For Godzilla Luvies

Rating: 7/10 (8 July 2016)

The 1998 film was a rehash of the original 1954 film whereas this 2014 film gets its inspiration from the later Godzilla vs X films of the 70s by which time the monster had become a good guy.
The acting is pretty good and the special effects are nice though it could have done with double the $160m budget. The story of the main characters does nicely develop over the course of the two hours.
There is a nice plot build up and lots of action and adventure. The cast is huge. There are lots of little nods to events in other Godzilla stories.
The bad stuff: No humour. It's mostly filmed in the dark (possibly to make the SFX cheaper) and on a small screen you will often struggle to see what's going on. Not much destruction, you mostly only see the after effects of city bashing. Not much monster vs monster though what is shown is good.
Add a point if you can see it on a large screen with the lights off.