Which 'older' CGI/ Visual FX still hold up really well today?

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by LegacyCosts

There are really no cgi effects being released now that are flawless. Practical effects just age better.

There are many terrible practical effects even in big budget films. Just look at the 70s King Kong remake. We are at a point where many CG effects are pretty much flawless, the recent Gravity just being one case. I doubt that film will look terrible on ten years time and about 90% of that film is CGI. And CGI is still constantly evolving, where effects are possible that wouldn't have been even a couple of years ago.

The problem isn't that CGI is inherently flawed, the problem is that it lacks the magic of practical effects. You don't really wonder how something has been achieved anymore as everything has become reduced to one technique, though as the Making Off of Gravity shows, getting the effects even via CGI can still be extremely complicated.