A vehicle for monsters fighting each other

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2014)

I tried very hard to find something nice to say about this movie. It features the legendary monster Gojira (Godzilla), the metaphor the Japanese created for the nuclear holocaust.
Unlike other representations, here Godzilla is good (probably signifying a shift in the perception about nuclear power?) and fights for humanity (albeit misunderstood).
Visually the movie is well done, with a particular nod to the monster- fighting scenes which can be breathtaking at times.
However, the drawbacks are more prevalent. - there's no real story: monsters appear, wreak havoc and die/disappear. No motive is ever given except for a shrug which apparently states that it happens at times. - the human characters are irrelevant to the point where nobody would miss them if they weren't there. - the script is awful - Ken Watanabe is awfully underused and it seems to be a poster-boy for meditation, spending most of his time staring blankly and mumbling irrelevant things - there's some attempt at character development which is a waste of time as the 'characters' aren't really of any consequence in the story.
This movie feels like it should've gone straight to Bluray and I see little reason why someone would pay for the exquisite torture of watching this in 3D in cinemas.