Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

Tim Nelson is awesome in this. When I first started watching I thought he was overacting and the character was unrealistic but after seeing a lot of real footage recorded of Rickover I realized that this actor really nailed the character. Rickover himself was over- the-top. Tim Nelson is fantastic. Also, the actor who played Ronald Reagan was uncanny. I really enjoyed this production.

The acting and dialog were both terrible. It's an interesting story. "I'll wait for the book to come out."

5.8 hmmmmmmmmm ... why?

Because the anti-progress folks organize to destroy truth. The documentary points out that nuclear power is not evil, as the left would have you believe. And make no mistake, the only reason they want you to believe that is so you will beg them to enslave you with anti-science solutions to all of humanities problems.

Nuclear energy is like a gun ... in the hands of a woman about to be raped, it is a savior ... in the hands of leftists (like Nader, Carter, etc.) it is the extinction of life. You want good things like nuclear energy? Then you have to deplatform or lock-up the evileft. The definition of leftism is the violently insane lust for power. Nuclear energy can be a godsend, the reason people think it isn't, is because our 90% of the world's leaders (aka enslavers) are leftists.

I learned so much about this determined, intelligent, visionary man in this excellent documentary. The film combines dramatized scenes as well as historic footage.

We owe Rickover so much for his genius to use clean secure reliable nuclear energy in a peacetime way to protect our country. The way he created a secure demanding training program is a model that is replicated in civilian nuclear energy plants.

Rickover is an unsung hero in our history. Energy makes the world run. We need dependable clean sources of electricity to power our society.

Rickover overcame so many obstacles thru sheer willpower that makes this film inspirational and informative.

This movie auto-played after I finished the movie "Fat Man and Little Boy" which was about the development of the A-Bomb. I had never heard of Hyman Rickover.

"Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power" is about one man's dogged push to make nuclear power a reality in the United States. The movie is, I believe, a docudrama. At times we hear and see the real Hyman Rickover and at times he is played by Tim Blake Nelson. There are quite a few actual interviews of those who worked with him or for him such as Jimmy Carter.

What we learn is that Rickover was a pushy SOB. He rubbed everybody raw, but he could get things done. When thwarted by the Navy he went to congress. He would continue doing end-arounds as long as that's what it took to get what he wanted and he would not remain quiet about it. And what he wanted was safe, reliable, efficient nuclear subs in the water without compromises. It was actually quite refreshing to see a man such as Rickover be concerned more with the safety of the men that were going to be on the sub rather than the cost of the sub.

After getting a nuclear submarine in the water Rickover turned his attention to nuclear energy as a means of cheap electricity. Again, he was able to get it done. Eventually the public sentiment towards nuclear power would turn sour which took the wind out of the sails of Rickover's career mission.

This was an interesting and informative docudrama. From what I saw from Rickover he was someone I'd definitely want on my side though I'd never want to work for him.