I like it that way. Let effects supervisors and technicians worry about impressive visuals, I want good stories where the visuals only serve to heighten our minds and emotions. The original Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back were perfect movies in this regard (especially ESB). The special effects were amazing for their time, but they took a lot of time and care to create and people naturally put their hearts and souls into the work as a result. Modern special effects are fed into a computer and spit back out in the space of a few hours, and nobody cares about the subtlety of the art.