A movie about giant monsters should never be this dull

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2015)

When the trailer for the 2014 'Godzilla' came out everyone was raving about it so I thought I'd better take a look (I don't usually watch trailers if I can help it). Admittedly it was a hell of a trailer but I remember thinking to myself there's no way the full 2 hour film can have this much intensity and excitement so it didn't seem like a true indication that it was going to be a great film. Sure enough I was right. An absolute snoozefest. The best scene in the movie made up most of the trailer and the rest was just filler.
For a movie called 'Godzilla' the titular character really doesn't get a lot of screen time. This would be OK if the characters weren't such a complete bore, not to mention incredibly unlikable. Bryan Cranston was the only character that could have carried this movie from start to finish, but instead we are left with Aaron Taylor-Johnson playing a spoilt, miserable brat. I never once thought to myself "I hope this character survives the movie", I simply couldn't have cared less about any of them for that matter. That is never a good thing in any movie of any kind.
The film relies heavily on being visually impressive. At times it is for sure. But is that enough to carry a film? No way. From what I understand 'Godzilla' movie after 'Godzilla' movie turn out to be flops and there's a very simply reason for this - the character is ultimately boring. Once you've had your first glimpse at him and maybe seen him roar once or twice there isn't a lot left to see. I see that two sequels have already been green lit. I bet right now there's a scriptwriter who's been handed the job of those thinking "why me? It was a stretch making one movie out of this character, let alone two more". Good luck to you sir is all I can say.