I disagree, its a film that utilizes its post-war japan setting very well, especially towards the themes of rebirth and striving to live instead of throwing yourself away to an easy death. Or maybe I just have my blinders turned on for gojira.
It was a perfect remix of the original '54 film and Shin Godzilla. The emotional through-line is perfect, and I like the fact that Godzilla is being treated as an explicit embodiment of the forces of nature again. The twist I saw coming from a mile away, but it was still good.