Godzilla the misunderstood hero that is barely featured in his own movie. Fight sequences that are barely shown makes you wonder WHAT is going on as all we are shown is the destruction after the fight happens. The final battle is the only time we see Godzilla do something and actually stop the two creatures he is fighting.

 

Great promos does not equal a great movie.

Personally the final battle could have been written by one of the WWE script writers as the pacing and fight would have been cleaner, faster, and more to the point.

 

The lack of connection, a sense of rushing the storyline all while having pacing issues brings Godzilla to a halt. The loss of characters, the bond between them, and how the interact throughout the movie is rushed. There isn’t a feeling of care when it comes down to it. You feel more for the creatures rather than the humans, yet as said above, you don’t see much of Godzilla at all.

The film itself is an monster movie at heart, but a monster that is a protector not a menace, not a killer. This is lost in the shuffle of a storyline that has too many holes to count, special effects that are done very well, to a love story that holds nothing together.

The fights scenes themselves, between the humans and the creatures/monsters are misunderstood. There is not a clear goal in mind from the director at all. Is this a family movie, centered around a healing between father and son, a monster movie where all of humanity is at stake, a military coup and how they respond when the world is at stack, or is this truly about Godzilla, and how this monster truly is?

Sorry to say, it’s none of the above but all of the above, set atop a paper thin line, balancing between laughable and cool every second of the way. And this is what happens when you have a pseudo-sequel-reboot that starts flat and stays flat the entire two-hour run time.

 

Writer: Matthew F. Snider