I was forced to watch the whole shebang by my family, but actually enjoyed it. The queen looked as if she really had just parachuted in in a howling gale. The transition from the rural to the industrial scene and the forging of the rings was great. After that it seemed to go a bit flat. Why do we have to suffer the artic monkeys and paul mccartney. Surely there are better people to represent the music scene.
My overall view is that we certainly matched, if not surpassed, the Bejing opening ceremony.
Well done but a few Morris Dancers would have completed the rural scene