Very impressive. Congrats to Danny Boyle and all those involved.
The high points for me were when the Olympic symbol was formed high overhead. And the lighting of the Olympic "cauldron". Amazing.
I enjoyed the comic moments too. James Bond and the Queen. Rowan Atkinson on keyboards.
Some parts of it were very strange too though. The whole bit about the NHS. And what does Tim Berners-Lee have to do with sport?!
The part where all of the teams file on one after another was boring as usual. They have to find a way to make that more interesting. Strangely one of the BBC commentary team said that it was his favourite part. Perhaps because they don't have to think of anything to say - they just name the team, the person carrying the flag, when they first competed, and how many medals they have won!
Anyway, a good start and hopefully this will be a great Olympics.
Here is a picture of the cauldron when all of the parts had moved into place:
