Enjoyable, but expected more.

Rating: 6/10 (16 May 2014)

When i first saw the trailer for this last year i was stupidly excited, I was expecting to see some really cool fight scenes with Godzilla against another monster or laying waste to some famous landmarks, the trailer had me believe it was going to be a lot darker themed than it actually was. Don't get me wrong its not bad film, its just not the Godzilla film i hoped for or expected.
There was a few things i didn't really like about Godzilla, main thing was that Godzilla only had like 5 or 6 minutes on screen and half of that was just his spikes on his back sticking out of the sea. Seemed rather pointless even calling the film 'Godzilla'.
I personally wasn't a fan of the way the Muto looked. they just didn't look menacing enough to what i was expecting. In my opinion Godzilla looked like a better bad guy than they did.
No actual Monsters actually seen in the film for the first half of the film also it felt like their was little to none explanation to when Godzilla appears half way through the film.
It seemed like Godzilla and the Muto where invisible to any soldiers looking for them like when they are in Nevada Dessert and the one Muto has gone missing. Its literally in eye viewing distance making its way to Las Vegas to mess the place up!
Every time Godzilla was getting into a fight with the Muto's the scene would change to Aaron Taylor Johnson doing more army stuff. I didn't mind the army stuff, it just seemed like a wasted opportunity to see a cool fight scene with Godzilla.
Elizabeth Olsen really didn't do much in this film, she didn't bring anything to the film all she really did was just look upset or frightened through the whole film and not really doing anything.
The ending was pure cheese! The way Godzilla stands up and the news station labels him 'The Savior of our City' and he just swims off and the film suddenly ends. such a disappointing ending, i would of liked to seen a cliff-hanger or so subtle reference to some other monster for another film but nope, just a cheesy ending making me feel kinda cheated.
The film did have its good parts though,that Godzilla Roar! even though i didn't enjoy the film as much as expecting i still loved that roar!
I know a lot of people are saying Aaron Taylor Johnson was a bad lead role in this film but i personally enjoyed him. I haven't seen him in much i only really know him from 'Kick Ass' but i felt he fit the role quite well. I also thought Bryan Cranston was a interesting character in this film, he certainly breaks away from his Walter White character and near the beginning of the film the scene with his wife in the nuclear power plant is pretty intense.
The special effects were pretty good, I did love the way Godzilla actually looked.During the final fight he shoots this laser ray thing from his mouth and that's pretty epic! and when he does it again at the end when he forces open the Muto's mouth and shoots it down his throat was a cool way to end the fight.
Overall, yeah its an alright film but if your hoping for a cool looking monster fighting film like i was i would recommend watching 'Pacific Rim' over 'Godzilla' instead.