The Greatest Show on Earth ("Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises")

[elisi]

Although really, the best word is magical.

♥

(We were at my in-law's last night, and put up a big screen, and ended up staying the night due to lateness. Hence the lateness of this post.)

ETA: I think The New York Times might have said it best: "With its hilariously quirky Olympic opening ceremony, a wild jumble of the celebratory and the fanciful; the conventional and the eccentric; and the frankly off-the-wall, Britain presented itself to the world Friday night as something it has often struggled to express even to itself: a nation secure in its own post-empire identity, whatever that actually is."

(And Kenneth Branagh as Isambard Kingdom Brunel was just... *hands* And Jerusalem! So much there. A million brilliant little touches. Really, in a nutshell, this show was like Doctor Who: Madman with a box Stadium.)

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it cool? I liked the whole thing pretty much - but the Forging of the Rings of Power was neat, and I liked their 'Tynwald Hill' with all the flags being planted in it, along with the more obvious things like the queen - I loved that!

[elisi]

It was truly a cornucopia of delights! <3