(July 28, 2012 at 9:12 pm)Speak Silence Wrote: I was watching it with friends and we all lost our shit when J.K came on.
Her books were a big part of our childhoods though, so it's understandable.
Meh I hate the Harry Potter books. She gets her ideas from so many other books it's unbelievable. But still, I'm not knocking what she's accomplished, whether I think she's a good writer or not she's still sold a shit load of books.
Personally I would of liked to have seen Tolkein get more recognition, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl etc. They're much better authors.
Quote:I also liked the idea that at the start it was showing how we changed from an agricultural nation to an industrial one, however I think It sounded better in theory. Felt like it dragged on a bit and not much was happening.
Most ceremonies do drag on.
Quote:I'm also very disappointed that David Tennant didn't light the torch! Do people not realise what they've done!? It was a fixed point in time... now we're all going to die
I hate doctor what's his name
I actually thought letting the young athletes light it was the best thing they could've done.
Quote:The giant baby that looked like it had bowl problems was a bit weird, but not necessarily bad.
Yeah, some parts I didn't really understand, but I guess it's all just for the show.
Quote:Mary Poppins vs Voldemort and what I assume were people representing nightmares was very awesome.
That was actually representing children's imagination and celebrating literature etc.
I thought it was pretty cool.
Quote:So yeah, mixed feelings about it really.
Fair enough
