The Monster is Fine, The Story on the Other Hand

Rating: 6/10 (26 May 2014)

I love monster movies, I love disaster movies. What I do not care for is the bait and switch as Godzilla turned out to be. I'm not a fan of spoilers so I didn't "research" this movie and went to see it just based off the media blitz, previews and honestly the fact that it was Godzilla! BUT, this movie is not about Bryan Cranston being a scientist against a radioactive monster. This story isn't about Godzilla attacking Tokyo. This movie has nothing to do with the previews. This movie is a pseudo love story that constantly takes you away from the action to watch a less interesting love story between unremarkable characters that the movie creators didn't deem important enough to be in the majority of trailers. This movie wasn't about a monster or the actors I expected. The graphics are top notch, the cinematography is on point but even the awesome monster scenes (which are fine) cant redeem this bait and switch tale. I gave it a 6 in honor of the history of the monster, the back story and graphics.