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Originally Posted by trackercowe

Here's my spoiler-free review of it.

I thought Godzilla was phenomenal. Everything is executed to perfection, and there isn't a ton of cheese or cliches like you see in similar movies. The direction is nearly flawless, and you'll forget the disastrous 1999 version about 30 minutes in. The characters are smart, and don't make rash decisions or illogical choices for the sake of the plot. It's more of a realistic take if anything, and isn't bogged down with action tropes.

I don't want to spoil too much of the plot, but although they tease us quite a bit the final scenes don't disappoint in any way. It's just a smart movie in which you can tell everyone knew what they were doing, and that the right people were in charge (both on and off screen).

I hope everyone sees this movie for the sake of the franchise. It was very reminiscent of the movie-going experience I had with Jurassic Park, maybe not at the same level in terms of amazement and wonderment, but still just a blast to watch. Much better than Pacific Rim, which offered little aside from the battles.

As usual Cranston's performance blew me away, but everyone was quite good for what was given to them.

Funny - I felt the opposite - I enjoyed Pacific Rim far more.

(adding spoiler tags just in case I somehow give something away - no discussion of actual plot points)

Spoiler!

I felt the beginning of this movie was good, then the middle DRAGGED..... I went to see Godzilla, not a bunch of humans following a spiny back swimming in the ocean.

I was even disappointed in the climax of the movie - seriously, how much screen time did Godzilla actually have in the movie total? Like 15 minutes in a 2 hour movie?

Story was not believable, which is not an issue for me, since I liked Pacific Rim, but IMO if you are going to do a movie about a giant monster, you'd think you would - you know - have the giant monster be more prominent in the movie???

I am glad this was a free movie, as I wouldn't have been happy if I had paid to see this - and I am not saying it's terrible, it was just "meh."