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Created May 17, 2014 06:31PM PST • Edited May 17, 2014 06:31PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   A big entrance to the summer blockbuster season, Godzilla continues to wow the masses after all these years. Director Gareth Edwards does a good job of holding the suspense during the early part of the movie, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bryan Cranston lay on the drama. As the mayhem ensued and the creatures took over the big screen, I began to wonder why there were people involved at all. They didn’t make much of a difference except to help you understand just how tiny we are among the giants. Great action, decent as a thriller, and a fine job of building up the suspense early on. See this on the big screen – I don’t think it will hold up well in-home or on a plane.

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

   I kept thinking Cranston looked odd with hair. It will be a few years before he shakes off ‘Breaking Bad’. Other than that, very good acting all around.

5. Male Stars Very Good 3.5

6. Female Stars Very Good 3.5

7. Female Costars Very Good 3.5

8. Male Costars Very Good 3.5

10. Film

    Great 4.0

    All the expected elements of a summer blockbuster!

11. Direction Great 4.0

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Great 4.0

14. Visuals Great 4.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.0

17. Sex Titillating 2.0

18. Violence Fierce 2.0

    Monster on monster fierceness only.

19. Rudeness Salty 2.0

21. Reality

    Supernatural 4.0

22. Circumstantial Supernatural 4.0

23. Biological Supernatural 4.0

24. Physical Supernatural 4.0