摘一些英国人在BBC上留的评价：
　　
　　The dancing was a bit straggly in the " London " routine . After seeing all the cyclists taking part,the Chinese will think "Nobody can afford cars in London "
　　
　　The British "teaser" was ok, but we were disappointed to see the performer in the wheelchair was not in fact disabled but was leaping around later in the dance.
　　
　　Did anyone else this the 'London 8 minutes' presentation was - dare I say it - rubbish!? Leona sang her heart out on top of a ladder, on top of a bus whilst 20 contemporary dancers did their stuff way below. It was just so low key relative to what had gone on before it.
　　
　　But oh, our offering at the closing ceremony was embarrassing.A red bus,a pop singer, an ageing rocker and an overpaid ball kicker
　　was awful. Where was our great Island heritage portrayed in all this flummery?
　　Organisers - please do better for us in 2012.



例举翻译:
　　Oh my the Chinese will be a hard act to follow. What a shambles the British effort was, very embarrassing indeed. A double decker bus, beckham, an xfactor winner, a sweaty aging rock star, dancers with umbrellas throwng newspapers everywhere. I guess a good symbol of modern day Britain. I fear our efforts will always be second class to China. This might show new labour off for what they are and what they have done to our once great country
　　天啊，中国人的表演将是很难去学习，英国的表现是这么的丢脸，丢脸之极。一辆双层公交，贝克汉姆，一个选秀赢家，一个老摇滚明星，一群舞者拿这雨伞乱丢报纸，我猜这就是现代伦敦的标志。我恐怕我们的表现对比中国来说永远只能是二等。。。。。。

还好啦,不用这么苛刻,这才是简短的表演嘛,真正开幕时应该也会很看的,虽然比北京还有点距离,但还是期待下届奥运!

四年之后什么事情都很难说，与其期待不如好好回味咱们自己的开幕式，真的很不错

也许是文化的差异，反正我是什么也没看懂，不知道他们想表现什么。

我也没有看明白到底怎么回事？也是这就是我们之间的文化差异吧。还请英国的朋友告知一二。

确实够乱的, 英国人本来就是以古板闻名,能整出这样就不错了,不过我们也不怎么样,弄了几拨人唱的那些空洞无物的歌,制造了一堆音乐快餐垃圾,我感保证这些歌唱一次就扔了,后面的表演进入了垃圾时间

英国那8分钟确实丢人，都不知道在演什么，特别是在上公车的时候大家还一拥而上去挤，难道这就是伦敦，太差劲了。

说实话, London的8分钟不知道他到底要说什么,看不出英国的文化底蕴,也看不出导演的高明之处,总之是一团糟,该骂

外国比较崇尚自由，中国比较重规矩。传统文化不同认知也不同，不过中国这次奥运会很难超越。完美！

说实话，那8分钟看的真有点迷糊，除了双层BUS，其它都不大懂，尤其小贝上去T1脚球不知道为了什么