Olympic opening ceremony: It didn't make a bit of sense, but what a thrilling spectacle and what fun

 

Danny Boyle has just made the biggest, maddest, weirdest, most heartfelt and lovable dream sequence in British cinema history. Heaven knows, hopes were not high after our sheepish "handover" performance in Beijing in 2008; we thought we would never match the Chinese and many of us were getting ready to excuse the anticipated cockups and catastrophes as proof of our supposedly superior democratic tolerance.
But Boyle's opening ceremony was the equal of Beijing and more.

These influences are very serious. Boyle corrected this, and gave the ceremony two things I never believed could co-exist in a sports arena: a sense of humour and a sense of wonder.

It didn't make a bit of sense, but what a thrilling spectacle and what fun. This could be Danny Boyle's 3D multimedia masterpiece.



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