Huge Monster Movie that Doesn't Live up to the Trailers

Rating: 4/10 (17 May 2014)

First of all, the CGI is incredible. Every explosion and collapse of a building is great. That was the second best thing about the movie. The best thing was Bryan Cranston's story and acting, which was SO stupid to have him killed early. He was interesting and emotional, everything Aaron Taylor-Johnson wasn't. Aaron was okay, but Cranston was really the reason why the beginning of the movie was so great. In fact, the beginning 20 mins are the best part of the movie. Now, for the bad parts. The M.U.T.O.s made me want to leave the theater. They ruined everything for me. It was almost like they replaced Godzilla with the MUTOs which really bothered me. Next, I wanted to see Godzilla be the Destroyer of Worlds, like his was in the 1954 original, but guess what? He was the SAVIOR of earth? What the crap? I walked into the theater thinking it would be ruthless Godzilla vs the humans, but I got a sympathetic Godzilla vs 2 annoying other creatures. Next, the skipped so many good action scenes. When one MUTO was going to wreck Las Vegas, they cut to people talking. When Godzilla was about to fight a MUTO in Hawaii, they cut to people talking. When Godzilla was about to fight the MUTO again in San Francisco in the rain, they cut to people talking. I wanted to see more destruction of cities, not wait till the last 30 minutes for 3 monsters to battle it out in pitch black! Lastly, so many things were unrealistic. Lots of military equipment are made to block EMPs, that nuke should have killed Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the helicopter, etc. Overall, I just wanted to see Godzilla in his 1954 glory; destroying earth while the humans ran in peril. THAT would have been awesome. However, they choose to make him EMPATHETIC and save the earth. If they make a second one, I'm not seeing it.