that are made to feel significant by the combination of visuals and music (such as when they are parachuting), but are neither, because everything up to that point in the movie is unconvincing and has no cinematic legs. These moments make you think if someone is trying to pull a quick one on you, which they are. 8. Imax and 3D not being noticeable (which is great, when done properly), necessary or achieving any effect whatsoever 9. wishing, throughout the movie, that it will get better soon, because the trailer was so much better, and trailers are suppose to encapsulate the movie experience (which they accomplished by cutting out the dialogue and focusing your attention on your desire to see the entire creature, which you don't)
you'll arrive at 30 minutes (out of 2 hours) of excellent CGI with pretty good sound effects. Godzilla's roar is better than anything I could have ever imagined, but filmmakers realized this early on so I got my earful way before the movie was over.
I regret seeing this movie. I wish I had seeing the movie that the trailer advertised, and not this castration, poorly executed at that.