>It is not realistic. Look at NASA - do they mindlessly go 'you must have X DNA' or do they do testing, like the women astronauts?
They did further testing in the movie too! Note the treadmill tests that the protagonist was cheating on too.
But in terms of a general, big-org failure to properly use heuristics? Probably the most realistic part of the movie!
>A movie is nothing but what it depicts.
And some things have to be understood metaphorically because it would be too cumbersome to have to present the full picture and bring the viewer up to speed. That's just how the medium works.
For the story, it suffices that there exist people who do more tedious jobs because smarter people get the better ones. To show a more realistic scenario (janitor checking rooms on a tv screen and pushing buttons rather than mopping), for every dimension that changes, would take away precious minutes from the runtime for little narrative benefit.
They did further testing in the movie too! Note the treadmill tests that the protagonist was cheating on too.
But in terms of a general, big-org failure to properly use heuristics? Probably the most realistic part of the movie!
>A movie is nothing but what it depicts.
And some things have to be understood metaphorically because it would be too cumbersome to have to present the full picture and bring the viewer up to speed. That's just how the medium works.
For the story, it suffices that there exist people who do more tedious jobs because smarter people get the better ones. To show a more realistic scenario (janitor checking rooms on a tv screen and pushing buttons rather than mopping), for every dimension that changes, would take away precious minutes from the runtime for little narrative benefit.