Very good film! Quite possibly my favourite Godzilla movie.

Rating: 8/10 (28 May 2014)

The movie starts out very well, in fact if the entire movie was consistently as good as it is within the first 40 odd minutes and last 20 minutes, I think it would be rated a solid 9/10.
The movie has a good cast although I would say does not utilise them to their full potential, Aaron Taylor Johnson did a good job but not an excellent job as the main character of the film. The most interesting characters were Joe Brody and Dr Serizawa (Bryan Cranston, and Ken Watanabe). For the amount of time Cranston is in the film he does extremely well to pull in the audience, his emotion and tone within the film allows you to get attached to his character and actually care about the character.
As per Godzilla himself, he isn't in the movie too much, in my opinion he also isn't in the movie too little, but a bit more appearances and monster action from Godzilla would have added to the overall rating and satisfaction of the film. However whenever Godzilla is about to make an appearance a lot of suspense is built up and that ultimately makes it a really epic and exciting. This was done extremely well, it made sure the audience didn't get bored of seeing Godzilla and also did not reveal too much on him too early in the film.
The score by Alexandre Desplat is outstanding. There are three things when it comes to the film that I can truly say are worthy of being 10/10. This includes the OST/Score, along with that also the CGI & special effects. If you are worried by the trailer as I personally thought the CGI did not look incredibly impressive in the trailers, fear not as in the actual movie the CGI and special effects are breathtakingly brilliant. Finally Cranston's acting is so good that the movie is kept interesting while his character is in the film. The first 40 minutes and also last 20 minutes I would say are a 9-10/10.
Overall a very good film a solid 7.5/10, closer to 8/10 than 7/10. It does contain a few flaws that prevents it from reaching it's potential and beating the hype. This is unfortunate because this movie really had the potential to be as good as 'The Dark Knight' or at least be on that level of film.
I suggest to anyone who is interested in watching the film to watch it in a good cinema like an IMAX or even one that has a very large screen and clear audio system. Don't be put off by the negative reviews/ratings and go watch this movie with an open mind and I'm sure you won't regret it.