Opening Ceremony Opinion Poll

[Mike K.]

Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Not everyone is an expert, but we have the freedom to be armchair commentators on what we saw and how it impacted us. If we need an elaborate pre-show educational session in order to understand the ceremony then the organizers failed us.

I personally felt the ceremony was underwhelming one minute, beautiful and breathtaking the next. My favourite moment was K.D. Lang's rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. She nailed it, and him being one of my favourite poets and songwriters the performance impacted me more than other parts of the show. Some spectators would feel the exact opposite, but it wouldn't be right for me to go on about Cohen's poetic genius and how we should all salute him for the contribution he's made on global literary arts.