What’s So Special About Practical Effects?

 

Whenever I come across special effects I’m not too enthralled by them because they’re not very special at all. I notice that they seem extremely fake, or so overdone that it just couldn’t even be perceived as real. I know that most special effects aren't to be taken literally, but I am the type of movie watcher that needs a sense of reality even in the most fiction based films. However, when I started to research the different types of “special effects” I found an interesting type of special effect call the practical effect. This scene below from the Matrix reloaded is a good example of this “special effect” all the things that occur here blend an aspect of reality with computer generation.
P.S - The cool guy surfing on cars was added into the clip after the action scene had already been filmed!