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Very sad Pele pulled out though as the person who lit the cauldron is somewhat of a nobody to most people (to me anyway, i'm probably just unaware but they said bronze medalist?). Should've gotten an athlete who is a sure thing for gold, to make it memorable like Cathy Freeman. Or Guga to do the last part, he was a number 1 in tennis

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Very simple cauldron, but the kinetic sculpture made up for it and makes it look very stunning. The way it was lit was kinda boring though. Also it reminds me a lot of Doha 2006. Like, a lot. 

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Nice cauldron, although I do not like the fact that like for London 2012 it is not visible from outside the stadium.

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1 minute ago, thatsnotmypuppy said:

So.................... I'm guessing we are done?

 

The first 45 minutes were superb.  The rest - meh.  Nice cauldron lighting though.

This.

It's beautiful but it's only 30% of a cauldron...

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Just now, Olympic Fan Darcy said:

Decent start, good end but a shockingly bad middle..

You mean the athletes' parade ?

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Overall, a very good ceremony, though not without its couple of cons. Brazil did an amazing work with such a tight budget. Today they proved you can still pull out a memorable spectacle without so much opulence.

Thanks for everything, guys. Now lets enjoy these 16 days of competition, and good luck to all countries on these games :) 

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Just now, hektor said:

You mean the athletes' parade ?

All the other stuff too, speeches, the lighting of the cauldron (the cauldron itself was good), the laureate thing was odd cause straight after they opened the games out of nowhere?!, the dancing stuff, lack of athletes. So much bad. 

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Can easily say these are the least favourite ceremonies I have experienced live (Olympics wise). However it did have its highlights and Brazil did its best it can!

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1 minute ago, Ikarus360 said:

 

Thanks for everything, guys. Now lets enjoy these 16 days of competition, and good luck to all countries on these games :) 

Thank you, Ikarus360.

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There was a couple of very good parts. Also some very bad parts. The cauldron is interesting. I love the kinetic sculpture but it just looks awkward.

Worst ceremony since Atlanta 1996. But in saying that I initially hated Athens 2004, but now think it was one of the most brilliant. 

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