Godzilla was terrible. You don't even see the eponymous monster till the last fifth of the film and the first actual fight doesn't take place until then either. But, don't worry, in case you came in expecting some nice action, be sure to be disappointed because you won't be able to see anything at all, as everything either ends before it even starts, or it'll be constantly shrouded in darkness and smoke. No, instead of getting Godzilla for most of the movie, you get some melodramatic human characters you don't care about at all and who never develop. The acting's terrible, and Ken Watanabe in particular just stands around with his mouth open, staring, in practically every scene he's in. Everybody just stands around making irrational and irresponsible decisions too. It took me like five sessions to finally finish it because there was barely any motivation to do so.

The first few minutes seemed promising. Then the overacting toupee-wearing made-for-TV lead actor started talking :-(

Just came in to see Bryan Cranston and Godzilla... Brian Cranston dies at 15min and Godzilla appears only at the last 15min. So disappointing.

As an old school Godzilla fan, I was worried this was going to be a repeat of '98. Boy was I wrong! I loved the scope. I loved the MUTO's. But most of all, I loved that this was treated seriously, and seemingly with a lot a reverence.

what's with Americans and friendly fire?

"hey look there are people stuck on the bridge... SHOOT THEM WITH RPGS... NUKE EM FROM ZHE ORBITS!"
"hey look that big guy is helping us... FIRE ZEM RPGS...THROW TANKS AT IT!"

I think Godzilla looks bad ass and way better than he did in the 1998 film. However, why so little of him ?
The new film also is disappointingly looks like its more about family and humans again than Godzilla as well :(.
Aaron Taylor Johnson was Oscar worthy in Nocturnal Animals and better as a soldier in the Wall. Here, he’s dull and makes us wish there was more Bryan Cranston instead.

What an unholy, uninteresting, confusing mess. Even worse than the rubbish Michael Bay turned out as Transformers movies!

The only character we could empathise with bought it after about twenty minutes, and so did my interest...

More about "mutus" than Godzilla anyway.

Hum... How about no?

Boring and super lame.

this is a homemade pacific rim

People who complain about the 1998 Godzilla - have never seen this. At lease Robo-croc is tongue in cheek...this was promoted as a serious movie!