Godzilla
Warner Bros. | Release Date: May 16, 2014
6.8
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ShinGojiMar 4, 2021
Amazing movie the effects were great the fighting was epic the MUTOs where awesome but not enough of the Big G
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ForcedLifeApr 2, 2021
Godzilla is the kaiju flick I dreamed of as a child. A dark re-imagining of the movie monster. A perfect mix of gritty & fantastical. Realistic & God-Like. Gareth Edward's 2014 Godzilla Film does what it needs to, capture audiences with it'sGodzilla is the kaiju flick I dreamed of as a child. A dark re-imagining of the movie monster. A perfect mix of gritty & fantastical. Realistic & God-Like. Gareth Edward's 2014 Godzilla Film does what it needs to, capture audiences with it's stunning CGI work of the monsters on screen and give the human characters enough emotion and motivation they need to make them enjoyable to watch as their own plot lines play out and intertwine with the monsters.

The biggest let down of this movie is the screen time the title character himself gets. With a shockingly low 10 Minutes of screen time, you leave wanting more of the giant kaiju, wishing he had more time to shine. The only upside to this is that the movie's pacing masks the disappointing screen time, having a "Jaws-Like" effect of hiding the monster.

With all this said, the climactic final battle is an insanely rewarding fight to watch play out, and makes you feel like you got what you wanted out of this film. The proper Hollywood rendition of Godzilla.… Expand
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8
KoorleApr 14, 2021
Godzilla (2014) created an incredibly realistic environment that I missed with the mass futurism picked up in the later movies. I felt the monsters were quite unoriginal and very generic. The story felt the most realistic out of the othersGodzilla (2014) created an incredibly realistic environment that I missed with the mass futurism picked up in the later movies. I felt the monsters were quite unoriginal and very generic. The story felt the most realistic out of the others and many minute details such as Godzilla's breath were the best we've seen.… Expand
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Jakelogo2005Jul 4, 2021
Most awesome film I’ve watched that year. One of the best films of my childhood and of all time.
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cdougallAug 18, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first entry in WarnerBros MonsterVerse, Godzilla is a surprisingly engaging and emotion-filled movie with a story that allows it to really nicely transcend the big monster fighting action that is core to the premise of a movie with the name Godzilla. The script and directing are better than I would’ve expected and allow this movie spend a lot of time focused on the story, relationships between characters and building tension. That last point is one of the best and most effective things about this movie: it doesn’t get to the action right away and rather saves it for when it’s most appropriate to keep viewers invested for the full runtime, which adds a lot of depth to the movie and gives the characters themselves moments to shine. It also allows for the focus of the movie to not be big monster-centric and gives us a more down to Earth and relatable perspective that I really appreciate. The way this movie progresses is perfectly realistic and exactly the way a situation like it would go in the real world, allowing it to flow really well. It’s also very similar to the way that a natural disaster movie would go, giving an interesting genre comparison. This brings me to the one flaw I see in this movie, which is that it’s very predictable and there are really no surprises or twists, at least for the viewers. The characters themselves have some curveballs thrown at them. Godzilla ends up being a more interesting character than I expected, but nothing really caught me off guard as being too unexpected. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since it means the movie doesn’t get too complex and try to do anything fancy, and overcomplications often hurt the flow of a film. I could sit down right now and watch this movie and be entertained by it, a luxury I don’t have with so many other movies. Godzilla has a lot of rewatch value and will still be fun and engaging on multiple viewings. The film is smarter than you might think on many occasions and shows that the filmmakers wanted to take the character and franchise in a whole new direction and give everybody a breath of fresh air, and they succeed in doing both really well. As I mentioned previously, the script and directing are great and show that the filmmakers knew what they were doing and that you really can give new energy to a franchise. Overall, Godzilla is a really fun and engaging movie to watch and was a strong start to the MonsterVerse and I’d strongly recommend it to fans of the kaiju genre.… Expand
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atabeyordekciAug 18, 2021
The world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity. (6)
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PeteyPirahnaFeb 7, 2022
6/10
Weakest Monsterverse movie easily. But it is still... fine. (Nevermind, 0/10. barely any Godzilla.)
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goodfellMar 7, 2022
Very, very slow burn. But the way Edwards frames the movie, truly gives jaw dropping scope to the size of Godzilla. Excellent pay off in the final act.
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EeRayGanJul 25, 2022
Absolute masterpiece. It deserves more than the 68 that it has here on Metacritic.
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DolphinReviewsJul 21, 2022
Maybe a good movie? If you could actually see what was happening. The filming is always to dark and you can barley see what is happening.
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oneofjwNov 24, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good but lacking. The movie should have just been called Muto vs Humans. Also Bryan Cranston **** dies (the best character of the movie)… Expand
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NRG_MHJun 29, 2023
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I mean I've seen worse movies in my lifetime. The plot was actually quite decent with the whole thing about the MUTOs wanting to lay their eggs and the US Military trying to stop that because it could kill millions of innocent civilians and the human characters were alright espeially for a movie where the main attraction is the Titans. But the thing I liked about it the most was the atmosphere and tone with it feeling way darker than most other Godilla movies in existance, that and you could actually feel about how dangerous these monsters would be if they were real because of how the camera angles were done making you feel like you're their with the characters experiencing everything they are, the ending also felt quite bitter sweet because they did kill the MUTO and destroyed the eggs so that way there isn't hundreds of them to deal with in a few years but they also destroyed most of San Francisco while doing so.… Expand
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