Godzilla (2014)
I still enjoy this, but there's no denying the decision to have most of the monster action take place
off-screen gets really old by the end. What little we get to see is pretty impressive, but it feels like there should be so much more, even while maintaining the slow-build the movie is going for. The lack of monster action also isn't helped by the fact the human characters are all fundamentally really dull, except maybe Cranston, but he's not in it much either.
Kong: Skull IslandMuch more enjoyable, just because it's so much more fun. The characters and action are all far more colourful - Sam Jackson in particular is ace as a blatant Ahab rip-off. The 'Nam-era setting also makes it stand out.
Still makes me lol though that what is obviously only six helicopters on the ship suddenly becomes double that as soon as they're in the air
It's one of the least subtle goofs in recent memory.