great addition to the Godzilla legacy

Rating: 8/10 (15 May 2014)

A great Hollywood adaption to the Godzilla legacy, and the only one we will speak of from now on *cough* 1998 *cough*.
i would first like to get one thing straight this is not PACIFIC RIM this would fall more under a category like suspense,drama,monster instead of the non-stop action of pacific rim. the action is closer to something like MAN OF STEEL or KING KONG with much more focus on the human storyline. though sometimes this doesn't work as well as intended
the director(Gareth Edwards) stated that he didn't want to over-saturate the audience with Godzilla(though there is still plenty of Godzilla/monster screen time) but instead build to a big finale. while the focus on the human character's works well in the first third because of good acting and the inclusion an interesting situation, it does cause it to slow a bit around the middle, this is because of a change in focus(the wait for Godzilla doesn't help)but doesn't completely die down with the occasional teases and building to the final third which is glorious.
also before seeing this, i thought the trailer had ruined it by showing the best bit's. instead nearly all of it turned out to be from the first 60mins and left plenty of surprises in the last half
i really liked this movie and how it stayed true to the Godzilla legacy, i would strongly recommend it to any one who like's the classics and is fine movie for any movie fan no matter what genre. just know going in that while some of the fight's may remind you of pacific rim it's pacing is more similar to king kong or man of steel but in the best possible way