A great film, highly recommended

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2014)

Before I saw this movie, I looked up other people's opinions online and was met with some rather mixed feelings. Some thought this was a great film, with the best acting and effects they'd ever seen, while others thought of the 2014 Godzilla as a monstrosity (if you'd pardon the pun)
Personally, my opinion reaches the middle. The movie as a whole, was really good. The CGI was incredible and there was some amazing acting on behalf of Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston. The most common complaint I saw was that there was a lack of Godzilla, with the creature only appearing three times. Whereas actually, this wasn't true - Godzilla does have a fair few scenes through the movie. I found the balance between showing the creature's antics and following the human's reaction to the terror to be quite fair. There wasn't a whole lot of action throughout the movie however, with short bursts of excitement being teased all the way through, leading up to the last 10/15 minutes. But this isn't just a mindless monster movie, this is also an emotional one - for the most part showing Ford Brody, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, attempting to reach his family and ensure their safety.
(Spoiler alert for the next paragraph) My only real complaint was how misleading the trailer was. In the trailers, Bryan Cranston's character Joe Brody was made out to be the protagonist, where this is far from the case - he is essentially only in the film to introduce the audience to Godzilla, and he actually dies near the beginning. I feel like Cranston was only cast to promote and sell the movie, as halfway through it was easy to forget that he was ever on our screen in the first place.
Overall, I do highly recommend Godzilla. While others may not think so, I found this to be a perfect blend of action and emotion, with some all round good acting and astonishing CGI. 8/10