Star Wars Episode 1,2 and 3 the old matte paintings, models and puppets would have worked better with of course better scripts and directing.
Terminator Salvation The old technician from the old films was involved but not enough animatronics and too much cgi.
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Way too many cgi enhancements of the live action photography to miss. Drew me out of the movie.
Star Trek 2009 effects in the film were done well enough but the Enterprise should have been a model not a cgi picture.
Something tells me if Jaws were made today the shark would be cgi and a character in the film, like the awful deep blue sea.
The movies should always be shot on film. Much thanks and appreciation to steven spielberg and jj abrams.
George Lucas not so much. Episode 1 while not the greatest movie looked great on film in the cinemas. The Next movies were done in video HD. And the clone troppers were all cg rendered, and the spaceships later on. In phantom menace they actually built models and miniatures.
To me the best compromise is a unity of the 2 techniques rather than cgi taking over and subverting its rightful place as just another tool filmakers can use.
Lord of the Rings was Cgi heavy but had real location shooting, large scale miniatures, and tried and true methods of filmaking as well as newest of the new.