Better Than Expected

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2016)

Walking into Godzilla, I expected crap. I literally expected to hate the movie, like the last Godzilla movie. However, I was very pleasantly surprised to see that it was pretty good. Of course it has problems, but they are pretty easily outweighed by the positives. First off, many people will complain about the lack of Godzilla himself in the film. Yes, I wanted him to have a bit more screen time, but the absence was not too obvious. Second, (spoiler alert) Bryan Cranston's character dies. He was by far the most interesting character in the whole film, yet he dies 30 minutes or so into the movie. I'm fine with him dying, it really draws emotion out of his son, played by Aaron-Taylor Johnson, but he dies so early in the film, it washes out both of their characters. This also leads me into the third and biggest problem. I truly didn't care about any (besides Bryan Cranston) of the characters at all. I actually was waiting for one of them to die so we would actually care somewhat the next time watching it, but it didn't happen. This really threw me off on how I felt about the movie. After seeing it, I went home and thought about it a lot. I really did enjoy it overall, but these problems really weigh it down. The CGI was absolutely amazing, with breathtaking shots of Godzilla fighting the Muto, and I really enjoyed the cinematography. Overall, I think Godzilla should get a B+, or an 8 out of 10.