Opening/Closing Ceremonies Discussion

[jlousa]

I was in the dome for the show and agree with what most others have stated, rewatching it at home in HD wasn't nearly as impressive as being there (I was expecting it to be somehow better on tv but it wasn't) The most obvious was the prairie segment, it really looked real in person, on tv the cameras made it look bad, the wires, the belt, none of that was visible in person.
Another thing is the broadcast didn't give a true impression of the sound level when the Georgia team and the Canadian team came out. Even the US team received an incredible welcoming.

I was disappointed by our anthem, not by her singing ability but by the rendition. It's one of our Canadian traits, we do not mess with our anthem. When it comes to out anthem I am a purist.

I also felt that they were asking for way too much crowd involvement, Ben Mulroney and Tamara Taggert did a terrible job coaching the crowd. The effects still worked out but it was painfully obvious to those in the crowd that everything went out the window as most people didn't follow the instructions.