“Pandora’s Promise” is a movie, documentary, released in 2013 by Academy award winning producer, Robert Stone. With climate control becoming more popular, disasters like in Fukishima, and with all the other energy technologies being available, Nuclear Energy has become very popular and controversial. The main premise of the movie is that it follows the paths of multiple people who were once very against nuclear energy, but then switch to being strongly for nuclear power.

One of the themes I noticed in the film that was said several times was along the lines of “what if what I believe to be so wrong, is actually what could be the right answer”. I think that this really highlighted the sensitivity of the subject. Someone who could be so devoted to an idea and then realize that they think the opposite was so interesting to me. Especially since in the end it really isn’t about pro or anti nuclear energy, but instead what is the right answer, what will help us survive. It shows that the scientist have no personal vendetta towards nuclear energy, they simply want what is best.

Furthermore on that, I found it really interesting to see how the peers of those selected for the documentary acted. Just because of a changed opinion, it is such a powerful topic that they are forced to risk there professional careers and personal relationships. Overall I found the movie to be very informative and not a bad watch.

Work Cited:

– Pandora’s Promise

– http://pandoraspromise.com