Godzilla is indeed King of all monsters! It was pretty good movie.

Rating: 7/10 (18 May 2014)

It's about time, they try to reboot the Toho Pictures Godzilla film franchise. Glad, the film studio didn't repeat themselves, with the disappointment of Tri-Star 1998's Godzilla. It really did look like there wasn't going to be a Godzilla film ever again. Since, Tri-Star had no clue, how to use the characters right, and Toho getting tired of making Godzilla movies after the release of 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars, which mark the 50th anniversary of the Godzilla film franchise. Toho did announced that it would not produce any films featuring the Godzilla character for ten years. Indeed, they kept that odd promise. It wasn't until 2014, that this Warner Bros' modernization version of Godzilla directed by Gareth Edwards came out to retells the origins of Godzilla. In my opinion, the screenplay could need some retouching, as there is way too much plot holes, and lack of exposition. Without spoiling too much of it, the movie has everything, you would think would be in a Godzilla movie. Yes, they even have the atomic breath. Also, don't bother watching the movie trailers as they are very misleading, coming in. First off, the movie trailer, makes Bryan Cranston look like the main character, but he isn't in the movie long enough. It was very disappointing, how misused he was in this. I guess, they wanted the Alfred Hitchcock Psycho like twist surprise. Still, Bryan Cranston gives his A-Game performance in it. Most of the other human characters are bland and uninteresting. You spend a majority of the film following Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Ford Brody, who I like as an actor but does nothing with his character's personality here. The family drama that has no impact on the larger story, and was bit disappointing. I thought, there could be more Japanese or Japanese-Americans add to the film. After all, this is supposed to be homage to the older films. The only main Japanese, Scientist Dr. Serizawa (Ken Watanbe) more felt like a fan-boy, than a real Scientist. His only job seemed to be to speak the subtext in order to inform the audience that Godzilla is actually supposed to be the good guy without any prove of that. Second off, Godzilla isn't the main threat like the trailers, make him out to be. In the film, Cloverfield type monsters known as MUTO (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism) pose more a threat. Godzilla, himself, has a very slow build that might anger some viewers. It really didn't anger me, because a lot of Godzilla's films have slow builds. When they finally showed Godzilla, it had that great money shot of him roaring right in the camera and it made the seats in the theater shake. It was a great way to build up anticipation and hype up excitement from the fans. The director was going for a deliberate effect in keeping him off-screen for much of the movie, which works well, in my opinion. Hell, 1975's Jaws does the same thing. Lots of film references to that film like the main characters being name after the family in Jaws. So, the director knew how to keep the suspense. One thing, I didn't get, is how the movie quickly makes Godzilla, the hero. Yes, he wasn't trying to destroy anything, but Savior of San Francisco? Hmmm I doubt that. The city is really wrecked. Honestly, the movie never explain, where he came from or why he was hunting the Muto creatures, in the first place. The CGI & action scenes were good, and didn't mind that the film skip some of the big fights, as I know it was building up to something grand. Don't worry, they hint at it, with the use of background television, and GPS, that the three monsters would end up fighting. The movie was beautifully shot. I love the human's point of views. The haunting scene of them sky jumping into the ruins of San Francisco is just epic. The cinematography was beautiful. Honestly, I thought the military were really dumb, and made the whole conflict even worst with the nukes. What was the whole point of fighting monsters that feed on radioactive material, with nuclear weapons? It clearly backfired. The 3D is alright, but there isn't a lot to see there in 3D as most of the fights are in the dark. It's better off, watching it in 2D. The movie's symbolism for PG-13 is very haunting from the thoughts of Hiroshima to similarities to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disaster. I wish the movie would have more humor. Despite what some people say, there is plenty of Godzilla action in a movie call Godzilla. So overall: check it out! You have a roaring good time.