Not a monster-action movie, great as a monster thriller

Rating: 5/10 (31 January 2019)

Godzilla was an excellent Godzilla movie that was marketed extremely poorly. Classic Godzilla films all have an hour or more of buildup and anticipation for the massive monster that is about to appear, followed by 30 minutes or less of epic monster battles.
Godzilla (2014) was able to capture that feel and anticipation perfectly, updated for the modern film industry, and should be remembered as one of the best Godzilla movies. However, the movie was marketed as if it were filled with scenes of either Cranston or Godzilla, both of whom are actually in the movie for 20 minutes or less. That coupled with the fact that everyone was still high on Pacific Rim served to be a disaster for Godzilla (2014) because the majority of the audience was expecting to see an extremely different type of movie.
With that said, the acting was unremarkable and the classic style of Godzilla films can seem boring for modern audiences or out of place beside modern films.