Godzilla's pacing and transition resembles that of trying to kickstart a power generator; every time you pull on the chord and hear that roar of power, it dissipates and disappears only to build back up again. It's an analogy that holds true in terms of when the generator does kick in, the movie reaches its zenith and thunders through all the way to the end credits. However, whether you'll be too tired by that point or not is another point entirely. Thanks to some scenes that come across as laughable - a key one being the standard 'we're-going-approach-this-darkness-very-slowly' routine - a trope of monster flicks that usually can be handled with some semblance of believability - falls apart when the monster in question is about the size of the Empire State Building. Near the film's climax when Godzilla and one of the Mutos are finally having a showdown, we cut away again to another quiet meeting indoors, only to discuss the very thing we just cut away from, and jump back in. Why? You get the feeling that Gareth Edwards really wanted you to care about the human element of the film - even returning to ground level multiple times when the fights do finally start - however it's a directorial decision that doesn't really work when the characters feature more cookie-cutters than a pre-school class.
