why are you so against CGI?
it really bugs me when people are so against it. (mainly because im in the profession).
There are a gazzilion movies that CGI is in a lot, yet people dont notice (im talking Rom-Coms, Period dramas..). Why? because its good cgi... the crap stuff, where the director is crap and everything has to be really rushed, is where it gets noticed!
Also our brains are so adjusted to it, that when we see unbelievable stuff we automatically point it out.
Theres no way in hell an explosion like that could be filmed in real life.. so either you have lame explosions filmed from really far away, or you have cool up close CGI explosion!
I didnt think there was anything wrong with that explosion. Oh and by the way, the majority of the entire thing was CGI, yet all you noticed was the explosion!