First day impressions

Just got home from the first day - not a great start, rain started right on time for opening red carpet, and then didn't stop until now. Seems tomorrow will be the same.

A pity, opening with "The Great Gatsby" sounded like a great idea - but even the opening red carpet ceremony wasn't quite what was expected - nothing comparable to the Can Can Dancers they brought in for "Moulin Rouge" in 2001.

Anyway, a few pix from the first evening: