Godzilla (2014)

GODZILLA  (2014)  ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Gareth Edwards
    Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen,
    David Strathairn, Sally Hawkins, Bryan Cranston,
    Juliette Binoche, Victor Rasuk, Patrick Sabongui
A slimy, scaly, fire-breathing sea monster heads toward the Western United States, and the Western United States had better get out of its way. Yes, Godzilla's back, bigger and badder than ever. Unfortunately, not better than ever, at least in the script department, but the stuff with the monsters looks cool, combined with some industrial-strength sound effects. If you ask me, any movie that would kill off Juliette Binoche in the opening reel should have its head examined, but it's not like you carry a lot of high expectations into something like this. Maybe Juliette was the lucky one who saw what was going on, made her appearance, cashed a nice check, and got out while the getting was good.