The last Godzilla film was awesome by this standard.

Rating: 3/10 (20 September 2014)

Where was the story?
To be honest I expected an average film with plenty of clichés but what I got surpassed my worst estimation. The characters came straight out of "my big book of film characters", the story, or what little plot passed for one, dragged interminably and there were more "Hollywood moments" than I could count. By Hollywood moments I mean liberties taken with the plot or with reality. I'll give just two examples.
1. The Japanese civilian authority fails so naturally the American military takes over whilst still in Japan. The Japanese military are not to be seen.
2. Ships follow each other and Godzilla mere yards apart and cross an ocean in hours.
OK, with any Godzilla movie you have to take some liberties with reality to even make a movie at all but this one just sticks it's middle finger up to such cares leaving you looking at the failures rather than the story. That the story is so poorly told only makes that easier. Frankly films that treat me as an idiot only highlight their own shortcomings. To work, an action or sci-fi film must take any liberties with at least a modicum of plausibility to leave the viewer engaged with the plot rather than grasping with the liberties. The last Godzilla movie was a vastly better affair.