36 Completely Real Special Effects That Told CGI to Hold Their Beer

We’d give you a condescending “back in my day” rant about special effects before CGI, but awesome old-school practical effects are still being pulled off today. It doesn’t have to be a CGI versus practical debate. It’s whatever happens to be best for the shot — and the budget. 

We just wanted to give the real-deal effects their due today since you could easily mistake these for CGI.