Strong Start but failed to deliver

Rating: 2/10 (3 August 2014)

I didn't go to the cinema after I have seen the US trailer showing only US soldiers and Godzilla but no second kaiju. After I have seen the Japanese trailer with a second kaiju I had to see it.
You may guess that I'm not a fan of the other US "Godzilla".
Most Godzilla movies are using a simple formula... showing a wee bit of humans or some more but then having two kaijus fighting the hell out of each other. Everybody could write such a script.
Well, the movie starts with an awesome performance of one brilliant actor. It really makes you want more of the movie. However, this guy is the only one who is showing personality.
The main character is some good guy and that's all we learn about him. At some point he is fighting in the same town as his wife and his son lives but he isn't even mention them, he is just the good soldier guy.
The script is starting very interesting with nice ideas but soon it is just annoying and stupid. At some point the army isn't figuring out that half of a mountain is missing before they are inside a mine.
However, the army is always having helicopters or jets in the sky. This wouldn't be an issue in standard situations but if you figure out that every 5 minutes EMP waves were sent from a gigantic monster you shouldn't be in a flying vehicle.
OK, but what is about Godzilla? Well, the film is forgetting about him and so could I in this review. They have an awesome build up for a first fight but there is just a cut to day showing Godzilla swimming leaving fans disappointed.
All monster fights are held in the background and showing often in front the main actor.
The movie is full of pointless scenes which are leading to nothing. At some point the gave the main a boy by the side for no reason. The scene is of course having a kaiju attacking the scene and the hero saves the boy. After the scene the hero sees that the boy ran to his parents and is never seen or mentioned again.
The movie is such a let down as he starts very strong and as I was hoping that a non Japanese Godzilla could compete with the Millennium series as Toho was also involved. As much as I want to I can't recommend more than the first 30 minutes of this movie.