Godzilla v the something or other creatures - Same old but better than its peers

Rating: 6/10 (21 January 2020)

You got to give these guys credit. Over the past 20 years this has been a tired & tested formula genre, and has gone through so many reboots, parodies, copies and rip-offs. The director & writers have taken the genre and stripped it bare to its core from the past, and what we have is a more grown up and interesting take on Godzilla.
The special effects are good, but its the tension and build up which is excellent, as we await the inevitable clash between Godzilla and some other bizarre creatures. Compared to the masses of other monster movies, this was far more interesting. I saw a recent Japanese Godzilla remake lately, and it was just boring. This one keeps you interested through much of it.
The biggest problem is that simply despite the improvements in various aspects to its peers, there's really not much more you can do with this genre. King Kong, Jurassic World etc have done much enough the same and there's little to get excited. Nothing too original, just another slant on the same old story.
The ending was nothing to write home about, and the usual gung-ho US army hero was too jingoistic for me to care about.
Anyhow, it was fine for an evening's viewing and better than many of its recent peers, but the genre is done like Westerns etc. It will keep getting rebooted as people seem to like remakes but all we'll see is updated special effects, and no new story. Nice try and fine effort, but that's best I can say about this.