This could not be further from the truth. Reality is almost the exact opposite from what you are saying. Practical effects are severely limited and if you look at movies in the 80s and 90s you can see the exact same model + foam + air brush + balsa wood breaking + cocoa for dirt + mist canon in one shot after the next.
Meanwhile in modern times you are watching movies where virtually every shot is somewhere between subtly modified to mostly CG and you don't notice. Then people see one awkward shot out of 400 and declare that "practical effects are better".
Watch batman returns to see a high budget comic book movie before modern film making and compare that to the summer block busters from today.
Meanwhile in modern times you are watching movies where virtually every shot is somewhere between subtly modified to mostly CG and you don't notice. Then people see one awkward shot out of 400 and declare that "practical effects are better".
Watch batman returns to see a high budget comic book movie before modern film making and compare that to the summer block busters from today.