Re: "It also depends on when you first saw it too"
It crystallised for me why CGI special effects leave me stone cold unmoved.
Recently watched the 'despecialised' fan edit of Star Wars, it was amazing how well the practical effects had stood up; much better than the 90s era CGI they tainted them with.
Keaton did his stuff for real.
...which included such things as 'not getting hit by giant boulders rolling down a hill', or clearing things from in front of a moving train by throwing railway sleepers at them
Railway sleepers!
Throwing!!