still doesn't live up to its potential

Rating: 6/10 (19 May 2014)

Godzilla is barely in this flick.
Cast: guy from kick ass. Olsen sister. Token Asian guy from various movies. And Cranstan. All hail the king.
The top bIlled actor for this flick, dies in the first 45 minutes. Cranstan and Godzilla basically split the movie in two. And share zero sequences throughout. A scene opens with Cranstan from the neck up in a body bag. With no time to further develop his character, or any farewell good bye. Just zip, he gone.
Godzilla makes his dramatic drawn out entrance and he emerges from the ocean. Woah he's awesome. Two ripoffs of pacific rim monsters gang up on godzilla. He then takes a power nap. Wakes up and defeats both of them via tail whip and fire breathe. Again, this was awesome. Then he collapses yet AGAIN. Talk about over kill of his character. He gets to his feet, makes an extended roar of dominance to reign supreme among all mega monsters while simultaneously assuming the role of the hero, and then quietly makes his exit into the depths of the ocean and vanishes from sight. A great touch. But the time lapse of these events, even with Godzilla drawn out eccentrics, is about 20 minutes tops. In a 2 1/2 hour movie.
The CGI is top notch. The flow, plot and story is slapped together like a sloppy kindergarten cut and paste project.