08.08.2008 | 舉世矚目

[08:08 AM] 今晚8時8分, 強勢出擊!! tonight at 08:08pm, the world is watching..
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[08:08 PM] 其實一路以來都對京奧冇乜感覺, 但係唔知點解, 當佢漸漸逼近之時, 我開始有點期待, 尤其係開幕典禮, 今日放工已經急不可待嗱嗱聲趕返屋企喇.. 今日許家上下都於八時前陸陸續續返到屋企, 個個都準備就緒迎接京奧來臨..

終於喺呢個時刻安坐電視機前, 同全球關注奧運嘅朋友一齊見證呢個歷史性一刻.. 成個開幕典禮由張藝謀導演全權指揮, 睇得出張導演嘅用心同埋野心.. 整個開幕表演帶著濃烈張式電影嘅感覺, 可圈可點.. 各環節表演都動用至少一千名表演者, 覺得大家都好合作做足一百分, 原來中國真係有咁多人, 求其揪個幾萬人嚟做個開幕表演都不成問題.. 各環節由一副畫貫串, 非常一氣呵成, 而且視覺效果做得實在很超水準.. 不過如果要講到感染力, 是乎又爭咁啲嘢未去到牽動人心, 可能係齋睇電視嘅緣故??

主題曲方面, 由中國資深歌手劉歡同英國天籟Sarah Brightman中西合璧.. 個形式同埋個架勢做得唔錯喇, 本應係可以掀起高潮, 不過到頭來卻係開幕禮一大敗筆.. 二人擦唔出火花不特止, 帶動全場觀眾澎湃激情嘅奧運精神都欠棒, 就連聽都聽唔清楚佢哋唱乜.. 最後令人期待嘅燃點聖火儀式, 個人認為呢個做得好出色, 個構思做得非常好, 體操王子李寧凌空繞著鳥巢體育館奔跑半圈, 背後緊隨而來係之前聖火傳遞嘅片段, 未係震撼但係十分切合「同一個世界, 同一個夢想」呢個主題, 為2008北京奧運揭開一個完美序幕..have not been paying real attention to the Beijing Olympics all the while, until only recently that i get excited about it, especially the opening ceremony tonight.. was rushing home after work for not missing the show, and all family members were already home sitting in front of the tv waiting for this historical moment..

finally at eight, we were all watching the opening ceremony of the 29th olympics together with the people from around the world.. wholy directed by the famous chinese director Zhang Yimou, i can see the effort and ambition of his work, it brought me the feel of a very Zhang style movie.. thousands of people were involved in every of the performance track, and each of them were linked by a painting, pretty smooth and well connected that you won't see a abrupt change of theme.. the visual effects was an absolute spectacle, brilliantly blending technology and human movements, and yeah, i finally see how big the chinese population is - there is just no problem to have thousands of people involved in a single performance.. however, i just feel there's something lacking, perhaps it really just did not flow into my heart though, or maybe it was just because of watching telecast??

theme song, they have Liu Huan and Sarah Brightman, the presentation on the huge globe (yeah, it roused up from the ground) was great, but not the crossover performance of them both.. the song however was not as passionate as i would have expected, and both singers hardly create sparks to the audience.. and finally the flame cauldron ignition part, a truely impressive performance.. they have the gymnast Li Ning running in the air with the flame on his hand, following him was the video of the worldwide torch relay, i kind of like this idea, not jaw-droppingly amazing but it was just as meaningful as the theme "one world one dream".. with that ends the opening ceremony and there goes the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics!!