Indeed. Godzilla movie fans call that abomination GINO (Godzilla In Name Only). For the faults that it has, the Godzilla currently in theaters got this part right - the Godzilla in it is a true Godzilla.
Yep, GINO. It isnt considered to be a kaiju movie. And yeah, this Godzilla IS Godzilla. The movie has already made more than $300 million so there will be another one. But they have to dump the Brodys. No more Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson or their kid. Really. They are still alive and they have been reunited AND the younger Brody is his father's son (only he is a military guy and not a scientist). He now has "Godzilla cred". They will probably bring back Watanabe. I hope they dump his female assistant and replace her with a new version of Emiko Yamane.
I feel okay with this first new Godzilla movie. But the next one better have more kaiju action and PLEASE turn up the lights! Godzilla 2014 was dark when it should not have been. Sometimes it looked like dark blobs moving in the smoke.