Major letdown, but the metal pack does sound interesting.

Very good film, no let-down at all......other than they could have used a little more of the big green guy than just the ending. Looks like the franchise has new life and is in good hands.

The people who didn't like "Godzilla" more than likely need action every 15 minutes into their movie. Now you might think with a title such as "Godzilla", you wouldn't expect that here, but that's why this movie is so great. The director is a lot smarter here and holds off this bad boy until the second half of the movie and that's brilliant. What makes it so? For one, the amount of suspense here is great. All the talking about Godzilla, the footage at the beginning spotting Godzilla, etc. It's all very exciting. Not to mention there's still some action here and there before Godzilla arrives.

Also, this movie is just gorgeous to look at. For a monster movie, you'd think set locations wouldn't be a thing, but I like how the movie looked. In some cities, this movie had a nice, vibrant look to it. The night scenes were just very well-lit and the director actually KNOWS how to shoot action scenes. I had no problem with the pacing personally. You were never bored because of Elizabeth Olsen's character, and heck, I liked Aaron Taylor Johnson. I thought the family dynamic really added to this movie BECAUSE Johnson was so stone-cold. It makes things more emotional and realistic.

I don't know, maybe I'm just blessed to like this movie, but I really feel that you appreciate cinema and smarter movies, I'd think you would get a kick out of Godzilla. I might actually buy this one. A solid 7.5/10 from me, and upon further views, I wouldn't be surprised if this landed an 8/10 for me.

It really is fine to not like it, Matt. I wasn't really referring to your note, but the oodles of people that told me that it was a bad Godzilla movie, followed by a list of things (like lack of Godzilla, focus on humans, focus on other monsters) that define all but two movies in the series. I'm not annoyed by disparate opinions, but by people who claim to understand something they clearly don't. Godzilla was, generally speaking, a movie made for fans, by fans, which, by definition, should put off quite a few people. I'm happy and surprised that the general public appears to have enjoyed it.

i admit i've never been Godzilla fanboy (nor a hater either) and i've warmed up to this movie. it felt kind of "meh..." initially but i've watched it 2 more times after that and each time i watched it i liked it a bit more and more. i LOVED the MUTO creatures a lot and Godzilla was awesome (the little he was on screen). also the sound design/fx in the movie are AMAZING!! the uber-creepy noises the MUTO's make are notable standouts.

the main complaints i have are

1. them cutting away (at least 2 times, maybe 3. i can't remember) from the creatures fights got VERY annoying VERY fast. and they didn't even cut back to the fight.

2. the human storyline was VERY bland and just not interesting. i adore both Aaron and Elizabeth Olsen but their whole storyline(s) weren't engaging IMO. i don't need non-stop action (the new TRANSFORMERS movie i hear is practically non-stop action and there's no way i want that) but i at least need the non-creature parts to be interesting. Aaron is fantastic in KICK ASS and he was bland in Godzilla. Olsen fared better in the movie but she wasn't on screen as much as Aaron.

i'm looking forward to the next movie though.

The artwork sucks

I'm bummed the metal pack doesn't have the 3d version. Or that we don't get the figure included in. Germany. But I'm buying it for sure!

Would have been ten times a better film if Bryan Cranston was the lead and Aaron Taylor Johnson wasnt in it at all. His character offered nothing and was like a large plank of wood.

matt86, oh!! i just now saw what you said/wrote! LOL.