Not enough Godzilla in Godzilla!

Rating: 5/10 (14 September 2014)

I just saw GODZILLA! This film marks yet another attempt at a resurrection of the famed gigantic nuclear lizard. The last go round we saw Ferris Bueller running through a basketball stadium being chased by tiny Godzillas, so the bar has been set nice and low. The 2014 version, directed by Gareth Edwards, has the giant reptile taking a far more traditional shape and role which should thrill old school fans. The CGI is exceptional and the fights are classic old school knock down kaiju style monster battles. Unfortunately, Warner Brothers didn't think that would be good enough to sell this iteration of the movie. Instead, we're subjected to useless, crammed in melodrama from Brian Cranston, Elizabeth Olson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson of Kick-Ass fame who in this movie should be named "Lt. Coincidence" and Ken Wantanabe who takes on the role of trying to futilely explain the ridiculous premise of giant monsters fighting each other to modern audiences which just becomes embarrassing after a while. All in all, Godzilla is a good movie but it gets its priorities mixed up on what it should focus on which just makes it AT BEST an OK movie. Godzilla gets a 2.5...out of 5.