The opening ceremony was a visual feast, there is no doubt about that. It was all like a Zhang Yimou production of epic proportions with unbelievable effects. The floating olympic rings, the beautiful scrolls and the couldron that was hidden until the very, very last moment. There was tai chi, clay drum performance with the most wonderfully choreographed light arrangements and a host of other firsts. But i was particularly interested with the comment made by one of the American political analysts.
While an Olympic Historian claimed it to be arguably the best opening ever witnessed in the olympics, the political analyst thought it was passable with moments he thought boring, with mentions of China's human rights policies. When the olympics can stop wars and bring conflicting countries together for weeks of peace and sports, it irks me that people fail to put political differences aside for rare moments of peace.
Happy Olympics!
[update] - Ha! It really was Zhang Yimou?! It felt like it but i didn't know Zhang Yimou actually directed the opening ceremony. The parts that made me think so was the short paper-making movie (the colour palette) and the costumes used. Yay to me.
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