If you watch how they made they muscle car Batmobile come to life in ‘The Batman’, you’ll see how practical effects are still very effective and can be sweetened with cgi. For example, watch the way the intake vents were glowing like hellfire when it was warming up that monster engine.

Hugh Jackman had balls on his chin in a movie the same year he did Prisoners. Movie 43 also came out about three weeks after Les Miserables, and he was nominated for best actor in Les Mis. I don’t think one had anything to do with the other