I love watching the olympics since I was little, since 2008 in Beijing. I personally think Paris opening ceremony was one of the best I’ve seen.

It was really creative, and they thought outside the box. The artists were amazing, the boat introduction was cool as hell, overall the entire thing was great.

I know about the controversy of the drag queens imitating the last supper or something, but I thought it was really pretty, and my mum, who is catholic, thought it was great.

I don’t know why else people think it was bad. What are your thoughts about it?

TIA and please be nice (and to each other too!)

  • Spartan04BEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I liked it overall. The biggest thing I didn’t like was that they combined the artistic portion with the parade of nations. It meant the coverage kept switching back and forth between the two and I missed things. I like being able to see both those things so I prefer it when they are kept separate.

    I also felt a few parts did drag on some and would have been better if they were a bit shorter. One of the most notable to me was when they had the Olympic flame on the boat. That took so long and we were mostly just watching shots of them on the boat.

    While not an issue with the ceremony itself, I do wish they had given the broadcasters notes about each segment and the cultural significance. Would have helped those of us that aren’t French understand it better and also maybe stop the broadcasters from trying to guess what was going on. I know they wanted to keep it secret but they could have made them all sign NDAs and only send them the notes a short time before it started.

    Like I said, overall I liked it, though I do hope in the future they go back to separating the artistic performance from the parade of nations, but that’s just my preference.

    Also, I really hope sometime soon they release an album of the original pieces Victor Le Masne wrote for it, along with the other music he wrote for the Olympics.