This shows a more modern take on an infamous story, and though not at the top of the Godzilla franchise, some great acting and being extremely realistic, this film is a very enjoyable watch.

Esta película es de mis favoritas, pues aunque las escenas con humanos no son de lo mejor, lo cierto es que es suficiente para cimentar una trama bien estructurada y sin personajes innecesarios, excepto por el personaje de Sandra Brody, cuya muerte es innecesaria, y al no alcanzar a conocer al personaje muy bien, no genera ningún sentimiento específico. Las escenas de los monstruos peleando son de lo mejor del cine kaiju, y el recurso de interrumpir las batallas para generar intriga está muy bien logrado, causando intriga e incluso tensión en el espectador.

Best thing about this movie is the atmosfere

The characters were great and the visuals for Godzilla and the MUTOs were incredible. I definitely recommend this for monster movie and action fans!

4.2. The story is great and the action and music are tremendous. Unless I'm missing something obvious, I don't know why it's not liked more.

Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla (2014) takes a measured, atmospheric approach to the iconic kaiju, delivering a visually stunning blockbuster that values tension and scale over non-stop destruction. The film’s greatest strength lies in its ability to make Godzilla feel truly massive—each appearance is carefully built up, emphasizing his weight and presence with breathtaking cinematography and immersive sound design. However, the film’s biggest gamble is its restraint. While the slow-burn approach works in creating anticipation, it also sidelines Godzilla for large portions of the runtime. The human characters, led by Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen, serve more as placeholders than compelling protagonists, making certain stretches feel less engaging. That said, when the film finally unleashes its monster spectacle, the payoff is undeniably satisfying, with a climactic battle that delivers pure cinematic awe. Despite some pacing missteps, Godzilla (2014) succeeds as a visually rich, well-crafted reintroduction to the legendary creature.

There was too much shaky camera and watching in 3D doesn’t add anything except some of the kaiju shots later in the movie. This is a high quality production but Godzilla only shows up half-way through and it feels like a very long film as it’s over 2 hours but still not as long as the previous American Godzilla film. The effects are really excellent with great destruction when it happens, but it’s so infrequent and only shown briefly. It’s a shame that they start fighting or start destroying then cut away to people skydiving or wandering through rubble almost immediately missing all the kaiju action. I get that they wanted to show it from the human’s perspective and that’s why they cut away from the best of the monster action but if they were committed to that approach then why so many high angles? These kaiju look so much better from low angles, it gives them more scale. At least most of it was set at night where the kaiju look better. The characters are dull except Bryan Cranston but he’s barely in the film. It’s mostly entertaining but not fun. I think it would have been good if there was way more city smashing and monster fighting. What we did get was good though. Visually it’s a hell of a lot better than Godzilla (1998) but actually less enjoyable overall.

moutos bad humans bad only 1 action scene but good story 2 good characters and they arord of seeing the final fight make it a decent movie at best

This was a great movie with a decent story, but I do have some problems with it. First of all, they literally show the Mutos more than Godzilla, which is kind of weird considering the title of the movie. Then, when Godzilla and the Mutos were having this really awesome fight, the movie cuts to some boring human drama. And they also killed off Brian Cranston and replaced him with his really quite boring son. But the end fight of the movie really is spectacular, and the visual effects are stunning. Definetly worth a watch, despite all the issues with it.

The opening credits are just... someone had way to much fun. The typography with the montage of historical clips sets the perfect tone. The concept lent itself to some striking cinematography, but the film missed out on a lot of those opportunities. The shining moment for visuals was the base jumping with the red smoke flares, the iconic shot from the posters. I wanted more of that. Not actually a lot of focus on Godzilla himself, there was no character development for anyone except the husband and wife trying to get back to each other, which is something. The scientist roles were flat and dry as cardboard. Watanabe just stared wide eyed at everything the whole film, which he's good at haha, but I needed more with that. This would have been a great opportunity to really establish Monarch as an organization, and the development of the org in Kong: Skull Island would hit much harder. But it's overlooked in the script. Taylor-Johnson carries the whole film, and might have a bit too much screentime. This is GODZILLA after all... but he's cool. The destruction felt overwhelming without more of a focus on Godzilla. It leans almost toward... some sort of documentary news horror without a strong story... There was more focus for the Motus. They were well designed and formidable enemies for Godzilla. The film just spends too much time leading up to the Godzilla reveal. The whole first act with Cranston though... man, that was good. The father son conflict added a perfect layer of depth to the story, but it ends prematurely with the father's death. Not a great story choice. The son also doesn't even mention it but once the whole rest of the film. His only purpose was to get Ford to Japan, but they should have killed him off with the mother in the first sequence. After watching Kong: Skull Island, I had high expectations. Interestingly, Godzilla was the first film, followed by Kong, but chronologically Kong happens first, so that’s the film I started with.

Great revisit of the classic. Edwards deserves a lot of credit for putting Godzilla back on the map. Movie also looks awesome in 3D.

While weighed down by its bland and forgettable human characters, amazing CGI and use of its kaiju make Godzilla (2014) worth a watch for anyone seeking a simple action film. 7/10

To be fair I haven't seen any Godzilla movies all the way through before this one, but this one is a dark masterpiece. The monsters are scary realistic, and I'm glad there was an actual story. Monster movies tend to rely completely on effects. But not Godzilla 2014!

this is an interesting start to the monsterverse. :)

Movie was great, the plot of a soldier assisting godzilla to win against the mutos (and to save the world)felt like cinematic masterpiece. Cinematography was on point, a lot of adrenaline seeking moments that felt horrifying yet amazing makes this movie stand out to the other filth from this sieres besides gkotm

Really good visuals and some great action sequences, but this film begins the trend of great monster moments divided by really lack-luster human moments.

Ok, but it could've given Godzilla a more "main character" role he was in the background almost the whole time COME ONNNN

Worth a waych, i suppose. Its decent, but it graples a bit too much. One of the human characters is good, but he dies at the end of the first act. Also, why is it so dark? Not dark as in sad, but dark as in i cannot see what is happening on the screen dark.

It was pretty good a little more Godzilla would have been nice but yea thats it

as the first monsterverse film, Godzilla offers beautiful visuals and great monster action(if it did take a little while) and some solid performances. On the other hand, the storytelling is often rushed and frustrating, and the execution is often sporadic. I would go into depth on what I’m talking about, but who’s gonna read all that? 6.4/10