But I am warning you now, i am basically going to give you a play by play of both the best bits and the bits I can remember (so it may not be in the right order) , so this will be a very long post!
Right, moving on to my thoughts on the actual ceremony, at the very start of the ceremony, I was quiet confused as to why there were loads of sheep, clouds, and people who all look like they belong in Little bo peep, but then I spotted probably the best looking 'permanent' part of the ceremony, which was a large hill that you could walk up, and at the top was a Large tree (probable an oak tree). Soon the peaceful scene was interrupted by Brunel and the industrial revolution and these chimneys came out of the floor, which looked amazing, and they started to form 5 circles out of metal, these where then lifted up into the air to form the Olympic rings, and then some shower fireworks fell from them making them look even more bright, and amazing.
Another part was a tribute to the NHS, which I am very pleased to say, started with a reference to one of my favorite stories, Peter Pan, and all the rights belong to Great Olman street (sorry for spelling). Soon J.K.Rowling introduced the childrens literature portion, which tied in to the NHS portion, soon some famous villains, such as the child catcher, Hook, some black monkeys, and of course Voldemort, but they are all owned by loads of Mary Poppins'.
Soon there was a glimpse of the torch, being driven there on a speed boat by David Beckham and being carried by another sports woman.
Then we had a representation, through a modern day Cinderella, of how much Briton has changed, in both music and through the web and social communication, accompanied by the creator of the world wide web.
Then there was quiet a funny portion, where the Queen was apparently escorted to the ceremony in a helicopter by James Bond, and they also apparently para-shooted down from the helicopter, but the Queen just appeared walking down the steps. Another comedy part was where Rowan Atkinson appeared in the Orcestra on the keeyboared, during there rendition of Chariots of Fire, however all he had to do was press one key on the keyboard continously, so he soon dosed of an dreamed of running across a beach with alot of other athletes and how he could make sure he won.
One part that I both liked but was also confused by was where a current pop star (I don't follow pop stars so I don't know who it was) sang 'Abide with me' as a tribute to those who couldn't be there. But this was accompanied by a clever but quiet confusing dance routine.
Then we had the very, very, very long athlete march......... and we had to wait until the very end to see team GB but it was well worth the wait, especially to see who was there, quiet a few of the sub-teams in team GB decided not to go as they had events this morning, but I was queit surprised to see Tom Daley there (not that I'm complaining). Each countries flag was placed at some point on the hill, to accompany the Olympic and British flag, and each country was accompanied by a small child carrying a copper petal.
Then we found out that the 'final' torch barer was Steve Redgrave, but he then handed the torch over to about 6 or so young athletes who had been nominated by athletes such as Kelly Holmes, they then did a lap around the stadium, where the floor lighted up as they ran, then they went into the middle, which revealed almost a spider web, formed out of the copper petals, they then lit a few and they all lit one or two at a time, when they were all lit, the petals were lifted by these large wires, to form the actual cauldron. I always thought that the cauldron would be the tree at the top of the 'flag hill' as that is in queit a permanent place but this one was in the middle, so it may very well be moved to where the tree was in the opening ceremony.
Well that's my run through of the opening ceremony, sorry if I \didn't include everything, but that is pretty much most of it.
Bye.
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