What movie did everyone else see?

Rating: 4/10 (21 May 2014)

I do not know why so many people liked this movie. I think my four stars is a rather generous rating.
To preface my review, I went in with zero expectations. I love monster movies and grew up watching the various iterations of Godzilla. But I was not following this movie closely. I just knew that it released and decided to check it out.
Here's what I liked: Godzilla looked cool and the fights were pretty awesome. I actually didn't mind that Godzilla had limited screen time. He owned it when he was on.
The plot was okay. The acting was okay. No one is winning an Oscar for those two things.
What ruined this movie for me were all the little, but very dumb, decisions the film makers made. For example, when the monster passes beneath the railroad bridge, it doesn't even sway. (And let's be honest here. None of the monsters were being careful about where they stomped so the fact it didn't even touch the bridge is ridiculous.) When theses giant monsters emerged from the ocean, it barely even moved the ships. People are the size of ants to these creatures, and yet they seem to hear and notice a single guy. That is not the Honolulu airport, and they filmed in Oahu.
I can suspend disbelief for any movie, but I cannot leave my common sense at the door. This movie either needed to embrace the campy or at least TRY to be a good movie. Instead, this was neither.