It was well done, and the introduction with the drums was spectacular.

I did cringe a little bit inside when they had the military in ceremonial uniforms hoist the chinese and the olympic flags. I guess it was inevitable, but I wish they could've refrained from using military personel since it kind of evokes images of the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The theme of these Olympics is harmony, and they wanted to show off the "New China". I'm not sure using soldiers in front of 3 billion viewers worldwide is the right way to send those messages...