Watching it on tv and it is quite amazing, very creative. But best of all, it's completely different and that is what we are as a nation.
To my surprise I found myself quit eintereste dinw atching the ceremony after all the tedious waffle and preamble had finished.
Watching the Newcastle match on ESPN. Was tempted to watch the ceremony until I heard rumours Paul McCartney was going to be singing.
Unfortunately, the rumours were true. Well, half true, because he did make an appearance but I don't know if the croaking noise he wa smaking could really be descrbed as singing in the traditional sense.
The first half hour was boring. Really could have made it shorter
I though the first half hour was excllent, it;s what persuaded me to watch the whole thing. I thought I'd be bored after five minutes and go online, but no!
It was absolutly brilliant, it realy was. For the past few years everyone wonderd what we would do to compete with the Beijing Ceramony. And here it is!
And in my opinion, we topped it.
As I didn't see Beijing I can't make any comparisons, but I thought, on the whole the show was brilliant.
I couldn't understand why French was used so much though.
Well, it went off OK in the end. The flame thing worked really well.
I thought the cauldron was a brilliant idea that was executed flawlessly.
So the Queen couldn't be bothered raising a smile on what should have been one of the highlights of her reign. Even Charles, Camilla, Wiilliam and Kate were having a laugh and joining in the fun, the Queen just sat there as dour and disinterested as ever. Great image of Britain to put out to the world.
She does smile. By all accounts from people who have met her (especially at less formal engagements) she's a really chatty and friendly person that's surprisingly down to earth.
She's also old.
I think it's unfair to have some close-up shots of her looking disinterested, which will no doubt get Tweeted a million times and end up in the papers, when I am sure she felt very proud.
Indeed Jon. I am no great fan of the monarchy but I think it is a little unfair to criticise the Queen for not smiling. She comes from a different era to most of us, one where dignity was far more important in public figures than it is today.