Originally Posted by Damien

Yeah, I am not sure the boat thing worked but the ending was great. The horse and woman (Sequana) going up the Seine to dramatic music intercut with the history of the games was good. They finally had a sense of occasion, atmosphere and the feeling it was building to something.

The light show was excellent and the tension of the light show and building up to the reveal of where the Olympic cauldron was made it all quite exciting! I did like the dancing on top of the Debilly Bridge as the boats came through.

You just wonder if it would have been better without the rain. I think that scuppered them a bit.

The boats also just messed with the timing of it all. Having to keep cutting back really killed the pacing. Usually, you have the well-paced ceremony and then you can go away while the athletes' parade happens. This got rid of the boring bit in the middle of the ceremony but at the expense of the exciting bit.

And yeah that will be one of the most famous and iconic endings of an opening ceremony ever.