Friday 10 August 2012

London Olympics Opening ceremony

A bizarre opening ceremony with a new and fresh style picturing everything that is great in Britain. Rightly said by Danny Boyle, that you can’t beat Beijing anyways, so, just do something completely different and the London 2012 opening ceremony was not anything other than different.

Starting off with Isambard quoting Shakespeare, JK Rowling narrating peter pan and Mary Poppins shooing Voldemort away, the stress on literature was respectable. The compelling narrative of industrial revolution was sensational with its perplexing level of detail. 

The legendary Rowan Atkinson was spectacular and delightful with his emblematic acting style and the queen’s movie debut was quite impressive. A great tribute to Sir Tim Berners lee and a stunning performance by Sir Paul McCartney ♥ got the crowd swaying and singing along. 

Some would say it turned out to be a bit corny ( or way too boring ), but Boyle has really put a lot of effort into characterization, choreography and individuality and made everyone performing there a star alongside a meaningful subliminal message of national pride, education, development, culture and music rather than just blowing everything up with fancy lights. 

A powerful British theatrical using great British humor and history with Boyle’s remarkable storytelling capability. London 2012

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