Seeing those 2 reactions an hour before I'd go myself, wasn´t reassuring. I wish I could report the opposite, but alas, I cannot. Although I don´t think the film was a total waste, I was disappointed.
The creature designs were good. Godzilla looked exactly how a modern Godzilla should look like. The monster battles were cool, the few that were shown. Atmosphere was cool. I don´t mind the focus on seeing the result of monsters rampaging through cities (rather than the monsters themselves), I believe that´s actually what classic Godzilla films did (but I can´t really tell, since I can´t remember anything of the one classic film I´ve seen). I wouldn't mind the drama and focus on people, if it was good. And there´s the problem.
The drama was a joke. Scripts were bad. A lot of things that involved people came across as stupid or unnecessary.
Juliette Binoche,