Here's what newspapers across the world had to say about the opening ceremony of London Games 2012.
Here's what newspapers across the world had to say about the opening ceremony of London Games 2012.
The Times
Adventurous, self-confident, playful, entertaining, and all with a sense of history. London turned down the option to celebrate giants and supermen and power and might and chose instead to celebrate people.
Daily Telegraph
Brilliant, breathtaking, bonkers and utterly British. Danny Boyle captured the spirit, history, humour and patriotism of an expectant nation last night as he pulled off an Olympic opening ceremony like no other.
The Guardian
The film with James Bond and the Queen formed one of the highlights of Danny Boyle’s tumultuously inventive opening ceremony to the 2012 Games. Now, thanks to Boyle, we really have seen everything.
The Sun
Master film director Danny Boyle’s Olympics opening ceremony last night truly did our nation proud. For thrills, imagination, surprises and sheer joy it was unbeatable.
New York Times
With its hilariously quirky Olympic opening ceremony Britain presented itself to the world on Friday night as something it has often struggled to express: a nation secure in its own post-empire identity, whatever that actually is.
Washington Post
The opening ceremony sometimes seemed like the world’s biggest inside joke. The message from Britain resonated loud and clear: We may not always be your cup of tea, but you know — and so often love — our culture nonetheless
Sydney Morning Herald
Boyle’s vivid and vibrant pageant set the tone for these Games and perhaps even a new direction for the Olympic movement. Rio has a hard act to follow, which won’t deter it at all.
China Daily
Kaleidoscopic pageant sets London Games rolling. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth declared the London Olympics open after playing a cameo role in a dizzying ceremony designed to highlight the grandeur and eccentricities of the nation that invented modern sport.
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