ELi5: Why do we recognize CGI when we rewatch a movie years after seeing it the first time?

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I went back and watched Avengers: Age of Ultron for the first time since it was originally released and for the first few scenes all I could focus on was how noticeable the cgi had become. I have vivid memories of being blown away by how realistic everything looked when I saw it years ago. As special effects technology improves, does that mean the way we recognize those effects also improve?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

You don’t.

Most of the CGI goes unnoticed; many background settings, etc, are CGI but because you expect them to be there you don’t recognize it as CGI.

The things you see are the things that you don’t expect. Like some weird fancy futuristic armour, or some magic spell.

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