Yeah, that’s the latest buzzword now, with the Olympics well underway. I was tied up with month end closing but reminded myself to watch the opening ceremony last Fri after receiving some fireworks photos which was captured on the rehearsal night. Managed to make it just on time as was caught in huge traffic on the way back…maybe due to other ppl rushing home for the same reason!
And I have to say….WOW!! It was simply Awesome!! The fireworks, the whole opening performance..was jaw-dropping great. I’ve gotta say that this opening ceremony is one of the best I’ve seen. Directed by Zhang Yimou, the acclaimed director of such films like The Red Lantern with his favourite actress, Gong Li, he managed to encapsulate China’s 2000 year history in 3 plus hours with 22,000 performers dressed in lavish costumes and props. Slated for opening at 8.08pm on 8th Aug, 2008, the extravanganza is reported to have cost an estimated USD100mil. Even tho’ my stomach was growling hungrily as I haven’t had time to get my dinner, I could not tear my eyes away from the screen. Esp loved the part where the performers did some acrobatic stunts on a piece of painting and painted with their bodies on the huge canvas. And the other cool performance was from the group of young men who was very well-coordinated in their movements hidden in boxes like thingy, drumming an image of a huge chinese keyboard forming chinese words with Mexican waves.
Bird's Nest
Fireworks
