Not as great as you think (if you are more of a critic).

Rating: 3/10 (14 May 2014)

Just a short review. I didn't go into this thinking it would be awesome. Actually, I said "I don't expect it to be good story-wise but look amazing". Going out of the cinema I was so annoyed. Basically, the movie is so illogical the awesomeness of it doesn't save it.
Yes, it looks awesome. Freaking amazing. It sounds amazing. The story- great! However, there are so many stupid things in it that just ruins it for me. Helicopters in the desert that doesn't make the sand swirl as it should. People looking for the creature and not finding it until its like 20 meters in front of them. Dude, they are HUGE. The probably smell like f*ck. They probably make sounds when they devour a freaking submarine. Same with the monorail scene. Sound? Smell? Something? The helicopters doesn't see the creatures when soaring above them. No one seem to get impaired hearing (or being bother by the sound at all for that sake) when creatures scream within the same block. It takes them 14 minutes to drag a missile part (don't know the right name) from a deep as hell pit onto a boat a fair bit away. So little debris that fly around when a giant winged creature fly around in a city that is smashed.
Mind you, this is a fairly soon after disappointment post, but a film that has so many logic flaws can't earn the praise it's been given. But the praise regarding the cgi and the story, yes. That's well earned imo.