Slightly disappointed, after directors previous movie

Rating: 6/10 (28 April 2016)

I didn't watch this as a godzilla movie, but rather the new movie from the director of Monsters. Monsters was one of the best movies to come out in a long time for me. Perfect mixture of drama, visuals, sci-fi and great soundtrack.
Godzilla started well, interesting plot, good visuals, intriguing. The atmosphere was great. Only it kind of lost the charm half way through. I can see what the director was going for, but the problem is that the drama and human factor fell flat. Yes, sounds quite weird for a monster movie, but big part of the directors Monsters charm was the chemistry between the leads and the fact that there wasn't that much of the monsters, but rather it was about the characters and their story.
It's quite fair to say that the turning point is when the dad dies. The plot was interesting up until that point, but after that nothing interesting really happens plot wise. It goes into action genre, although it's kind of slowish action.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson wasn't very interesting as the lead and clearly did not have that much to build on either. You might say he doesn't even have that much of a purpose in the whole movie, even the scientists - who also were seriously under- developed - were more interesting. Elizabeth Olsen is a good actress, but she also had quite little to work on. The director went for a low key action drama, which works up to a point, but the script is a bit weak towards the end.
Atmosphere and style very good, drama and human factor not too good.
Still looking forward to seeing Gareth Edwards' Star Wars entry Rogue One.