Awful script but beautiful CGI

Rating: 2/10 (18 May 2014)

I'll start by saying that the only thing the movie has going for it is Godzilla and the CGI. The movie features some beautiful CGI shots, especially just prior to the final battle (the HALO jump as well as Godzilla walking through the thick cloud of debris).
And that's about all that there is good with it. The movie spends a lot of time on characters that are inconsequential to the story. It focuses a bit on a nuclear power plan manager who loses his wife in a freak incident that turns out to be a monster feeding off nuclear fuel. The drama feels cheap and doesn't advance the plot one iota.
Similarly, the manager's son (a military lieutenant) is pushed as the main character but without driving the plot forward.
Indeed, it would be difficult for a human to do that as the plot is about Godzilla fighting two nuclear fuel eating monsters. The monsters spend their time ignoring the humans and going about their business (procreating and fighting). They are awesome, huge and nice too look at. That's all. The humans are there to justify some upward shots emphasizing the magnitude of the events and how little we all are.
Also, some soldiers spend some time praying and praising 'our great nation' (America, obviously, as opposed to the monsters originating from Japan).
The events leading up to the main battle make little sense (then again, why would they - the first hour or so pushes hard to pitch monsters against each other).

what's the point of blabbering about 'echolocation'? it only results in discovering a second monster minutes away from Vegas. Without that piece of information the outcome would have been the same. - Ken Watanabe spends all his scenes staring blankly and mumbling pointlessly about some 'balance'. - somehow the monsters that previously fed on a Japanese plant ignore the string of American nuclear facilities on the West Coast and go straight for a measly nuclear bomb. - somehow monsters that feed on nuclear radiation and use echolocation to move about are in need of eyes and mouth. Huge missed opportunity to bring some much needed innovation in monster design. - a navy bomb-disposal lieutenant seems to have become an overnight expert in HALO jumps. Because bomb-disposal personnel need to HALO jump a lot.

All in all, the movie features Godzilla and that's nice to see. But other than that it is awful.