My Godzilla 2014 Review *SPOILERS*

Excellent review! :)

I think you're fanboying on the film a little saying it's the best besides the original, but I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

*SPOILERS* 

Definitely a fun enjoyable movie, but not without faults that are either disappointing to say the least. One thing I will point out is that the movie and Garethe label Godzilla as a force of nature that we can't handle or we deserve, but not at one point during the movie did Godzilla ever turn and attack anything human. Even when they were shooting at him he just ripped through the bridge and walked by. I'm fine with the hero Godzilla but don't label him something he's not the whole time when he's clearly doing something else.

DURP004

Because Godzilla is apathetic to humankind and its civilization, it is not your boogieman to be scared nor your hero, he does what the hell he pleases, and that gives him tremendous respect. He is godlike, and as such you're not entitled to his attention.

Terror does not need to come from a monster that destroys city because (some reason?). Terror can come from not knowing what's out there and what is its intention. We know so little of this Godzilla, and that makes him effective.

Apethetic isn't really a good sign when something is supposed to be a force of nature that mankind has brought upon itself. He's not even apathetic, he's pegged as a hero before he even shows up by Serisawa. The whole movie he's rooting for Godzilla to save the day, a sentiment that's shared by everyone at the end of the movie when he's even labeled a hero. The way Godzilla was explained by Gareth prior to the movie it gave the sense it was going to be a 3 way brawl between humans Godzilla and the Mutos, but for the most part Godzilla just goes the mutos in a very heroic fashion. He never even attacks humans, whereas a force of nature would have destroyed everything in its path, but he swims under boats, blocks missiles from hitting people in a bridge and casually walks out of the city to the cheers of people at the end.

This Godzilla had always existed, he was discovered and not actually awakened. Because guess what, here's the surprising twist, Godzilla is not the destroyer of worlds that blows stuff up just because he can, the MUTOs are the real symbols of man's arrogance and their retribution. Godzilla represents nature's balance in its entirety, as Serizawa said "I believe he is that order."

This Godzilla is apathetic, not a hero, he fights because that's what he wants to do. The reasoning is impossible to understand and left for us to interpret ourselves. Him attacking humans is as sensible as saying that you like killing ants because they threw pretty firecrackers at you. It makes you look like a child. And Godzilla is no child.

Godzilla doesn't BLOCK the missiles that were firing on the Golden Gate, those missiles were intended to hit Godzilla as he was rising. This is increadibly obvious. And no, the crowd doesn't cheer him in the end.

I need to say that 1954 version is still better than 2014 version because althrough 2014 version is dark but it's still not that dark when you compare it to 1954 version. 2014 version has just a little bit dark in the 30 minutes of the film. 

The story is great, it's quite interesting not like the other monster movies. But in the middle of the film when the film focus on the human charactor, Ford, too much it's quite boring because his charactor is so flatted.

The film doesnt show Godzilla much but when he show up to fight against muto it feel like "Here comes the HERO!!!!" and i love it! so i dont really have problem with Godzilla show time

 There is another problem in the final fighting scene. I want to see Godzilla fights against Muto for a long take not just show the fight for 10 secs then cut to human! but it's still epic :D! The sound affect is so awesome! I highly recommend that you must see it in Dolby Atmos!

So this is a great movie but not the best. It should has more tension and dark tone. I gonna give it 8.5/10 

(I'm Thai people so I'm sorry if my grammar are wrong)

Those missiles were intended for Godzilla when shot but were headed right for the bridge. One soldier even says "Hold your fire there's civilians on the bridge!!!!" And out of the confusion and shock, they still shoot them, hitting the cables and almost humming Sam Brody's bus until Godzilla rises and unintentionally saves the missiles from hitting that part of the bride.

The nature's balance really doesn't make sense. It's clear he's targeting the Mutos but what are they doing to desturb nature's balance? Is it simply that they were supposed to be asleep? In any case it was humans who woke them up, humans who attract them with their nuclean weapons and obviously humans who overall are disturbing the balance of nature, but he ignores them. If he is truly a force of nature, and there to rebalance things he destroyed the mutos but didn't do anything about the cause that woke them up and him?

Discovered over awakened is a debatable topic as they say the first nuclear sub that reached a deep depth disappeared. Whether it was its nuclear power that woke him up or he was awake and they just stumpled on him is never clear, but to say it was 1 or the other with certaintly as you are is wrong.

If you didn't see him as a hero that's fine but it's clear by the things he does the director was very much giving him a heroic role. The fact that he blocked the missiles, which he did intentionally or not, as it is clear by the way the soldiers reacted those missiles were coming for the bridge, it's not as though all the missiles prior to those ones were spot on with quite a few shots hitting the cables and missing.

I never said Godzilla just stepped out of his bed to set balance, I'm saying that HE is the symbol of order for nature itself, what that means is that he exists to be nature's hand. The personal reasoning in his fight against the MUTO is unknown and beautifully mysterious, which I love. There's simply so much you can pull out of his character. He could become nature's wrath, nature's incarnate, a destroyer, a hero, a villain, whatever. His apathy strenghten his depth as a kaiju.

Godzilla always existed, since it's confirmed in the comics. Go to page 26.

What I got out of this movie, is the portrayal of a King of the Monsters. And how he was shown here makes him the greatest badass character in ALL of fiction. No, I don't mean the fight in the climax, ignore that, that's the chocolate in the cake, I'm talking about the part everyone finds boring, because I did not, they were jamn filled with the presence of Godzilla. And that is really something to appreciate.

There is so much majesty and glow in this movie, and it's all directed to Godzilla alone. With or without seeing him, he was there, he appeared from the moment they mentioned his name. And that's why this movie is really awesome. 

Side-by-side comparison between the two latest Godzillas:

The Comparator - Godzilla 2014 VS Godzilla 1998

@DURP004 You seem to be confused about what a natural disaster is. Natural disasters don't go out of their way to kill humans, they just happen, and whoever is caught in their path is at risk. This version of Godzilla reflects that perfectly, as, when he causes a tsunami as he surfaces, destroys the Golden Gate Bridge unintentionally, and knocks down a skyscraper in the process of killing Hokmuto (that is its official name, isn't it?), he kills many people without noticing or caring, just like a natural disaster.

And, why can’t he be both a natural disaster and a hero at the same time? He may not go out of his way to save humans, just as he doesn’t go out of his way to hurt them, but the people of San Francisco still cheer for him and call him their savior as he wakes up from his supposed death (most heartwarming scene I can remember in recent films, by the way) because, intentionally or not, he did save the city, and possibly all of mankind, from the much more malicious Mutos (added alliterative appeal are awesome). Basically, he’s like the T-rex from Jurassic Park, who is a big threat to the human characters, but still gets that Big Damn Hero moment at the end when he unintentionally saves them from the Velociraptors. I think this was the perfect choice, as they knew that at least G-fans would root for Godzilla no matter what, but probably wouldn’t want to see him as a humanity-loving superhero like he was in the 70s.