Comments on: Review: Danny Boyle’s Witty, Subversive & Spectacular Opening Ceremony For London 2012 Olympics Was A Triumph

By: Sexton Blake

Sexton Blake — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:55 +0000

Take that, Mr Romney!

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:55 +0000

Has anyone been able to confirm whether that was indeed The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding as the Childsnatcher?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:55 +0000

"Triumph"? God, you're so pretentious. Who calls things "a triumph" in the real world? It was like watching a bad Lord of the Rings trilogy stage play. I cringed and felt embarrassed for the Brits all night. I don't know what was worst — Paul McCarthy's scratchy, terrible singing at the end, or the inclusion of their silly Queen. God God, UK, grow up and join the rest of the 21st century, will ya?

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:55 +0000

Also, anyone want to bet it will be SIR Danny Boyle by the end of the year?

By: BigBelly

BigBelly — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:55 +0000

During the Industrial part: Where were the dying children who worked the factories? Why weren't dead children actors carried out of the stadium? Where were the men who died young from work-related illness, who left their wives and children penniless without homes? Where was the artistic expression for the vast air and water pollution that still surrounds Great Britain. No wonder they needed to show their children's health system. Danny Boyle: this was a career killer.

By: Silk

Silk — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:55 +0000

It was awfull… A terrible opening! Without history and honnor!

By: Alonso

Alonso — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:55 +0000

Can't believe the motherfucking DOCTOR wasn't involved in the show somehow. Hell, even the Tardis would have worked somewhere in all that.

By: jessie

jessie — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

A spectacularly messy, fun, overview of the 20th century. The Olympics don't need reverential
treatment, they represent humanity at their worst and their best. Danny Boyle, crowd handler
extraordinaire, did the job! What's next? Can't wait to see…

By: Real

Real — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

It was phenomenal. It wasn't perfectly synchronised and sanitised but it was beautiful, memorable, imaginative, fun and we had the best damn music of any Olympics ceremony EVER especially that incredible Underworld/Dame Evelyn Glennie piece during the fantastic Industrial Revolution and forging of the rings sequence.

It was so British and I'm sure half the world were scratching their heads at various references-still can't quite believe we got a clip from underapprecaited 'Desmond's', the infamous Brookside lesbian kiss or the "Going for an English" skit fromGGM to name but a few!-but I loved it. Danny Boyle and all involved especially the thousands upon thousands of volunteers did us proud.

But BBC please sort your camera angles out. We missed out on a lot of the incredible visuls becasue of some bizarre camera choices.

By: Nanda

Nanda — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

It was fantastic… Visually stunning. I love every moment and so did my family and friends. We enjoyed all the English cultural references and were so impress with how imaginative the show was. After all is taking place there so it fitted it perfectly. Unique and entertaining.. Yes, very memorable and lovely indeed.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

I thought it was awful. I actually did enjoy the post-apocalyptic industrial nightmare part of it, but the Bond/Queen sequence and the Mr. Bean parts were the absolute worst. I also did not enjoy the silly text message dance sequence. I'm not a Boyle fan so I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but the whole thing looked like something Mr. G from Summer Heights High would have staged.

By: Mario C.K.

Mario C.K. — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

The ceremony was really boring, with all those prerecorded videos (some of them a cheap version of the ones that appear in the Oscars night, others more suitable to the Eurovision Song Contest than to the Olympics), confusing content for non british viewers… I was expecting the show to be a memorable one but… what a dissapointment. Maybe it was due a low budget but twenty something million pounds doesn't seem cheap… Hope they do better at the closing one.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

So, the Playlist, a blog that likes to think it focuses on music and movies totally neglected to mention Paul McCartney closing the ceremony? Arctic Monkeys get a mention for covering a Beatles song, but when an actual member of the original group sings "Hey Jude" we totally miss it. Wow.

By: Glass

Glass — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

I loved it, but there's a total divide I see with Brits and the rest of the world – for the most part, British people were jizzing their pants over it, but the rest of the world was pretty much saying 'meh.' or 'wat.' And Danny Boyle's twitter went from 6,000 followers to 111,000 in one night.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

I really enjoyed it. I loved the part where they took the meadow away and all those workers came out from the tree after Kenneth said the quote from The Tempest, the music was outstanding during that entire thing and I loved the rings. It kind of reminded me of the LOTR. The only thing I didn't like that much was the blow up Voldemort, Hook, and the creepy baby during the hospital part. The creepy baby was well just creepy. I loved seeing JK Rowling though. 🙂

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

Sorry, I was dissapointed of this opening. I love some parts -James Bond sequence-, but I loathe others -The music references and the stupid reference of "love from a cell phone" look like a "hommage" of MTV. Again, maybe I'm biased, but I remember the beauty and resemblance from Athens and the colorful show of Barcelona and this didn't look memorable or beautiful for international audiences. Even i love more the Pan American Games' opening shows in Rio and Guadalajara.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

Easily the Britishest thing Oli has ever written. Well done sir! I too loved it.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

That was horrible. When the commentator stated they actually put a sulfur smell in the air so it smelled like a factory – I just had to laugh. Man I can drive thru Gary and open my window and get a whiff – all that for free. But who would want to? China was a hard act to follow but in four years anything will top this fiasco.

By: jingmei

jingmei — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

I missed it. But learned Arctic Monkeys in that as well, have to makp up.

By: sheila

sheila — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

Never have I seen a prouder time for Great britain. Danny Boyle produced a 'people pleaser' and a monumental display of Great Britain's part in the evolution of world – that will prove iifficult to match. He brought together mind, body and souls of peoples all over the world. All nations must have felt the warmth of that welcome. Even if they were oblivious to the tributes, -it was the rightly called 'The Greatest Show on Earth.' I don't know if he realises the influences he has shed upon old and young – yet! My mind went back to the war years and how a tiny island united to defeat a rebel that threatened our future. You showcased us a strong, formidable body of people to be reconned with. You did us proud Danny and from a people's perspective. Magic!

By: Impartial_Guy

Impartial_Guy — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

What a loud of rubbish. Worst opening ceremony in living memory and totally crass, lacks artistic merit and amateurish like a poorly edited home video that would embarrass Harry Hill.

By: Fred Fudge

Fred Fudge — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:54:54 +0000

The smiley face wasn't an ecstacy reference. It's a child's face with a tear, and it's the logo of the Great Ormond Street Hospital (the acronym GOSH beneath it). A little research is always useful … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony will help you out.