Quasi-mechanical animation applied to graphics was hackneyed about the time of the original Tron.
Too much 'wow' is afforded to graphics these days when what is being applauded is some Bryce-like animator program...click-a-button-and-go.
Kinda reminds me of the chaos-theory logic that was used in LOTR to see squillions of soldiers in a battle sequence doing all sorts of things including running away.
Technology can really diminish an art.