A string of ridiculous coincidences derails all the fun.

Rating: 3/10 (18 May 2014)

Godzilla had two things going for it, the special effects were nice, and Bryan Cranston. Unfortunately Cranston's character is killed off after about fifteen minutes and the pretty visuals just aren't enough to hold the rest of the movie together. The writing is the true villain here, the concept itself is somewhat flawed, with Godzilla basically being an jerk who seems hellbent on stopping the Mutos from having babies no matter what with little to no reason; but it's the string of ridiculous coincidences that really puts the nail in the coffin, not the least of which is that the protagonist hilariously finds himself wherever Godzilla is no matter where he goes on the globe almost to the point of it being like a spoof.
Additional bad writing sees our intrepid hero as being a trained paratrooper, nuclear weapons specialist and wearing a variety of other lifetime-career hats too - pretty impressive for a twenty-something. At its most laughable moments the military play hide and seek with a skyscraper sized monster which, although it shakes the ground with the slightest fart, seemingly also has the capability to tiptoe around like a ballet dancer.
The finale, a fight between GZ and the two Mutos is a little bit of fun. But putting a cherry on top of a turd still doesn't make it pleasant eating. All in all, it was an improvement over Emmerich's terrible attempt at Godzilla, but it still sucked.