Yes, the picture was in 3D with the polarized glasses, but IMHO, it was a waste... unlike the old, 3D films where they actually DID something cool with the 3D effect, this film did nothing... it was just a 2D picture taken with a 3D camera. At the very least, they should have had Godzilla's fire breath shoot out the screen at the audience! I heard others comment that after about 10 minutes, you forgot the picture was in 3D--I would have to agree.
The film concentrates on the now all-to-common motif of "your job comes first," ignoring the wife, kids and friends. Heck even "mom" in this film loaded her little kid on a bus so she could work as a nurse at the hospital (and, of course, the bus ended up stuck on the bridge where Godzilla FINALLY shows up). And if you are a monster fan, Godzilla makes nothing more than a cameo appearance, mainly at the very tail end of the film--though you do get to see a lot of his dorsal plates moving under the water or behind things.
Though if you are a Sci-Fi buff, you would catch a few things, like Dr. Serizawa being inferred as a descendent of Daisuke Serizawa, the inventor that created the oxygen-destroyer that killed Godzilla in 1954. And little things like the "Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, two mixed choirs and orchestra" from 2001 being played during the parachute jump. I actually remembered the name of the piece... guess that shows how big a Sci-Fi geek I am!
And they redesigned Godzilla, again. Bigger, stronger and an even smaller head and eyes. I guess it's misinformation, as the original Godzilla may have looked a little bit too much like Enlil.
The reviewers are bragging on how great a film it was. No so. I'd agree with Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island, "That film was so bad, I'd walk out of it, even on an airplane!"
