It was good, but could have been great

Rating: 7/10 (17 May 2014)

If you want to see beautifully crafted monsters battling it out for dominance, well this movie will be for you. The actions sequences are not fast paced, but are very captivating, and I think that is what saved it for me. I was dreading that I would walk away feeling like I had watched another Pacific Rim, and Transformer film. The CGI is impeccable! This is coming from a guy who finds that cgi leaves a nasty taste in my mouth. Godzilla itself resembles the beast that we can remember from yesteryear, thankfully!
As far as acting and character development goes, well there just isn't any. Cranston delivers a fine performance, though his appearance in the film is all to brief, and that frustrated me. The majority of the characters were painfully dull, and some... why are the even there??.. I don't know.
For a no brainer, visual extravaganza go and see it, there were fist pumps galore during the battles, and some clever little details to get you excited. Though don't go in feeling like you will be getting an insight into anything you don't already know about the beast.. it is ambiguous at best. I can smell a franchise coming, starring the worlds greatest anti hero.