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If we're talking the most recent effects I found impressive, I guess it would be Godzilla Minus Zero. Godzilla was so well done, it really was a joy to watch.
My main problem with VFX these days is that I can usually spot a green screen shot because the lighting is never quite right. I really want to watch Mad Max: Furiosa but the trailer has me worried. Compared to the original (Fury Road), where I've watched comparisons and never realised so much of the film was augmented with CGI.
Oh, I've just remembered. The worst VFX I've seen recently was Expendables 4. I stopped after the first big action sequence because it's so awful.
If you haven't seen it, it's a blend of cheap CGI, actors on a green screen, intercut with decent live action vehicle footage from a competent second until director.
The same way 60% of a horror movie is sound, 60% of "good CGI" is hiding the fact you're doing CGI. The clearest example might be Game Of Thrones after a central character loses their right hand. The stump you see is always practical. The whole forearm is a prop. They used computers to hide his real arm sticking out his fake elbow, because they knew that's not where you'd look.
Fury Road filmed the cars and faked the dirt.