For a 7-year old movie, I thought this was a decent reboot of the original Godzilla genre. The story was familiar, the acting was...meh...perhaps a bit sub-par, but not horribly unwatchable. My biggest complaint was the lighting. I mean, it's a movie about Godzilla, so naturally I wanted - and EXPECTED - to see Godzilla... And I wanted to see more than just brief glimpses, or shadowy outlines that roared into the darkness. I haven't seen the recent ones (this was the first GZ movie I've watched probably since the old black-and-whites on Saturday afternoon TV), so I'm not sure what the more recent ones are like, but I would have expected modern technology to at least give me a Godzilla that wasn't afraid to be seen under full lighting. This one, well, it took its sweet time even introducing the main character, and then you got momentary glimpses as he surfaced, then dove again...revealing his scales as the broke the surface of the water temporarily. The fight scenes between GZ and Muto (or whatever the other thing was called; I never did hear a name other than "muto") were so dark, so poorly-illuminated as to render them all but useless. I actually went back MULTIPLE times in multiple scenes during the showdown between Godzilla and Muto to try and make sense of what was happening, what did I miss, etc. Overall, I would say this is worth watching if you're a fan of the genre, but I'm hoping...SURELY...they've come up with something better in the newer Godzilla/King Kong movies. Looking forward to watching some of the newer ones...