Highly Entertaining Summer Flick

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2014)

This was my first time seeing a Godzilla movie, and I'm glad it was because of how great the special effects are. At this point there's really no need to go back and watch the old movies. This one is good but not great. The scenes with Godzilla are easily the most thrilling scenes all year. I saw it in 3D ETX and when Godzilla roars you can feel it throughout the whole movie theater. But the film suffers at times from focusing too much on other monsters. I think I can say that the two other creatures had more screen time than Godzilla himself.
The human characters are fine but lets face it, weren't we all disappointed when they killed off Bryan Cranston in the first 15 minutes. I was thinking this would be the role after Breaking Bad that would put him with the Gary Oldmans of the world. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is good and I can see some future star power in him and Elizabeth Olsen in the forthcoming Avengers movies and inevitable spin-offs. I liked their chemistry but none of the dialogue got my emotionally moved the way I had hoped. Even though the last 15 minutes are incredibly intense, where was that the rest of the movie. There's just too much time spent on the human characters rather than Godzilla.
I really have no idea what the main storyline of the inevitable sequel will be. I mean I feel like these movies are better off being standalone movies instead of franchises. The sequel could surprise me but there's something to be said about the shock that people have when they first see Godzilla. Im assuming there will be some sort of human character who wants to create huge robots or other monsters much like Transformers 3.
I really enjoyed this movie and if your going to see it, see it in theaters. The 3D is useless and you really don't even notice it. This movie is meant to be seen with an audience on a huge screen. A few problems here and there don't diminish the thrill you get while seeing this.
+truly thrilling experience
+Godzilla anti hero?
-not enough Godzilla!
8.0/10