[kungtotte]

Take a look at Jurassic Park sometime, the Spielberg one from 1993. They used animatronics for most of the dinos and they look almost real still, almost 30 years on.

The same with the original Star Wars trilogy, they're all models lit by actual lights so there's a depth and "realness" to the lighting that makes it look so much more authentic than even modern CGI.

[kbr2000]

Indiana Jones special effects were pretty interesting too in that regard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN4weKvqmb8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YceegyOXzh0