Here's a "behind the scenes" image of the setup for the shot.

I wish I could like this post more than once.

Writing and acting-wise, I completely agree with you. Even the camera work. As for the sanitization/sterilization aspects of how they work, I need to suspend my disbelief. Though I get how it could de-personalize moments that you really need to "feel" what the people are going through.

Close-up of the super-cooled water droplets, some staying as spheres while others begin to form crystals - some radial, some parallel to the main snowflake's growth plane but not linked to the original molecular lattice.