10 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About 2014 Movies

7. Godzilla Was Following The Franchise Norm With Its Character Focus

Godzilla had some incredible action sequences, its final San Francisco as far from the traditional men in suits as the 1998 failure's monster design was from the actual look of the King of the Monsters. What riled up many audiences was that it wasn't really complimented by much in the way of human drama. Aaron Taylor Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen tempered expectations for Avengers: Age Of Ultron by turning in two of the year's most forgettable performances, while the actually interesting characters were either killed off prematurely (Bryan Cranston) or shoved into the background to say one cool line (Ken Watanabe). It's not a movie-ruining problem given how awesome things get when the kaiju meet, but it certainly weakened Gareth Edwards' blockbuster outing. The thing is, having a strong character focus in lieu of the big monster is not really anything unexpected in this franchise. The movies, at least when not devolving into tat, have always had a strong story backing up the action. Not to the extent of hiding the titular beast until the mid-point, but the sentiment's there. The original classic was even re-edited for American release with thirty minutes of new footage telling a proper, if sanitised, story. Yes, the human drama here wasn't the most engaging, but the idea itself is far from the problem.