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One of my favorite things about Apollo 13 (1995) is how much tension comes from people just trying to figure things out

There isn't some villain to defeat. Something goes catastrophically wrong, and suddenly you have astronauts and engineers working with whatever they have to get everyone home. NASA veterans have also praised the film for how seriously it approached the technical side of the real mission

What movie made problem-solving genuinely exciting to watch?

I love the stretch of The Last Samurai (2003) where Algren is learning how to fight and slowly getting better

It isn't just a quick montage where he suddenly becomes great at everything. You see him struggle, get frustrated, watch other people, and gradually start figuring it out

What movie has a training sequence you never get tired of watching?

One of my favorite things about Apollo 13 (1995) is how much tension comes from people just trying to figure things out

There isn't some villain to defeat. Something goes catastrophically wrong, and suddenly you have astronauts and engineers working with whatever they have to get everyone home. NASA veterans have also praised the film for how seriously it approached the technical side of the real mission

What movie made problem-solving genuinely exciting to watch?

The premise was simple: “separate the facts from the falsehoods, and if there is reasonable doubt regarding the defendant's guilt, you must return a verdict of ‘not guilty’.”

For me, this is the day of transformation: he looks one way and sees Fabrizio fleeing; he looks the other and sees his wife about to start the car. That is the look of realization.