Bombed. This is why you don't hire Z listers

I actually think the human cast did a pretty good job.

It was more the story than the actors. The entire movie was dark to make the cgimless noticable. Action never let up. Godzilla movies are inherently bad. So this is no surprise.

"Pandering to the Chinese market with Asian actors"

You have got to be kidding. Godzilla originated in the Asian movie market in the first place. And these new movies are just acknowledging those roots. If anything, there should be a lot *more* Asians instead of having the setting moved to the US with so many American characters.

Cast matters not. All that makes a kaiju movie any good is the giant monster fights. And they botched those big time. Part of what botched it was the way it valued its actors over the action.

Back in 1954, when Akira Takarada made a big deal out of being the star of GOJIRA, he was told "You idiot! The monster's the star!". The same logic applies here.