London's Fireworks 2012

There's Dubai's Burj Dubai's Khalifa's fireworks and there is also Australia's Sidney Harbor Bridge fireworks.  But my bet is this one.

I got Dubai's fireworks link yesterday but I got tired watching somewhere at 4:30.  It gets to be predictable at about that long.  I don't think it's anything different from the fireworks when it was opened.  The only thing different I think is in what part of the building the next sequence will come out.  But just the same, you'll know that it will only come out somewhere on the building.  The music is somehow connected with the sequence of the fireworks but there is a LOT more room for improvement.

Sidney's, they say, cost 4 million pounds; I've seen it through the end but couldn't bring myself to watch it again.  I think there were only a few songs and it's not as lively as London's.  There were several 'launch stations' along the river so the shots has to be wide.  It's really no problem for tv cameras but if you're watching on the ground, your view gets to be limited.  But it's really no problem because the other launch stations along the river are in sync with each other.  The highlight I guess was when the fire seems to be flowing from the bridge down to the water.  But that's all.  It's not as spontaneous as London's.

But I got to watch London's fireworks four times already as of this writing.  The choice of songs were great and  the fireworks are in sync with the music.  The sync of the fireworks and the music is very good.  It didn't bore me for the whole twelve minutes.  It is more spontaneous than Australia's and I get to wonder now which is more expensive.  But it doesn't matter which one costs more.  I was more entertained London's.

But with regard to the venue, I find the Burj Dubai Khalifa's as posting more risk.  Both the others are launched in rivers while Dubai's on a building.  Those that were launched on rivers are by no means the safest.

*Thanks to my friend Cristy for posting the video above on her Facebook wall.