As hollow as the Planet in this Earth- But Still Pretty Exciting

Rating: 6/10 (5 April 2017)

Well, I didn't expect much from this movie. A reboot, the only film tied to it the woefully underdone and idiotic Godzilla. A set up for a Marvel movie ripoff franchise spanning multiple movie series and many, many, inside jokes. Going in, I expected to be fully disgusted by the blinding greed that went into such a movie. And while I was not altogether incorrect in my belief that it would be a horrible film, I was incorrect in my assumption that it would show as little monster and be as soul crushingly boring as it's predecessor.
The plot was quite lacking, laid out as more of a grim necessity than a moving story. The film appeared to be missing even up to an entire half hour of exposition, introducing characters as if we were supposed to know them.
In addition, human aspect of this film was a little weak, featuring Brie Larson and Tom Hiddleston in a half-baked romance plot as a device to cram as many Marvel actors as possible. In addition, John Goodman continues his trend of serious characters in vaguely non serious movies, and Samuel L. Jackson once again Stars as Nick Fury (sorry, wrong franchise. You get my drift though)
Packing several clichés as well as movie tie-ins, this film has several scientific inequities (the earth is hollow? Wow! Plot! Exposition) and weird coincidences (the organization in this movie is the same organization as in Godzilla? Wow! More Exposition).
However, it delivered heavily as a beat em up monster movie. So, it's fine I guess.