I agree SilverWook,

Hopefully the era of unbridled needless use of inferior CGI is slowly ending. With Directors like Peter Jackson and Chris Nolan restricting the use of CGI to the best way to seemlessly integrate live-action-actors, live-action-footage and old-skool model effects. Plus of course employing CGI when you can't accomplish the shot any-other way (And you've tried to!).

Also you've got young directors like Duncan Jones using practical models to achieve stunning scenes on a micro-budget in 'Moon'. And new box office mega-smah 'Evil Dead' using te minimum CGI also in favour of eye-wincing makeup effects and chucking buckets of good old corn syrup at the camera.

Best special effects ever achieved would have to be nearly a quarter century ago in 'Blade Runner' just before the advent of CGI. Sadly ILM try to reference BR in the AOTC chase with disastrous results!