Disappointing show

Rating: 4/10 (26 May 2014)

CGI is used in movies in one of two ways. One way is to have a collection of CGI effects and build a story around them. The other way is to craft the story first, then build the CGI effects to fit. Godzilla belongs to the former. There are portions where you get the feeling that, yes, the computer guy is showing off his CGI here. But when the CGI comes into the real world, you get the jarring realization that the computer guy knows his bits and bytes, but has little understanding of physical laws. For example, the huge Godzilla leaves almost no wake as it travels swiftly through the water just below the surface. And the huge foot of the other monster can step on a roof without the roof tiles and rafters caving in, considering that just a portion of that foot is as high as that building. Almost as incredible was seeing the monster tender-footing around the tiny railway tracks that span the valley without so much as brushing the tracks that lie between its legs. To be fair, I slept through parts of it, something that seldom happens when I spend a small fortune watching a 3D IMAX version of a movie. Throughout my waking minutes the phrase "What the..." pops up over and over.