A Godzilla movie without Godzilla

Rating: 6/10 (17 May 2014)

The marketing for this film was building up the tension and excitement that THIS film is THE Godzilla film we wanted to see in a long time. And... it disappoints. There was so little Godzilla in this movie, the antagonists MUTO was the main focus of the movie along with Ford Brody. All the characters are so one dimensional, Ken Watanabe is a typical scientist, Aaron Taylor Johnson is the Heroic character and seriously I cannot get emotionally invested into this characters because I do not feel for them at all even with the relative amount of screen time. Bryan Cranston,the one so heavily marketed in this movie, dies in the first 30 minutes or so, yet I still feel a connection towards his character because there is something more than "Oh I'm a Nuclear Scientist! Stop Godzilla!" motivation behind him. The fights between MUTO and Godzilla in the film, are always anti climatic, just as we are expecting a full on fight sequence but nope,screw you audience lets watch more of Ford Brody's Family or the Army taking the nuclear war head instead of that seriously almost made me fell asleep. That said though, the final fight between the Female MUTO and Godzilla was EPIC, my inner 8 year old screamed in delight. This IS WHAT WE CAME HERE FOR. Just because of the Roar and the fight makes the movie from a 4/10 for me to a 6/10. My final conclusion? Go see it if you are interested for a full 1 hour 45 minutes focused on a soldier. If not, save the money, wait for the the DVD release