Effects haven't reached their peak. Not by a long shot. I was definitely not trying to make that point. But we as movie-goers continually expect more and more before we consider something "mind blowing." Especially viewers that are technologically savy, IMO.

The capabilities exist today to create better effects than are demonstrated in most movies. So when something is weak, it stands out like a sore thumb. Like all the various throw-away shots they ended up using in the last three Star Wars movies that made what should have looked like natural human forms look like computerized plastic action figures being animated by stop-motion.

Take for instance all the clips I've seen of the new Superman movie. Everything looks good so far. Well blended and generally well thought out. Including the bullet to the eye. But I'm not jumping out of my seat saying "wow, can you believe that!? How is that possible? How did they do that?" - because it's all common place now and I know very well how they did it. Of course I still appreciate the artistic talent behind all of it. So I suppose now it's more akin to appreciating something like a painting. More for the artistic/creative instinct rather than the technological marvel.

But it's all a matter of perspective. Because when looking at some older productions, I *am* (still? now?) quite amazed. Simply by what they did with the technology of the time. In movies as well as so many other things - going back even to earliest recorded history.