Good character movie, tense, but would have liked more threat!

Rating: 6/10 (15 May 2014)

The 2014 Godzilla movie presents a story about an attempt at covering up a monster causing chaos with lies about a natural disaster. Scientist Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston) is not convinced, and determined to discover the truth.
The characters are very well developed, the viewer certainly sides with them and their motivations. The plot is very different from previous Godzilla films, and recommended for an alternative Godzilla story.
The creature is given an unexpected additional weapon in its arsenal that is used to great effect and well explained.
However, what the film had in character and plot, it lacked in violence and threat. The effort they went to with CGI for the creature while swimming, or being generally observed, clearly didn't extend to CGI fight scenes. The fight scenes were slow and unexciting. The overall damage caused was below the expected scale, and unintentional. To say that recent Spiderman movies were more violent than this Godzilla movie would be entirely accurate.
Tension was well created, but the resulting scene was often underwhelming.
Watch for a different take on Godzilla, with new monster abilities!
Michael Newton
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