Fifteen years ago an earthquake in Japan ruptured a nuclear power plant killing everyone in its wake, caused by the hazardous radiation leakage which is now a quarantined area. Now back to the present, Ford Brody is forced to (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) bail out his dad, Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston), out of jail in Japan. Joe had tried to break into the quarantined area to gain access to files, proof that what happened fifteen years ago was covered up, which are stored at his now desecrated home. Now with the help of his reluctant son, who thinks he's obsessively crazy, break into the quarantined area yet again to get these files once and for all and to prove to the public that they're not being told the whole truth. When they reach the compound they find the files but in doing so they have alerted the onsite guards, who bring them to the site that was once previously the nuclear power plant but that has now since been rebuilt. There they witness the birth of a gigantic creature that destroys the entire compound and flees off into the night sky, the time to save humanity from this destruction begins now with the help of Joe's theories and Ford's specialist training.
Of course I had high expectations for Godzilla and it sure did exceed those expectations, I was constantly on the edge of my seat held on the suspense of how the events would play out. Not once was I able to predict what would happen next, which was refreshing as most movies nowadays you can aways predict what is about to come from a mile away. I'm glad the trailers gave us a hint of what to expect and kept the mystery surrounding Godzilla hidden, keeping the audience blind from what they would be anticipating leaving them in suspense throughout the whole of the movie.
I surprised that Aaron Taylor-Johnson had a large chunk of screen time as from viewing the trailer we see him a few times, however it is Bryan Cranston that appears to have more screen time in the trailer than the actual movie. It was weird seeing Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen as an onscreen couple seeing as they play onscreen twins in Avengers: Age of Ultran, which is due to their evident chemistry. I really wish we had more screen time of those two but there's always Godzilla round two and of course the Avengers sequel.
The sound effects of Godzilla's ear shocking roar was marvellous, the sound team did a very good job recreating one of the most iconic roars in movie history.
I saw a few comments floating around on Twitter earlier saying that it was even better than Transformers, in a sense I understand where they're coming from as both Godzilla and Transformers share similar themes, where these unidentified lifeforms are perceived as the bad guys who are causing havoc on earth. Though if we were to stand back to look at the bigger picture we would see these lifeforms are protecting humanity from the real monsters that are set to destroy us.
Knowing that they've set Godzilla as a potential franchise is great news as the reviews have been nothing but positive, so we may get some future instalments if the stories right. Plus as of now Godzilla has had one of the best box office openings of this year so far, so it is unlikely to flop even though many people assumed so.
I had an inkling at the end that Godzilla would survive from his injuries due to the fact that if he can withstand nuclear he can withstand anything.
I definitely recommend that you go see Godzilla as soon as possible, it is now one of my most favourite films of 2014 so far and it could be yours too.
*****
________________________________________________________________________________I saw Godzilla on Friday 16th May at my local cinema.
As always this is an honest review.
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