Very good, could have been better.

Rating: 9/10 (15 May 2014)

Even though I marked this as "Spoiler," I'm going to make it as spoiler free as possible.
First off, I think this was probably more of an 8.5 than a 9, but I think an 8 is probably too low. You have probably already heard, and maybe voiced some, complaints about Godzilla's physique after viewing some trailers and seeing some movie stills. Well, after seeing the movie, yeah, ole boy needs to go on a lil diet. That's a minor thing though. Overall he looks amazing.
What I felt was the biggest drawback to this movie was that there was too much story trying to be told. Yeah, stinkin' humans messin' up Godzilla's flick. The movie jumped around a lot, and it wasn't just that Godzilla was passing through here or a little back story there, it seemed like there were too many major plot lines trying to be played out in too many locations.
Another drawback was that it felt like I was being teased way too often. Build up, build up, build up, switch scenes and another plot line. It's one thing to build up to a crescendo, but when you build for 105 minutes in a 120 minute movie, you kinda feel like the tension is just going to die off again at any moment.
SMALL SPOILER: It was kind of nice to see a return of the blue breath, but to be honest, the one thing that the 1998 Godzilla movie did really well IMO was the clear breath. You knew it was there, you could see the distortion in the air and the resulting destruction, but it seemed more real to not be a blue beam shooting out of his mouth. I have to admit though, when his tail started to light up, I about lost it!
BIGGER SPOILER: On the topic of the breath, isn't it radioactive? Don't these MUTOs feed off radioactive stuff? Wouldn't Godzilla's breath have fed them? Hmm...
OK, so for such a high rating, I know I've had a lot of criticism, but the movie was really good, I think he just tried to put in too much story. The acting was great; Oscar worthy compared to the 1998 one (aside from Jean Reno, he's good). The effects of course were great and the action, when there was action, was heart pounding.
A really solid effort and well worth the money. But next time, maybe remember who the star of the movie is?