Do Not be fooled by the Epic Trailers – This is one big disappointment of a movie!!!,

Rating: 6/10 (18 September 2014)

As an avid Godzilla Fan, I was so looking forward to this film and when I finally got to watch it in the cinema, I left the theatre very unhappy and angry. First of all, if you're expecting this to be anywhere near the original 1954 Godzilla movie where Godzilla causes chaos and destroys everything then you will be very disappointed. As mentioned the trailers made it look like Godzilla would be on a rampage but as it so happens Godzilla becomes the antihero and saves humanity by defeating two Mutos (Mutant Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms) one that looks like a poor man's Mothra, the other larger Muto looks like one of those gigantic insects you saw back in Starship Troopers.
However the most disappointing issue is the fact that Godzilla is hardly in the movie itself, about 15 minutes max which is seriously false advertising. As soon as you get to see the big fella the film cuts back to the boring dialogue. The human characters aren't any better with Bryan Cranston and Ken Watanabe being the only decent actors but Cranston is only in the film for about 20 minutes and Watanabe is sadly wasted in his role of Dr Serizawa. The main lead Aaron Taylor-Johnson spends most of the movie with the same expression on his face and literally keeps travelling from San Francisco to Japan taking the entire army with him. In fact the film almost seems more like a disaster movie than a monster movie.
Having said all the negatives, I really liked the new design of Godzilla and his nuclear atomic breath looked awesome and this is the most faithful version of the king of monsters when comparing to the classic Toho Godzilla. I also enjoyed the battle between Godzilla and the Mutos and it's obvious with the way the film ended that a possible sequel could be in the works. But please Mr Gareth Edwards if you intend to make a sequel let's see more of the big fella this time round and less of the human characters.
Oscar worthy compared to the 1998 catastrophe, but not perfect by any stretch.