Tries to stay true to the classics

Rating: 6/10 (18 May 2014)

Godzilla attacking Manhattan and being lured by a pile of fish this is not. This is old school Godzilla, with all the big time mayhem and epic moments of corny that you would expect. It is a modern movie that tries to stay true to the nature of what Godzilla is and means, even though it is an Americanization of the franchise and that shows through at times.
This movie, like most Godzilla classics, starts out rather slow, throwing barely probable science at the watcher until the action starts. And to be fair, if I was looking at what they were looking at I'd probably chuck my science manuals out the window too.
Overall the monster fight scenes were just okay, but there were a few shining moments of awesome in there. The humans in the movie were given a bit too much screen time, but in the end this movie was pretty darn good.
8 of 10.