Slow to start but improves...stick with it

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2014)

19 May 2014 Film of Choice at The Plaza Tonight - Godzilla. I went to see this with an open mind. Historically these films have been pretty bad but it's kind of expected. Tonight I went purely to see how the modern CGI dealt with the old old story of the big scary dinosaur, and it wasn't bad, once you finally got there. This film was so slow getting going, it was almost an hour into the action before there was any kind of action. I know films need to provide back stories and build you up to the main juicy content but this was painful to behold, and I found myself fidgeting in my seat just to stay awake.......however......once the plot took and the main guts of the film got underway the action wasn't half bad. Godzilla himself was quite a personable character and even the bad guys had a moment of tenderness. It's always fun to see a place you know trashed in a disaster film and boy did they trash San Francisco. No real chance for actors to shine is this movie but the CGI boys did good!!!