Not Living Up To Monstrous Expectations

Rating: 6/10 (28 June 2014)

Godzilla may very well be the most anticipated of the film, because, hey...who doesn't like remakes of the famous monster? We've been watching Godzilla for decades!
Before going to see the movie, I watched several trailers and I was excited that the creators of this version were taking a new approach to the film. The trailers didn't show much, but it showed a good cast with Bryan Cranston and Ken Watanabe. So, I had my hopes up for an awesome movie with tons of fighting and CGI.
The day before I went to see Godzilla, I saw on IMDb that the rating for Godzilla was 9.3/10, making me think "Wow, this movie must have been over-the-top amazing!", so I bought my tickets to go see it right away. But...as the movie progressed, I got increasingly disappointed with the entire movie.
**SPOILER ALERT**
It was to my great surprise that Bryan Cranston did not play a huge role in the film! He appeared a little bit, and then was gone. Ken Watanabe fell into the same boat, with him just being silent and staring off into space most of the time.
But most annoying was Godzilla himself and these weird bug-like creatures. There was minimal fighting throughout the movie (just some in the end), but most of the movie focused on waiting for the monsters to fight and humans not being able to do anything about it. In other words, the movie pretty much waited for Godzilla to act as our saviour.
Overall, although I still enjoyed the film because it's Godzilla, I was highly disappointed with this remake. More effort should have been put in to make the storyline better and to incorporate more action-packed and epic moments in the film, because if you're going to watch Godzilla, you really don't want to spend money watching drama and suspense. You want Godzilla to be the star! Not remain hidden for most of the movie.