Great visual effects don't mean great movies.

Rating: 9/10 (27 July 2005)

I has been a several years now since visual effects impressed the audience into marking a movie great. Since the computer generated effects for Jurassic Park in 1994, gradually it has become a standard for all movies.
Even comedies now are expected to use respectable visual effects. Of course, now we are used to computer animations. The first Matrix had us drooling on the new 360 degrees visual effect. Now I don't think anyone is impressed by it.
I think this is good. Because sometime after the start of this new millennium, big movie studio executives still think special effects will push a movie to the top in the box office. Not anymore. The Lord of the Rings is faithfully based on a master piece of literature. Tolkien dedicated a lifetime in creating this book. It would be great for a writer to continue on his work. To add-on the ages to after the Lord of the Rings.
In conclusion, Definitely we have to expect great stories backed by great special effects, not the other way around.