Godzilla(2014) Movie Review

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2014)

Godzilla(2014) is directed by Gareth Edwards, starring Aaron Taylor- Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, and Ken Watanabe. In this film, Godzilla is matched up against other dangerous creatures that threaten the existence of mankind. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bryan Cranston play father and son who try to get to the bottom of what happened at a power plant roughly 15 years earlier. They uncover something much bigger and deadlier than they imagined. I was incredibly hyped for this movie when I first saw the trailers. The movie looked absolutely incredible and I am sad to say it is not incredible, but it is still a good movie. First, the positives: The tone of the movie was great, very dark, gritty and realistic(for a monster movie). Bryan Cranston was fantastic in the movie and the only character I truly cared about. He displayed his true acting talent and made me actually feel bad for everything that happened to him. Godzilla and the other monsters looked fantastic and incredibly real and menacing. Many people complain that Godzilla is too stocky but I do not believe so. The ending was also very well done and I enjoyed it. The visuals of course were the most impressive part of the movie. Now the negatives: Almost all of the characters displayed no emotion so even when they were in grave danger, I did not really care. If you are going to include 80 minutes of plot on humans in a monster movie, it better keep my attention. But, "Godzilla" did not. Also, there was not enough Godzilla in this movie. I understand they did not want to show too much until the epic climax but even five to ten more minutes of fighting would have kept this movie more interesting. So, aside from the poor characters, a somewhat weak script,and hardly any Godzilla, this movie was good and I recommend seeing it,even though it is not perfect. But what movie is?