*guffaw*
Then show me a film with better CGI at that time…
Lord of the Rings trilogy. Minority Report. Gladiator. The Matrix. Pirates of the Caribbean. Armageddon. King Kong. The Fifth Element. Titanic. Independence Day.
Not that I like CGI and not that those films don’t have some flawed shots but there’s quite a few that have better work than the Prequels in the late 90s/early 2000s. The first Matrix especially, hasn’t dated at all (It helped that a lot was practical).
The first Matrix’s effects look awful now. I love the movie but come on. And other than LOTR, all the movies you mentioned have comparable CG to the prequels.
Hell, Coruscant looks better than The Fifth Element’s NYC.