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Some of this has already been said, but here is my input
Effective examples in my opinion:
Terminator 2 - From what I recall from the DVD commentary, that was done with Photoshop 0.67 on on a cluster of 486 systems with 20 MB hard drives. Still incredible today
The Mask - they spent half of the 20 million budget on CGI and it was well invested. Of course Jim Carrey pulls it all together with his performance but the over the top CGI with the just right minimal plot (similar to the Marx Brothers films) works quite nicely.
an older one that is special effects rather than CGI - the scene in the 1947 classic The Bishop's Wife where the angel played by Cary Grant (the role Denzel Washington had in the 97? remake) throws the index cards in the air and they and all land in perfect order in the right box on the desk.
The Golden Compass - my thoughts may be not so friendly about the important part of the film but the visual look is gorgeous.
Kill Bill Vol. 1 - This film put me to sleep three times before I finally finished the DVD (I was tired from work just once there) but at least it looks good while you wait for the plot to begin in Vol. 2
Not so great or worse:
recent Star Wars, at least Ep. 1 & 2. Never have tried to endure Ep. 3 after managing not to walk out of the first two in the theatre. And yes, the plot and storyline are the main culprits there but the CGI lost me very quickly. Right after watching Anakin being a whiny bitch and Jar Jar causing wincing. At least there was the pod race, and the uh....nothing that comes to my mind for Ep. 2 .It has been 10 years or so though, most of the plot and everything else in II slips my mind now aside from Sand people getting slaughtered off camera.
I know there are plenty of others on the thumbs down list but my head is a bit tired this very moment and not recalling them now.
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Black Adder
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