Quite disappointing

Rating: 2/10 (10 January 2016)

This movie's title is misleading, because Godzilla basically makes a cameo only. The movie drags and drags and just when things start to get interesting (action sequences, fight scenes), it cuts back to the boring human story-line. Also, the awesome Bryan Cranston is killed not too long into the movie. He was definitely the best actor and most interesting human character, but, of course, the hero is his boring son, who is not that great of a character essentially. Godzilla looks awesome, and spews this great powerful energy but doesn't use it much, and a long time is spent just watching him swim towards and away from the town, with the military following him. Honestly, the MUTOs have a lot more screen time than Godzilla, who this movie is supposed to be about. A lot of time is spent in the dark, frustrating the audience even more and making the film even longer. There was of course the cliché of the wife and kid in trouble, who are characters not worth caring about. Godzilla ends up the savior of the town, which is okay. The film is visually stunning, so there's a plus. This should not have been called Godzilla, it should have been another creature to save the day, because the MUTOs are basically the main monsters here. All in all, a visually stunning movie that was extremely disappointing.