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Here are three examples of bad CGI use:
1.) In The Phantom Menace, the Jar Jars and the robots are having an epic battle on in a lush green valley against a deep blue sky. It occurs to me that there are no live actors in the scene and I'm watching a screen-saver.
2.) In Attack of the Clones, Natalie Portman gets dumped in the desert and then a CGI storm trooper (or whatever they were called at that point) kind of floats in like 75 Buick to save her. She gives his forehead an order to which he gives back a line and then floats away.
Not only did it look and play badly, but the fact that they green screened it rather than paying some schmuck in a costume to do the bit was confusing and galling.
2.) In Spiderman 2, Doc Ock Snatches Auntie May and scales a clock tower to due battle with spidey. The fight is well shot and it's a necessary use, but it also allows them to go too far with the action. That may be a clean representation of Auntie May being flung and dropped 50' but there's no way she should survive the kind of abuse in that scene. My suspended disbelief was pushed too far and they lost me.
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Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life
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