Board Thread:Movie Discussions/@comment-24868748-20140518055647/@comment-25211864-20140723230146

It's not about screen time. And criticism aimed at new Godzilla doesn't mean the critics (at least myself) say every previous movie was great - a lot of them were not so perfect to say the least, new one is better then many older movies. I wasn't happy because of the storyline as a whole + it lacked the athmosphere I so enjoyed while watching some of the Heisei films or Kiryu saga. I think that the Japanese managed to cover up poor character design by creating a plot of scientists figuring out the Godzilla problem instead of following some guy that is not connected to Godzilla at all.

The American "human drama" wasn't engaging. In Japanese series humans were boring as well, but it was less visible due to more sci-fi oriented plot. Eg. in Godzilla vs Destroyah there was plenty of "sci-fi magic" to focus on (Godzilla exploding, nature of oxygen destroyer etc., weaponry) which made generic humans less annoying.