What We Liked:
- Bryan Cranston's Performance
- Nods to other Toho monsters
- Incredible CGI effects
- Interesting origin story
- Classic Godzilla look
- Godzilla is beautiful and imposing
- Intense 3rd Act
- Fun Monster fights
- Ken Watanabe saying Godzilla
- COSMIC BREATH!!
- Shots of Godzilla swimming or underwater
What We Didn't Like:
- The wait to finally see Godzilla
- Human story dragged near the end and didn't really pay off
- Could Have used more Godzilla overall
- Not enough Bryan Cranston either
Review: Godzilla gives you a human filled story until it's an amazing monster mashed 3rd act. There are nods to classic Toho monsters such as Mothra that old school Godzilla enthusiasts will love, but you will have to wait to see the King of Monsters until later in the picture. Bryan Cranston's performance as supposed crack pot Joe eases the long wait, but he doesn't get as much screen time as I would have liked. Other actors like Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen do an admirable job, but nothing really groundbreaking. All in all you do not see a Godzilla film for the acting, you see it for the privilege of witnessing the King of Monsters kick the asses of all challengers. Ken Watanabe calls Godzilla the Alpha Predator. The King earns this title and more in the film's final fight sequence, but before that the viewer gets a new and intriguing origin story for the kaiju. We learn how Godzilla is really a force of nature who can't be controlled. He truly is the closet thing to a 'God' on Earth. Overall the Informers give the new Godzilla a 8 out of 10. It's a fun watch for new and old Godzilla fans.
Godzilla > Pacific Rim
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