I liked it! It’s no “Blade Runner,” but it’s a fun way to escape a rainy Saturday.
There is a lot of fun fan service for those who remember the original movies. For one, the creature design isn’t “Jurassic Park” — it deliberately recalls the man-in-the-rubber-suit effects of the Japanese films. And they made sure to include that impossible to forget (or write) REEEEEEEIIIIAAAAAAARRRGH.
I might be imagining things, but I’m pretty sure the baddies here are deliberately reminiscent of “Cloverfield” (2008). That was funny.
There is a long and overwrought subplot monopolizing the first half of the film, involving a bereaved Bryan Cranston. Whatever this was meant to achieve in terms of character motivations, it kinda wasn’t worth it to delay the arrival of giant monsters. I’m pretty sure that people don’t go to a Godzilla movie to see Bryan Cranston.
Actually … I take that back. That dude is so popular that it’s entirely possible that people do go to a Godzilla movie to see Bryan Cranston.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 
I definitely agree about the long wait to see the big guy! I found myself worrying with the trailers that the Cranston story would be dragged out more than it is, but I actually kind of thought it went well. But again, you go to Godzilla movies to see giant monsters fighting and they held back just a bit too much on this. Even when they started crashing around, you only got tantalizing glimpses of them. Just as you start getting into it, they move off to the humans. Frustrating.
It did have some really great FX.
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Yep. I kinda felt like there were two movies going on: the sad-sci-guy and giant monsters. The first abruptly ended and then the second began.
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