In recent years, the great movie remake train has been chugging along, turning some of our childhood favourites into live-action reimaginings that nobody asked for. Whether we like it or not, CGI has its place in modern filmmaking, but there’s one thing film studios can’t seem to get right – CGI creatures.

CGI character design can be a controversial topic, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t good examples around (take the Planet of the Apes franchise for instance). From Sonic to Stitch, it seems that audiences are getting increasingly fed up with live-action remakes featuring janky CGI character designs, but why are they so unpopular and what can we learn from the backlash?