Really refreshing take on the old monster. Goes back to its roots and brings fresh new ideas, like how the government's would actually deal with such a threat. Love the depiction of just how devastating and terrifying an actual event like this would be. And all the nods to classic Godzilla was awesome.

One of the most boring Godzilla movies I've ever seen (and I've seen all the Toho films). This one makes the most recent US version like Shakespeare. Nothing compares to the original Honda film.

Shin Godzilla: The movie where people talk about Godzilla. This has to be the most boring movie i have ever seen in my entire life. I fell asleep for an hour, woke up, re-winded the movie, drank some coffee and STILL began to fall asleep again. The editing is borderline cartoonish, the cinematography sucks and the CGI sucks too. Godzilla looks like he has plastic googly eyes for christ sake. The soundtrack is also complete and utter garbage. HOW IN GODZILLA'S NAME DOES THIS MOVIE HAVE AN 84% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES. PEOPLE NEED TO STOP KISSING JAPAN'S ASS AND ADMIT WHEN A SHITTY MOVIE IS A SHITTY MOVIE.

Came for the monster, stayed for the administrative bureaucracy (desperately hoping there would be more city destroying action!)

King of the Monsters is a superior Godzilla film I think. Yet this was rated much better. Sure there’s less of a silly story here. But there’s much talking and face wise the monsters are laughable.
Still it is pretty well made otherwise. The look of Godzilla is creepy but the eyes look so bad.

godzilla in this movie looked really cool but there waas to much talking and not enough action for me

Incredibly slow paced and boring with no character development for the human characters or Godzilla. Some of the buildings in the movie are more active than Godzilla who stands in one spot for 30 minutes of the movie, and the rest of the time he is almost as inactive. The directors focus is upon the actions of government rather than focusing on any human characters or the monster. Imagine watching cspan for 5 hours straight to get a feel for the excitement level of this film. There is also a mix of shaky cam shots added to the film with no real artistic reason that are only more distracting from the attempted story. Godzilla also starts out with a ridiculous kindergarten hand puppet look that suggests the graphic effects artists were mad at the film director. Not the worst Godzilla movie ever made, but very close.

Very innovative and original. I Love how tragic Godzillas potrayed.

Godzilla makes for a compelling and worthy Angel.

I rate Shin Godzilla above Ankle Godzilla but below Knee Godzilla.

I LOVED the first 68 minutes of this film! Imo, they are perfect. Easily one of the strongest 10/10 I've ever given a certain stretch in fiction. They were able to capture the feeling of the original movie when it came to Godzilla's destruction, while also solving my biggest problem with the original movie, the human cast. In the original, I personally thought they were too silly/cartoonish, especially when put side by side with Godzilla, but here, they serve as a critique of the modern politics. They exist as a way to put the viewer into the shoes of the decision makers. How hard and unnecessarily long it is to be the one calling the shots.
As for the rest, I liked it, but it definitely didn't hit as hard as the first half of the movie. It was pretty damn slow and the soundtrack, for some reason, felt very out of place, particularly in the final fight against Godzilla.

Okay, so I just watched this again 9 months after my first viewing when I scored it two stars. This time though, I really enjoyed the sarcastic view of the governmental bureaucracy and Godzilla was even more intimidating and otherworldly. I got a better grasp on how Godzilla was evolving into an indestructible beast.

At times, the CGI was a little wonky but Godzilla always looked frightening.

Rated 10 by my 19yr old son.

Definitely takes an open mind to enjoy properly, but this is a solid modern re-telling of the original Godzilla story. The ineffecient, beurocratic government response to the Godzilla threat is the real obstacle here, and is done brilliantly, although Godzilla is properly terrifying in a fresh and unique way, too. The team of underdogs who decide to tackle the Godzilla threat all on their own consists of likeable characters, which is rare in any monster or kaiju movie. The way Godzilla is finally dealt with is both clever and gimmicky; you'll either love it or hate it.

Godzilla himself takes his time to get going and start wreaking proper havoc, but that doesn't mean this film is slow-paced. The scrambling government officials and their comedic antics allow things to move at a speed that should keep one's attention.

Not great, but hella better than Hollywood fails

Godzilla, deeply rooted into the Japanese culture. Harvests a bit of humor with the snailish and unnecessarily convoluted beaurocratic response to the attack, dabs its feet into the post-war sentiment of Japan all the while consistently flashing some Godzilla action sequences. Has a 'soul' so to speak, devoid in most of the american spin-offs.