Godzilla 2014 is NOT a good Godzilla film

Rating: 2/10 (3 January 2020)

The music was good, Godzilla's design was nicely updated and the CGI overall was effectively convincing. And that's pretty much where my praise ends. Just thought I should get that over and done with first. Now that I've got all the positive stuff out of the way, I'll begin to explain why Godzilla 2014 is awful! It's quite possibly the worst giant monster movie I've ever seen.
The vibe I got from watching this miserable film all the way through from beginning to end was as if to say the filmmakers were totally embarrassed to be making a monster-action movie. Every time a fight between the colossal creatures was about to occurre the scene would almost immediately cut away to something else happening with the bland humans in the foreground while all the cool monster action you actually want to see takes place far in the background, which is something I find incredibly irritating as heck! Even when the film decides to focus on the monsters fighting one and other, it's still no fun to watch because of the dark and dreary cinematography which is set in the dead of night for the duration of the climactic battle. So I guess you could say this is a giant monster movie for people who don't like giant monster movies, much in the same way as how Game of Thrones is brutal and edgy fantasy for people who don't like traditional fairytale fantasy.
For me personally, the joyless viewing experience of the 2014 Godzilla was one where I can honestly say I downright HATED and absolutely wish to forget about.