Chrishigh765 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 What are your top 5 favorite Olympic ceremonies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 I have seen 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012. So here is my order: 2004 2008 2010 2002 2006 (tie) 2012 (tie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningrings Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Off the top of my head: 1. Athens 2004 2. Sydney 2000 3. Barcelona 1992 4. London 2012 5. Vancouver 2010 Finishing out the top 10 (in no order) would be Beijing 2008, Salt Lake City 2002, Atlanta 1996, Los Angeles 1984 and Moscow 1980. Turin 2006, Nagano 1998 and Seoul 1988, are to me the least interesting of all the 'recent' Ceremonies. I've seen them all once, couldn't really care to see them again. (although, I do love Pavarotti's performance in 2006) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 I'm glad the question asked favourite, not best. Honestly, between different eras, it's really hard to objectively rate them. I'll nominate those I ENJOYED the most, in order: 1: Sydney (home town, emotional for me, what else could be on my personal top of the list?) 2: Lillehammer (simply magical) 3: London (I know it's not everybody's cup of tea, but I laughed out loud, enjoyed it and generally had fun watching it) 4: Barcelona (Was just a wow ceremony for me - classy and colourful) 5: Beijing (Tough one - I lumped for Beijing at the end simply for its giant scale extravaganza) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 1. Athens / Beijing Honorable mention: LA84 -just liked all the pictures I've seen of the colors and stage area, very fresh looking and creative combinations, very LA. And I saw some videos of the giant marching band, which proves you don't have to be a communist regime with a population of 3 billion to demonstrate incredible precision in an OC! I only list the ones I remember, I have not watched that many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Oh God, here we go again... ...but OK, just to indulge Chris... 1. Salt Lake 2002 2. Barcelona 1992 3. Atlanta 1996 4. LA 1984 (both Opening & Closing) ties with Beijing 2008 Really just those 4/5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Oh God, here we go again... . It's the GamesBids topic that keeps on giving ..... Maybe it's time we had a logo poll ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 This must be the favourite Gamesbids topic. Mine are: 1) Sydney 2000 2) Barcelona 1992 3) London 2012 4) Athens 2004 5) Atlanta 1996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattygs Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 I'll probably go for ... 1- Athens 2004 2- Barcelona 92 3- Atlanta 96 4- Lillehammer 94 5- Beijing 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 1- Barcelona 2- Sydney 3- Athens 4- London 5- Beijing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOUIS Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 1. Athens 20042. Beijing 20083. Barcelona 19924. Sydney 20005. Lillehammer 1994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 1- Munich 1972 - great music and a colourful, well choreographed presentation by the youngsters. 2 - Mexico City 1968 - all those balloons! 3 - Montreal 1976 - the Queen's pink dress, good music, the dancers in white were cool (although not long enough), and WOW! two torch bearers! 4 - Sapporo 1972 - wow, that skater with the torch was so graceful. 5 - Melbourne 1956 - great marching bands and the torch was so sparkly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Don't really have a favorite ceremony. In terms of ceremony "momemnts," I'd rank them 1) Barcelon's bow&arrow torch lighting 2) The Gerrshwin number from LA 3) Everything else about the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 1. Athens 2. Beijing 3. Barcelona 4. Sydney 5. Lillehammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjb22 Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Oh, here we go again! This is difficult as I was at the London 2012 Ceremonies (all 4 of them) so I'll exclude them from my calculations: 1 - Beijing Opening - just a fantastic spectacle. 2 - Barcelona Opening - very 'cultured' ceremony; spectacular cauldron-lighting. 3 - LA Opening - looked great fun, everyone having a 'blast;' 4 - Sydney Opening - great music, great introduction to the Australian Games. 5 - Moscow Opening - spectacular, very much a product of it's age but great to watch, nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 1. Raindrops on Roses 2. Whiskas on kittens 3. Bright copper kettles 4. Warm woolen mittens 5. Bright paper packages... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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