10 Most Pointless CGI Movie Shots Ever

1. The Prairie Dogs - Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

The fourth Indiana Jones gets a ton of flak from fans for a number of reasons, and though nothing will ever quite top the "nuke the fridge" controversy, many were dismayed by the film's excessive reliance on low-rent visual effects.

Just like Daredevil, this is made apparent in the film's very first shot, and again like Daredevil, it involves a totally unconvincing and pointless digital rodent.

The film's opening shot shows a rough CGI prairie dog emerging from its mound, surveying the area and quickly scurrying off before a car runs over the mound.

And perhaps if this were a one-off, it might've been easy enough to tolerate. However, the awful digital abomination re-appears during the infamous fridge-nuking scene, popping out of its hole to stare gormlessly at Indy (Harrison Ford) for a moment before diving back in.

Do these moments add anything to the film? Audiences rightly expected better from Spielberg, and he really dropped the ball here.