Godzilla ain't even in it for more than a few minutes total plus the real stars of the thing were those Cloverfield knockoffs. And everytime a battle was going to happen...they cut away and just show the aftermath. W.T.F. I don't remember ANY of the Kaiju movies i've seen do any of that bullshit. And they kept fucking DOING IT. The first two times they treat it like it was a practical joke instead of a spectacle.
Godzilla has always been about the humans witnessing the travesty, trying to control it, and coming to terms with the destruction. Fine and dandy...but why does the human story SUCK SO MUCH GODDAMN ASS?! Aaron Taylor-Johnson wasn't the only problem (but considering he's the star, it's a BIG problem). Bryan Cranston sucked. Elizabeth Olsen sucked. Ken Watanabe sucked (seriously when he revealed the name Godzilla in such melodramatic fashion, people LAUGHED at it...TWICE). All the humans were completely DEVOID of ANY KIND of personality. I rather take the campy Jeno Reno/Matthew Broderick approach, as stupid as the gum chewing scenes were...at least it had SOME semblance of personality. This had NONE.
There was too much tacked-on melodrama and such banal interactions (seriously, the kid on the train subplot was a cheap hacky ploy to artificially make it seem that Aaron guy is a big time hero, I wanted to vomit over how tacky and unnecessary it was). And oh my GAWD, it started out so promising. But once the wooden acting and forced drama kicked in it became the real attraction. Such a boring story, it made even the ACTION boring as fuck as I could care less what was going on since there was no tension. It wouldn't have made a damn lick of difference if they call died. And that sucks cause the climax could've been better than what was showcased. It had that ONE good scene where he breaths down the monster's neck but by that point I just wanted to leave.
And the Cloverfield monsters were so uninspired and BORING as well. The build ups were slow and uneventful. Where's King Ghidorah? Where's Mothra? And besides the fact the Cloverfield Monsters were the real stars of the thing, Godzilla was not intimidating at all. He CAREFULLY wades through ships making sure he doesn't cause too much damage? What kind of bullshit is that? Godzilla is neither good nor evil, he just IS. He'll tear through shit without a care in the world cause he's an animal. He'll attack other monsters because he's territorial, not because he wants to save us. Obviously there are other interpretations of the character, but presenting a super hammy "he's owr sshhaaa-viooor" approach was fucking goddamn awful.
And WHO ATTACKS A 40 STORY MONSTER WITH FUCKING SUBMACHINE GUNS?! With Zilla, it made a bit more sense cause it was smaller and less armored. This motherfucker is HUGE and HULKING with tons of muscle. A fucking machine gun ain't gonna do JACK FUCKING SHIT. You fire missiles at the thing.
I never expected an Academy Award winning performance. I expected a good human story to tie into a good Godzilla story, with a couple of small battles before leading into the big climatic fight. I expected Godzilla to tear through shit, his (preferably more dangerous) adversary to tear through shit, Godzilla getting all territorial and kick its ass, then retreat to the ocean so it can recharge near the earth's core which instigates a worldwide search with people being divided as to whether or not kill Godzilla (for fear of him wrecking havoc on the world again) or leave him be (since he's the only one to ward off potentially more dangerous foes).
Instead I got a stinking pile of shit.