One thing that really makes Godzilla (2014) exceptional is that this major movie tends to prefer the small opposed to the big.
Picking up from the tradition of 2008’s Cloverfield, it imagines the citywide destruction and global mayhem of the kaiju attacks from a view that is often closer to the floor than the sky.
While the film is filled with major overtures in the right key moments, it’s a film that like to keep the focus on the ground floor.
The result is a huge, gigantic motion picture that knows how to dish out action in a human level — even if it’s human characters can often, unfortunately, be a bit lacking.